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  • Location: Ash, Surrey/Hampshire Border Farnborough 4 miles
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    • Location: Ash, Surrey/Hampshire Border Farnborough 4 miles
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    Would anyone please explain the following.

    If I am taking readings daily of the local weather, should I set the barometer to Relative - which is the sea level setting - or Absolute, which is the reading from the station itself? There seems to be quite a difference. Eg when I check Farnborough TAFs and METARs they are obviously using QNH which is sea level and not QNH field elevation. I may, of course, be wrong.

    Any ideas chaps and chapesses?

    Regards

    Andy

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    johnholmes Maestro

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  • Location: just south of Doncaster, Sth Yorks
    • Location: just south of Doncaster, Sth Yorks
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    don't get mired in the QFE, QNH or QFF issues.

    Simply set your barometer to what is shown on the next BBC weather chart.

    Its near enough for any of us.

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  • Location: Ash, Surrey/Hampshire Border Farnborough 4 miles
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    • Location: Ash, Surrey/Hampshire Border Farnborough 4 miles
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    Thanks John

    Regards

    Andy

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