Weather Reports

[GThill]

I am a student pilot and was just studying weather reports. I came along something I don't understand.
Here was the report:

291755Z 11005KT 50SM BKN250 30/M04 A3006 RMK SLP161 WND DATA/ALSTG/SLP ESTMD 10297 10103 52002

The question is interpreting the remarks. Thank you!

[wxwatcher]

Those remarks read as follows:

SLP161 is the Sea Level Pressure used by the NWS computers and some foreign air carriers. I believe it is in millibars.

WND DATA/ALSTG/SLP ESTMD means the wind data (direction and speed), altimeter setting, and the seal level pressure are all estimated values.

The numeric codes after that are all called synoptic data and are used by the National Weather Service computers to develop the various weather charts we use.

Hope that answers your question.

Jerry

[GThill]

Ok that makes a lot more sense. Thanks a lot Jerry