"conditional language" in a TAF
12-23-2015 | 07:57 AM
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"conditional language" in a TAF
I am trying to comprehend an OpSpec that says "All conditional forecast elements below the lowest applicable operating minimums must be taken into account."
While I can assume this means anything in a TAF below mins counts in disqualifying an airfield, I cannot take the leap from assumption to absolute certainty without understanding factually the definition of "conditional forecast elements".
Google and searching here yielded a few nebulous answers half-answers:
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While I can assume this means anything in a TAF below mins counts in disqualifying an airfield, I cannot take the leap from assumption to absolute certainty without understanding factually the definition of "conditional forecast elements".
Google and searching here yielded a few nebulous answers half-answers:
- TEMPO in WX forecast? - PPRuNe Forums
- http://www.nws.noaa.gov/directives/s...008013curr.pdf This document mentions "conditional language".
Thanks guys.
12-23-2015 | 09:29 AM
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12-23-2015 | 09:03 PM
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Then there's the practice of companies that note weather forecast below minimums, but purchase a "RAMTAF" showing vastly improved weather, and substitute that in the flight packet to show forecast weather well above minimums. That doesn't happen, does it?
12-24-2015 | 06:20 AM
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Which is interesting because they use the word "conditional" fit everything in to a small tidy box. But if everybody just called it "temp. & prob. Language" it would actually be fewer syllables and would never need to be explained again. Sometimes the cure is worse than the disease.
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