Wind Coding/Decoding Rules

METEOROLOGY FLIGHT PLANNING

CHAPTER TWO

FDUS1 KWBC 180545Z

DATA BASED ON 180000Z

VALID 181200Z FOR USE 0600Z - 1500Z, TEMPS NEG ABV 24000

3000

6000

9000

12000

18000

24000

30000

34000

39000

JAX

1008

1005+08

9900+04

9900-01

3016-15

3027-28

305042

296749

296552

TLH

1110

1207+09

9900+04

9900+00

2816-14

2832-26

295641

297049

296653

PIE

1113

1110+09

1007+05

9900+00

3118-13

3037-26

306040

296948

296252

MIA

1118

1218+10

1010+06

0505+02

3222-13

3141-25

306040

306147

304852

TRI

3010+05

2920+00

2931-05

2946-18

2953-30

297044

298852

299156

GRW

1615

1914+08

2216+03

2421-03

2632-17

2639-29

276243

289052

289557

MEM

1723

1925+09

2024+04

2124-02

2429-16

2537-28

265942

268351

269256

LIT

1829

2034+10

2033+04

2131-02

2333-16

2443-28

256242

258650

750056

SGF

1732

2038+09

2038+04

2136-03

2337-17

2446-29

246644

259851

751357

OKC

1730

1940+11

2043+05

2142-01

2245-01

2358-28

237843

730450

732055

AMA

1925

2140+05

2146-03

2156-18

2271-30

229244

721551

721553

VALID 181800Z FOR USE 1500-2100Z. TEMPS NEG ABV 24000

3000

6000

9000

12000

18000

24000

30000

34000

39000

JAX

1512

1611+08

1708+04

1705-01

2913-14

3029-26

315641

317249

316743

TLH

1514

1614+08

1712+04

1811-01

2716-14

2934-25

295639

306547

296354

PIE

1313

1513+09

1511+04

1408+00

3012-13

3035-24

315938

316647

306053

MIA

1017

1219+09

1113+05

0909+01

3317-12

3241-24

326339

316546

315251

TRI

2411+06

2618+01

2827-04

2841-17

2847-29

286744

299452

790256

GRW

1822

2028+12

2128+06

2226-03

2532-17

2642-28

275943

278649

770856

MEM

1828

2134+10

2133+05

2133-02

2335-16

2546-27

266342

268748

761456

LIT

1832

2142+10

2141+04

2139-02

2241-16

2453-27

257141

259348

751756

SGF

1835

2144+10

2145+04

2145-02

2248-17

2359-28

247543

259549

751556

OKC

1832

2044+11

2149+05

2149-02

2256-17

2273-28

239241

730548

731154

AMA

2026

2242+02

2247-06

2258-21

2278-30

710243

721049

229951

Figure 2-22 Winds-Aloft Forecasts

Wind Coding/Decoding Rules

While the Winds-Aloft Forecast may seem like nothing more than a bunch of numbers, it

presents wind information similar to that found in Winds-Aloft Prognostic Charts in an organized

series of four or six-digit groups. The left column lists the reporting station, and the top row lists

the corresponding altitudes for which wind and temperature data are given, referenced to feet

MSL.

DATA DISPLAYED ON WEATHER IMAGERY PRODUCTS

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