Hi All, The official definition of CAVOK (Clear Air, Visibility OK) is a minimum 10km visibility, no cloud below 5000ft above the aerodrome and no Cbs.
Our interpretation of this as a METAR code is to set visibility to 12km, and scattered cloud at 5500ft. While technically correct, it's a bit minimal and the weather is often significantly better than that. When I've seen CAVOK in UK METARs for my local airfields, the weather outside has often been cloudless with much better than 12km visibility. I'd like to change our CAVOK definitions to no cloud and 15km visibility. That way those of us using real weather fetch as a matter of course might occasionally get gin clear skies without a cloud in the sky. Unlike the UK summer this year... Any objections? -Stuart PS: This is bug 603 (https://code.google.com/p/flightgear-bugs/issues/detail?id=603) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
