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METAR (METeorological Airport Report) describe the current conditions as observed by the weather tower at an airport. These are reliable, updated frequently, although incredibly terse. Similarly, TAF (Terminal Aerodrome Forecast) report the coming conditions including trends and temporary changes typically for the next twelve to twenty-four hours. The format takes a little getting used.

I’ve compiled a number of reports for a select few cities in the north Atlantic and compressed them into a format the plays nicely with mobile telephones. For the benefit of humans, I’ve prepended the Metar decoded. Let’s check out the balmy Kangerlussuaq (Søndre Strømfjord):

Metar


BGSF 071750Z 04005KT 5000 -SN OVC035 M11/M12 Q1008


BGSF is the airport code (ICAO) followed by the time of the report at UTC. The first two digits represent the day of the month (in this case the seventh) while the next four are the hour (24-hour) and minute (Z refers to Zulu or UTC), thus 17:50.

The next three digits refer to the wind direction (the direction from which the wind comes) over 360 degrees, where 0 is north, 90 is from the east. The next two digits is the wind speed in knots (hence KT). Two knots is roughly one m/s. So 04005KT is roughly 2.5 m/s wind from the northeast. Sometimes you’ll see a G which refers to gusts, so 27020G30KT means 10 m/s gusting to 15 m/s from the west.

The next four digits refer to visibility in meters. 5000 means 5 km visibility. 9999 is typically used for visibility unlimited or at least 10 km.

Then there is the weather type, precipitation, etc. A minus (-) means light while plus is heavy. There are a huge number of codes. Just a few, SH showers, SN snow, FG fog, DZ drizzle, TS thunderstorms, BR mist, RA rain, and many more.

The next zero to many describe the layers of clouds. Scattered, broken, overcast, etc followed by the number of hundreds of feet. Why we mix metric with imperial, I have only guesses. OVC035 means overcast layer of clouds at 3500 feet.

The next numbers refer to the the temperature. The M means minus (below freezing). After the slash is the dew point, the temperature at which precipitation should be expected, or at least 100% relative humidity.

The number with a Q is the barometric pressure in millibar (mbs).

I dag er det Alexs fødselsdag,
hurra hurra hurra,
han sikkert sig en gave får,
som han har ønsket sig i år,
med dejlig chokolade og kager til.

Hvor smiler han, hvor er han glad,
hurra hurra hurra,
men denne dag er også rar,
for hjemme venter mor og far
med dejlig chokolade og kager til.

Og når han hjem fra skole går,
hurra hurra hurra,
så skal han hjem og holde fest
og hvem der kommer med som gæst
får dejlig chokolade og kager til.

Til slut vi råber højt i kor,
hurra hurra hurra,
gid Alex længe leve må,
og sine ønsker opfyldt få,
og dejlig chokolade og kager til.

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København opsiger aftale med sprogskole

Københavns Kommune afbryder med øjeblikkelig virkning sit samarbejde med den ellers så populære sprogskole KISS. Skolen undrer sig over kommunens beslutning.

Sprogskolen KISS i København skylder Københavns Kommune millioner af kroner, og derfor har kommunen opsagt aftalen med sprogskolen. Ifølge Beskæftigelses- og Integrationsforvaltningen har skolen misligholdt de økonomiske aftaler og skylder kommunen 4,5 millioner kroner. Skolens forstander, Steen A. Christensen, undrer sig over kommunens beslutning.

»Vi har et stigende antal kursister og kunne sagtens overholde den afbetalingsordning, som kommunen nu er sprunget fra«, siger Christensen, der nu bliver nødt til at lukke skolen.

KISS, som står for Københavns Intensive Sprog Skole, har eksisteret i mere end 35 år og er anerkendt for at have landets mest effektive kursus for udlændinge. Skolens elever får tilbud om at fortsætte undervisningen på andre sprogskoler.

Copenhagen gives notice agreement to language school

Københavns Kommune (Copenhagen’s County) ends cooperation with the otherwise popular language school KISS with immediate effect. The school is surprised over the local authority’s decision.

The language school KISS in Copenhagen owes Københavns Kommune millions of crowns, and therefore the local authority has given notice the agreement with the language school. According to Employment and Integration Association (Beskæftigelses og Integrationsforvaltningen), the school has failed to fulfill the financial agreements and owes the local authority 4.5 million crowns. The school’s principal, Steen A. Christensen, is surprised over the local authority’s decision.

“We have a rising number of participants and could easily respect the repayment arrangement that the local authority has now retracted”, says Christensen, who now becomes obliged to close the school.

KISS, which stands for Copenhagen’s Intensive Language School (Københavns Intensive Sprog Skole), has existed for more than 35 years and is reputed to the country’s most effective course for foreigners. The school’s pupils get offers of continuing the teaching at other language schools.

Bog IV, lektion 1-8
Undskyld, jeg forstyrrer. Har du meget travelt?

Bog III, lektion 1-9
Hvad er det smukkeste sted i Danmark?

Bog II, lektion 1-8
Jeg lærer altid mine sætninger, når jeg kommer hjem.

Bog I, lektion 1-9
Dav. Hvad hedder du?