"Jon O Rourke" wrote in message
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"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message


"JAHGS" wrote in message
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2004/05/17 08:50
EGTC 170850Z 22007KT 5000 HZ NLC 19/13 Q1026
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I think it should be NSC for "no significant cloud". I guess
NLC
was
meant to mean (if you see what I mean) "no low cloud".


Eiher way it's another duff METAR as all cloud should be reported
in UK
METARs unless SKC or CAVOK apply.

Jon, what's the status of sig weather in the last hour, these days,
in
respect of METARs? I still prefer to eyeball SYNOPs rather than
METARs so I don't look at them systematically, but I have the
impression that I don't see many RERAs or RESHs any more.
French METARs (one of which I keep a close eye on)
certainly does not include any RE weather, so, especially in
showery weather, it is impossible to form a complete picture of
the day's weather from the METARs alone.

Philip Eden