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Tue Aug 10 2004 12:45 AM

Re: decode recon data?

97779-header; 00204-0204Z; 30259-25.9N; 88000-88.0W 73600-flying at 736mb level; 99005- winds variable at 5kts; 66742- air temp minus16C, dewpoint minus24C, /5763- has to do with pressure altitude-I'll check on it.
temperatures below 0C have 50 added to them. eg 66-50=16, 74-50=24

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