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Winds of up to 82mph have been recorded in parts of the UK, as travellers hoping to get home for Christmas face further disruption with ferries, flights and trains cancelled due to bad weather. ...
Several Loganair flights from Glasgow Airport to the Hebridean islands have been cancelled, and 18 CalMac ferry routes have also been axed. Gusts of 82mph were recorded at Kirkwall on Orkney and ...
A LLWAS master station polls each remote station every system cycle (nominally every ten seconds) and provides prevailing airport wind averages, runway specific winds, gusts, may set new wind shear alerts or microburst alerts and reset countdown timers of elapsed time since the last alert.
ASOS sensors, located at Salinas, California. Surface weather observations have traditionally been taken at airports due to safety concerns during takeoffs and landings. The ICAO defines the International Standard Atmosphere (also known as ICAO Standard Atmosphere), which is the model of the standard variation of pressure, temperature, density, and viscosity with elevation/altitude in the ...
Data dissemination is usually via an automated VHF airband radio frequency (108-137 MHz) at each airport, broadcasting the automated weather observation. This is often via the automatic terminal information service (ATIS). Most automated weather stations also have discrete phone numbers to retrieve real-time observations over the phone or ...
SYNOP (surface synoptic observations) is a numerical code (called FM-12 by WMO) used for reporting weather observations made by staffed and automated weather stations. SYNOP reports are typically sent every six hours by Deutscher Wetterdienst on shortwave and low frequency using RTTY .
A plane crash-landed in high winds at a Belfast airport as poor weather disrupted travel across the UK in the run-up to Christmas. Belfast City Airport was forced to enact emergency procedures on ...
Glasgow Airport, also known as Glasgow International Airport (IATA: GLA [4], ICAO: EGPF) formerly Abbotsinch Airport, is an international airport in Scotland. It is located in Paisley , Renfrewshire , 8.6 nautical miles (15.9 km; 9.9 mi) west [ 1 ] of Glasgow city centre .