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Tower controller says ASOS WX showing a 700 ft overcast ceiling when the cloud cover was actually 10000 ft scattered.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 347210 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199609 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ykm |
| State Reference | WA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : ground controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| Experience | controller non radar : 8 |
| ASRS Report | 347210 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | atc equipment other atc equipment : unspecified other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Navigational Facility |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
ASOS reporting overcast 700 ft. Ceiling is actually scattered 10000 ft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: TWR CTLR SAYS ASOS WX SHOWING A 700 FT OVCST CEILING WHEN THE CLOUD COVER WAS ACTUALLY 10000 FT SCATTERED.
Narrative: ASOS RPTING OVCST 700 FT. CEILING IS ACTUALLY SCATTERED 10000 FT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.