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Post by snowspinner on Aug 1, 2018 14:05:06 GMT -5
During the month of July the wind sensor went in and out of service 56 times...according to the FAA it's working as intended and shouldn't be included in the quarterly PMSR reports!?!?
Maybe someone should tell them that light and variable wind outages have nothing to do with bird activity or ice!!!!
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Post by tornado on Aug 1, 2018 14:36:53 GMT -5
Had this happen at my site once:  4,605 rejected wind samples in one day seems excessive to me.  |
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Post by northwx on Aug 1, 2018 16:04:58 GMT -5
And if they haven't already, they'll take away your back up wind sensor... and maybe by you a Kestrel. Wet finger anyone? Yeah, we posted the Beaufort Scale on our desk... I miss my F420. Tornado, you got us beat on 4,605 - we often have 300.
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Post by snowball on Aug 2, 2018 9:27:42 GMT -5
It's easy for them to dismiss when the winds are light and variable, but we've had several occasions the past couple of years when winds suddenly accelerate to 25-30 knots or more during thunderstorms, including once when we met squall criteria, and the stupid sensor goes missing. You're at a busy airport, having a thunderstorm with 1SM visibility and heavy rain, shifting winds that are gusting over 30 knots, and your wind sensor goes down for a few minutes. I have a hard time accepting the "working as intended" excuse during these situations. I think it's a serious issue and I report it in the PMSR each time it occurs in situations like this.
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Post by rich on Aug 2, 2018 9:47:38 GMT -5
Whether it's 31K ft ceilometers that only read up to 25K ft, Lightning detection that only picks up some LTG, or wind sensors that fail several times a day everything is working as intended.
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Post by northwx on Aug 2, 2018 15:15:21 GMT -5
They're just following a U.N. mandate to reduce population... and redistribute wealth to the non-flying public.
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Post by tornado on Aug 2, 2018 15:20:08 GMT -5
Grand Strand Airport, North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina:
SPECI KCRE 021101Z 1SM -RA BR FEW017 BKN022 OVC026 24/23
A3011 RMK AO1 P0019 T02440233
SPECI KCRE 021108Z 23016G25KT 1/4SM +RA FG BKN017 OVC026
25/24 A3013 RMK AO1 PK WND 20030/1103 P0049 T02500239
Wind outages cause things like the above to happen. If the peak wind to 30 knots was only 5 minutes old,
why was the gust reported as 25 knots?
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Post by hlsto2 on Aug 7, 2018 20:33:23 GMT -5
ending 8/6...1128 IFW samples rejected in the past 24 hours at our site. average of 47 each hour...
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