wain 879 Posted March 6, 2017 Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 I have been reading up on weather reports and have downloaded a really good PDF that explains most things, however I can't find an explanation for the following, any help would be useful please... FEW120 BKN300..... does the 120 mean 1200ft or 12000ft does the 300 mean 3000ft or 30000ft understand the rest of the reports.... thanks, don't laugh to much at my dumb question.... Wayne Link to post Share on other sites
hifly 925 Posted March 6, 2017 Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 (edited) Wayne, Metars in Plain English is a useful site for real time Europe weather and in plain English too. Edited March 6, 2017 by hifly 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Tim_A 996 Posted March 6, 2017 Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 The number is in hundreds of feet above GROUND level (not MSL). Add two zeros to get the height in feet. so 120 is 12000 ft, 012 would be 1200 ft, 300 is 30000 ft and so on. (if you think that sounds about the same as flight levels, that's a good way of remembering) 2 Link to post Share on other sites
wain 879 Posted March 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 Tankyou Geoff and Tim.....thinking of it as flight levels makes sense........ Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,283 Posted March 6, 2017 Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 Perfect answer Tim. And we never laugh at any question Wayne, we all had to figure that out at one point. Not asking the question and going through life not knowing would be laughable. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
wain 879 Posted March 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2017 cheers Brett, always a helpful bunch here..... Link to post Share on other sites
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