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PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 8:48 am
by Ian Warren
First thought a light shower but then it turned nasty ohmy.gif I think i might become a weather man , Jim Hickey move over



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 9:19 am
by Link148
Ian.
Nice screen shots. Are you using default weather or another programme?

Nick.

PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 9:23 am
by Ian Warren
Thanks Nick , running real world weather and REX2 , only three areas the weather is read Auck-Welly-CHCH , guess just lucky to get a squaw .

PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 1:13 pm
by Timbo
Noice shots,

Is that true about the weather reporting? only three spots sounds a little inaccurate, I wonder if theres something that can done?

PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 1:21 pm
by Ian Warren
Apparently so or been told , least the automatic station which the REX reads from , guess the areas not covered is simply by radio and eyeball and end the day makes for an exciting flight into the coast when it gos fubar.

PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 2:10 pm
by zkcav
Nice shots where did you get the Boomarang from?

PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 2:16 pm
by Ian Warren
zkcav wrote:
QUOTE (zkcav @ Jan 21 2012,3:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Nice shots where did you get the Boomarang from?

Flight Replica s model , nice VC and three historic paints

http://www.flight-replicas.com/Aircraft.htm

PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 3:31 pm
by ZK-LGD
Timbo wrote:
QUOTE (Timbo @ Jan 21 2012,2:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Is that true about the weather reporting? only three spots sounds a little inaccurate, I wonder if theres something that can done?


Unfortunately, yes; that is true. If you fly in the vicinity of the 3 main centers you're catered for; hit the South Island back blocks (Fiordland/Mt. Cook or Mt. Aspiring NPs et cetera) and you get ... Christchurch weather. Doh!!!

Of course, you can get local hourly NZ SYNOPs from weather-forcast.com (and they're extremely abbreviated, at that) or try VATNZ-VATSIM New Zealand (weather) (just as abbreviated). There used to be an app made by greaneyr, but the METAR link he supplied is no longer current. sad.gif

If you hold your PPL you can, of course, log into the CAA and obtain local METARs, but even that has gone the way of "user-pays". sad.gif

PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 10:43 pm
by lowflier
Those are some sweet shots Ian. I really do like that boomerang.