ATIS and wind value

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When ATIS announces wind say 170 at 34,

I know (now) that the velocity is in feet per second (stupidly) but at what height is the reading taken?

Just wondering, also applies to real ATIS as well I guess.

In the sim the value does not seem to match the windsock value which makes me wonder what height the value really is?

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The standard is 10m above the surface (for wind measurements).

As for ATIS wind velocity, it should be in Kts (and is if you use P2ATC, VATSIM, Etc…) but apparently the in-sim ATIS uses feet per second.

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Thanks for that.

Yes, I think the sim ATIS velocity is a bug, possibly works on FPS internally and did not get converted at some stage.

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