[GreenKeys] Who has a working WEATHER TELETYPE?

[Dan Provost]

If you send something like that via ITTY, I would think you would want to send the data in its original format: 

KSAN 022351Z 15007KT 10SM FEW060 BKN170 BKN200 BKN250 28/15 A2992 RMK AO2  SLP131 OCNL LTGIC DSNT E CB DSNT E AND SE MOV NW 60000 T02780150 10300 20261 56010=
This is the METAR format adopted in North America in 1996.  METAR was used beginning in 1968 internationally.  The NWS teletypes had 2 types of print boxes.  The original font boxes (at least for M28) and then regular type boxes that eliminated the special font.  The font box had the arrows for wind direction and the circles for clouds (scattered, broken, overcast).  NWS changed the code (mid to late 60s?) to avoid using the special font type boxes since they became harder to maintain and the print was harder for human reading (arrows and circles were hard for pilots and weather people to read when the type alignment was slightly off or low ink).  So the Surface Airways (SA’s) code was then changed to degrees for wind direction and SCT, BKN, OVC instead of the circles.  
Ah yes....the fun days of plotting weather maps from these codes.
Hope they helps.


> On Sep 3, 2019, at 7:06 PM, tony.podrasky <tony.podrasky at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hey Nick;
> 
> LOOKS GREAT!!!
> 
> UE,
> K2EAA - TONY
> NNNN
> ZCZC
> 
> 
>> On 09/03/2019 04:57 PM, Nick England wrote:
>> Here it is printed with a M28 weather symbol typebox:
>> http://www.navy-radio.com/tty/tty-wx-02.JPG
>> 
>> Some day I'll get around to connecting my computer to my teletypes - for
>> now I have to send a message via AUTOSTART.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Nick England K4NYW
>> www.navy-radio.com <http://www.navy-radio.com>
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 7:51 PM tony.podrasky <tony.podrasky at gmail.com
>> <mailto:tony.podrasky at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>>    Hi Richard;
>> 
>>    It looks that way because that is what you'd see when you print
>>    it out on a regular Teletype. When you print it on a Weather Teletype
>>    the weather symbols will appear.
>> 
>>    The NWS doesn't use those weather symbols anymore - at least not
>>    where I've looked.
>> 
>>    UE,
>>    K2EAA - TONY
>>    NNNN
>>    ZCZC
>> 
>> 
>>    On 09/03/2019 04:19 PM, Richard Knoppow wrote:
>>     >     Well, this is plain text. The weather font I am familiar with has
>>     > special symbols such as arrows indicating wind direction and symbols
>>     > indicating sky cover along with the usual numbers and
>>    punctuation. All
>>     > upper case. Does NWS have this stuff on it?
>>     >
>>     > On 9/3/2019 3:10 PM, tony.podrasky wrote:
>>     >> GA OMs;
>>     >>
>>     >> I'm looking for someone who has a working Weather Teletype
>>     >> that he can play text to.
>>     >>
>>     >> I download various weather products from the NWS, and then
>>     >> convert them to use the weather fonts.
>>     >>
>>     >> I believe if you play the text to a weather machine it should
>>     >> work properly.
>>     >>
>>     >> Here is a sample:
>>     >>
>>     >> SANDIEGO/KSAN / 022351 GMT / WINDS )X- OR 150 DEGREES AT 07 KNOTS /
>>     >> PREVAILING VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES / FEW CLOUDS AT 06000
>>    FEET / ,
>>     >> 17000 FEET / , 20000 FEET / , 25000 FEET / TEMPERATURE* DEWPOINT
>>    +28.0
>>     >> +15.0 DEGREES CENTIGRADE / ALTIMETER 29.92 INCHES OF MERCURY /
>>     >> REMARKS... AUTOMATED STATION WITH PRECIPITATION DISCRIMINATOR / SEA
>>     >> LEVEL PRESSURE 1013.1 MILLIBARS / OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING INTER* CLOUD
>>     >> DISTANT ( CUMULOSNIMBUS CLOUDS DISTANT ( AND ) MOVING & 6 HOUR
>>     >> PRECIPITATION 00.00 INCHES / HOURLY TEMPERATURE* DEWPOINT +27.8
>>    +15.0
>>     >> DEGREES CENTIGRADE / 6 HOUR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE +30.0 DEGREES
>>     >> CENTIGRADE / 6 HOUR MINIMUM TEMPERATURE +26.1 DEGREES CENTIGRADE / 3
>>     >> HOUR BAROMETRIC PRESSURE CHANGE 01.0 MILLIBARS AND FALLING THEN
>>    STEADY /
>>     >>
>>     >> Any volunteers?
>>     >>
>>     >> If it works, maybe we can add this to the ITTY queue.
>>     >>
>>     >> UE,
>>     >> K2EAA - TONY
>>     >> NNNN
>>     >> ZCZC
>>     >>
>>     >
>> 
> 
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