December 12, 20214 yr KMWN 120353Z 27079G95KT 0SM +RA FG VV000 02/02 RMK PK WND 260101/51 PRESRR Tried to check it on the sim but the airport doesn't exist? Alvega CPU: AMD 7800X3D | COOLER: Cooler Master MasterLiquid 240L Core ARGB | GPU: RTX 4070 TI Super 16GB OC | Mobo: ASUS TUF GAMING X670E-PLUS WIFI |RAM: 32 GB Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5 6000MHz PC5-48000 2x16GB CL36 | SSDs: WD Black SN770 2TB NVMe SSD (WIN11), WD Black SN850X SSD 2 TB M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 NVMe (MSFS), Crucial MX500 2TB (Other stuff) | CASE: Forgeon Arcanite ARGB Mesh Tower ATX White | Power Supply: Forgeon Bolt PSU 850W 80+ Gold Full Modular White
December 12, 20214 yr Apparently that is the Mount Washington weather station. https://www.checkwx.com/weather/KMWN Bill N7IBG
December 12, 20214 yr Author Yeah, but it's not in the sim. It's not an airport? Edited December 12, 20214 yr by Alvega Alvega CPU: AMD 7800X3D | COOLER: Cooler Master MasterLiquid 240L Core ARGB | GPU: RTX 4070 TI Super 16GB OC | Mobo: ASUS TUF GAMING X670E-PLUS WIFI |RAM: 32 GB Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5 6000MHz PC5-48000 2x16GB CL36 | SSDs: WD Black SN770 2TB NVMe SSD (WIN11), WD Black SN850X SSD 2 TB M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 NVMe (MSFS), Crucial MX500 2TB (Other stuff) | CASE: Forgeon Arcanite ARGB Mesh Tower ATX White | Power Supply: Forgeon Bolt PSU 850W 80+ Gold Full Modular White
December 12, 20214 yr 11 minutes ago, Alvega said: Yeah, but it's not in the sim. It's not an airport? Weather station is not an airport LOL So no! Life time flight sim enthusiast, current airplane owner 172P (past C182F). FAA CP/IR ASEL/AMEL, FI ASELMy System: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D , MSI X870 GAMING PLUS, 64G RAM, ASUS RTX5090, 4T SSDPut my hands on (pic/dual/given)7GCAA, 8KCAB, BE24, BE76, BE35-C33, BE35, C150, C152, C172B/N/P/R/SP, 182F, M20E,M20C, M20J, AT6(SNJ4), PA28-140,PA28-151, PA28-161,PA28-181,PA28RT-201,PA28R-180/201T, PA24-250, PA32-300R, PA44, AC114, YAK-18T, YAK-52, SR22
December 12, 20214 yr Author 2 minutes ago, sd_flyer said: Weather station is not an airport LOL So no! Oh, thought it was a weather station on the airport. Alvega CPU: AMD 7800X3D | COOLER: Cooler Master MasterLiquid 240L Core ARGB | GPU: RTX 4070 TI Super 16GB OC | Mobo: ASUS TUF GAMING X670E-PLUS WIFI |RAM: 32 GB Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5 6000MHz PC5-48000 2x16GB CL36 | SSDs: WD Black SN770 2TB NVMe SSD (WIN11), WD Black SN850X SSD 2 TB M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 NVMe (MSFS), Crucial MX500 2TB (Other stuff) | CASE: Forgeon Arcanite ARGB Mesh Tower ATX White | Power Supply: Forgeon Bolt PSU 850W 80+ Gold Full Modular White
December 12, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Alvega said: Oh, thought it was a weather station on the airport. If airport located in US you can always try to find it at airbav.com If it's not listed then 99.9% it doesn't exist! Life time flight sim enthusiast, current airplane owner 172P (past C182F). FAA CP/IR ASEL/AMEL, FI ASELMy System: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D , MSI X870 GAMING PLUS, 64G RAM, ASUS RTX5090, 4T SSDPut my hands on (pic/dual/given)7GCAA, 8KCAB, BE24, BE76, BE35-C33, BE35, C150, C152, C172B/N/P/R/SP, 182F, M20E,M20C, M20J, AT6(SNJ4), PA28-140,PA28-151, PA28-161,PA28-181,PA28RT-201,PA28R-180/201T, PA24-250, PA32-300R, PA44, AC114, YAK-18T, YAK-52, SR22
December 12, 20214 yr Mt. Washington was for years known as the windiest place on Earth. I think they’ve got some other wacky records too. https://www.mountwashington.org/about-us/history/world-record-wind.aspx
December 12, 20214 yr Yup, Mount Washington is not an airport. There are several automated weather observation stations in the U.S. that feed METARs into the system, but aren't airports. Usually they're locations that offer relevant weather for someone; on Mount Washington it might just be for research. Many mountain passes that highways cross have these for instance; I think primarily intended for drivers, but very helpful for anyone dumb enough to be, say, flying a VFR-only biplane cross-country. 😁 Andrew Crowley
December 12, 20214 yr One way you can tell directly that it's not an airport is that it's missing the altimeter setting.
December 12, 20214 yr KHIE Mount Washington Rgnl is the closest airport only 8 nm distance, winds there are strong currently, but still "mild" compared to KMWN: https://aviationweather.gov KHIE (Mt Washington Rgnl, NH, US) KHIE 121052Z AUTO 27008G21KT 10SM BKN048 OVC055 01/M07 A2973 RMK AO2 PK WND 30035/1015 SLP076 T00111067 KMWN (Mount Washington(OBS, NH, US) KMWN 121051Z 29077G90KT 0SM -SN FZFG BLSN VV000 M12/M12 RMK PK WND 300101/30 VRY LGT ICG Edited December 12, 20214 yr by turbomax AMD 7800X3D, Windows 11, Gigabyte X670 AORUS Elite AX Motherboard, 64GB DDR5 G.SKILL Trident Z5 NEO RGB (AMD Expo), RTX 4090, Samsung 980 PRO M.2 NVMe SSD 2 TB PCIe 4.0, Samsung 980 PRO M.2 NVMe SSD 1 TB PCIe 4.0, 4K resolution 50" TV @60Hz, VR: Pimax Crystal Light + HP Reverb G2 @ 90 Hz, Honeycomb Bravo Throttle Quadrant, be quiet 1000W PSU, Noctua NH-U12S chromax.black air cooler. 60-130 fps. no CPU overclocking. very nice.
December 12, 20214 yr Just to be clear about the Mt. Washington weather station, it's at the top of the mountain, over 6,200 MSL. It's reachable by the Mt. Washington Auto Road or by a cog railway. It's the highest point in the northeastern United States. KHIE is in Whitefield, NH, around 1,100 MSL, even though it's close by. The Wikipedia entry for the mountain includes the phrase: Quote The mountain is notorious for its erratic weather. Indeed. I heard once that one reason for the wild winds during the winter is the proximity of the polar jet stream, which occasionally develops a vertical "kink" that dips low enough to impact the top of the mountain. That might explain those 200+ mph peak wind speeds which have been recorded up there. Unfortunately, the MSFS mesh isn't particularly good in the Presidential Range or Mount Washington Valley to its south, so many interesting topographical features look like mild hills. Maybe one day these will be spruced up a bit, and we'll be able to see the ledges that rise vertically from the valley's floor. The flight sim representation is much improved in X Plane by the use of the HD mesh that is available for the eastern US, so it can be done. John Wiesenfeld KPBI | FAA PPL/SEL/IFR in a galaxy long ago and far away | VATSIM PILOT P2 i7-11700K, 32 GB DDR4 3.6 GHz, MSI RTX 3070ti, Dell 4K monitor
December 12, 20214 yr 7 hours ago, sd_flyer said: If airport located in US you can always try to find it at airbav.com If it's not listed then 99.9% it doesn't exist! ehhhh - airnav.com Sincerely, Dennis D. Müllert System Specs: MoBo: MSI MAG X870 Tomahawk WiFi ATX AM5. CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Memory: 128GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5600 CL-40. GPU: 24GB Asus TUF Gaming OC GeForce RTX 4090. Monitor: LG UltraGear+ 45" curved OLED. Power Supply: Corsair 1500 Watt 80+ Platinum ATX. HD: 2TB Sabrent Rocket NVME SSD. Windows 11 Pro. Flight Sim Hardware: Joystick: Thrustmaster T16000M. Rudder Pedals: Thrustmaster TPR Pendular Pedals. Yoke: Honeycomb Alpha. Throttles: Honeycomb Bravo. Controller: XBox Controller
December 12, 20214 yr 9 hours ago, Stearmandriver said: flying a VFR-only biplane cross-country 29077G90KT 0SM -SN FZFG BLSN VV000 M12/M12 if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere 😊 took a flight today from nearby KHIE Mount Washingtion Rgnl towards the KMWN weather station. yes I could see it clearly on the summit of the mountain in broad daylight/sunshine, complete opposite of what the real world Metar shows. so unfortunately MSFS gives a word not allowed since it is not derived from an airport Edited December 12, 20214 yr by turbomax AMD 7800X3D, Windows 11, Gigabyte X670 AORUS Elite AX Motherboard, 64GB DDR5 G.SKILL Trident Z5 NEO RGB (AMD Expo), RTX 4090, Samsung 980 PRO M.2 NVMe SSD 2 TB PCIe 4.0, Samsung 980 PRO M.2 NVMe SSD 1 TB PCIe 4.0, 4K resolution 50" TV @60Hz, VR: Pimax Crystal Light + HP Reverb G2 @ 90 Hz, Honeycomb Bravo Throttle Quadrant, be quiet 1000W PSU, Noctua NH-U12S chromax.black air cooler. 60-130 fps. no CPU overclocking. very nice.
December 12, 20214 yr 12 hours ago, Alvega said: KMWN 120353Z 27079G95KT 0SM +RA FG VV000 02/02 RMK PK WND 260101/51 PRESRR Tried to check it on the sim but the airport doesn't exist? Was about to comment that this is just a commonly Vagar METAR but then I saw KMWN...
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