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Hi there,Can anyone explain me how I've to interprete these data of my weather briefing in ASA : Winds aloft by waypoint:Waypoint 6K 9K 12K 18K 24K30K 34K 39K 44K 49KEBOS297at14(2) 325at18(1) 329at27(-9) 331at29(-21) 341at35(-33)340at50(-48) 335at56(-58) 334at58(-65) 336at41(-61) 337at26(-60)I already figured out that 297at14(2) means : wind direction - wind velocity - temperatureBut what do 6K, 9K, 18K, etc mean???I didn't find lot of information about this on the internet...Thx in advance !!

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Hi,Thanks for posting.What those values represent are the altitude levels of the particular wind data.K means thousand so we are reporting the winds data at:6,000 ft9,000 ft12,000 ftand so on.Thanks!

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