Perhaps I'm slow on the uptake but I've just noticed that the full list of
hourly SYNOPs from UK and Ireland is now available from the usual internet
sites in the USA. The last time I checked it was only 3-hourly that were
available (6-hourly for Ireland). Indeed, there's now a very comprehenseve set
of SYNOPs for the whole of Europe available hourly.

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
http://peakdistrictweather.org

Norman

It's been like that for a long time now, for a change the UKMO don't skimp when it comes to SYNOP data.

Personally I've just swapped to using OGIMET for all my SYNOPs and made FSU my first reserve.

I keep getting people saying that SYNOP data will be discontinued but its managed to survive to 2015 thank goodness.

Bruce.

On Mon, 12 Jan 2015 06:06:44 -0800 (PST),
wrote:
I keep getting people saying that SYNOP data will be discontinued
but its managed to survive to 2015 thank goodness.

SYNOP data _has_ been discontinued as the primary medium for
transmission. It is BUFR data 're-encoded into SYNOP that you are
seeing. But that service won't last forever. Best to make the jump to
BUFR - there are free decoders available.

--
Freddie
Pontesbury, Shropshire
102m AMSL
http://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/
https://Twitter.com/PontesburyWx for hourly reports

But where can you find bufr synop data though?

On 12/01/2015 14:48, wrote:
But where can you find bufr synop data though?


I'm all ears on this thread :-)

--
Keith (Southend)
"Weather Home & Abroad"
http://www.southendweather.net
Twitter:@LawnscienceEssx

On 12/01/2015 12:53, Norman wrote:
Perhaps I'm slow on the uptake but I've just noticed that the full list of
hourly SYNOPs from UK and Ireland is now available from the usual internet
sites in the USA. The last time I checked it was only 3-hourly that were
available (6-hourly for Ireland). Indeed, there's now a very comprehenseve set
of SYNOPs for the whole of Europe available hourly.


Is there a SYNOP 'translator' anywhere though, as reading them isn't
second nature to me, as it probably is to some here?

--

Paul Hyett, Cheltenham

Vidcapper wrote:

On 12/01/2015 12:53, Norman wrote:
Perhaps I'm slow on the uptake but I've just noticed that the full list of
hourly SYNOPs from UK and Ireland is now available from the usual internet
sites in the USA. The last time I checked it was only 3-hourly that were
available (6-hourly for Ireland). Indeed, there's now a very comprehenseve
set of SYNOPs for the whole of Europe available hourly.


Is there a SYNOP 'translator' anywhere though, as reading them isn't second
nature to me, as it probably is to some here?


It's explained quite well here

http://weather.unisys.com/wxp/Append...ats/SYNOP.html

It's actually a lot less complicated than it looks.

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
http://peakdistrictweather.org

On 12/01/2015 16:52, Norman wrote:
Vidcapper wrote:

On 12/01/2015 12:53, Norman wrote:
Perhaps I'm slow on the uptake but I've just noticed that the full list of
hourly SYNOPs from UK and Ireland is now available from the usual internet
sites in the USA. The last time I checked it was only 3-hourly that were
available (6-hourly for Ireland). Indeed, there's now a very comprehenseve
set of SYNOPs for the whole of Europe available hourly.


Is there a SYNOP 'translator' anywhere though, as reading them isn't second
nature to me, as it probably is to some here?


It's explained quite well here

http://weather.unisys.com/wxp/Append...ats/SYNOP.html

It's actually a lot less complicated than it looks.


Thanks for that, but I was really looking for something where you paste
the data in, and it crunches the numbers for you.

--

Paul Hyett, Cheltenham

On Monday, 12 January 2015 15:49:38 UTC, Keith (Southend)G wrote:
On 12/01/2015 14:48, wrote:
But where can you find bufr synop data though?


I'm all ears on this thread :-)

Pictures would be nice though. I can remember when people posted links on threads in uk.sci.weather. Perhaps the process of turning into dildoes depends on how much of a prick one is?

On Monday, 12 January 2015 17:26:09 UTC, vidcapper wrote:
On 12/01/2015 16:52, Norman wrote:
Vidcapper wrote:

On 12/01/2015 12:53, Norman wrote:
Perhaps I'm slow on the uptake but I've just noticed that the full list of
hourly SYNOPs from UK and Ireland is now available from the usual internet
sites in the USA. The last time I checked it was only 3-hourly that were
available (6-hourly for Ireland). Indeed, there's now a very comprehenseve
set of SYNOPs for the whole of Europe available hourly.


Is there a SYNOP 'translator' anywhere though, as reading them isn't second
nature to me, as it probably is to some here?


It's explained quite well here

http://weather.unisys.com/wxp/Append...ats/SYNOP.html

It's actually a lot less complicated than it looks.


Thanks for that, but I was really looking for something where you paste
the data in, and it crunches the numbers for you.

Nothing in the FAQs?