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  1. Aviation weather for Moose Jaw Air Vice Marshal C. M. McEwen airport (Canada) is “CYMJ 261800Z 08004KT 050V110 12SM FEW020 FEW040 FEW140 M05/M07 A3029 RMK SC1SC1AC1 DENSITY ALT -713FT FG BANK N SLP298” : See what it means on bigorre.org/aero/meteo/cymj/en #moosejawairvicemarshalcmmcewenairport #airport #moosejaw #canada #cymj #ymj #metar #aviation #aviationweather #avgeek vl

  2. Aviation weather for Moose Jaw Air Vice Marshal C. M. McEwen airport (Canada) is “CYMJ 241600Z 32004KT 12SM BKN070 BKN210 M01/M02 A3000 RMK AC6CI1 DENSITY ALT 170FT BR SLP190” : See what it means on bigorre.org/aero/meteo/cymj/en #moosejawairvicemarshalcmmcewenairport #airport #moosejaw #canada #cymj #ymj #metar #aviation #aviationweather #avgeek vl

  3. Random memory / observation...

    Here in #Saskatchewan, we have lots of place names that are memorable or unusual (for English speakers) or just plain odd [1]. Some, like the province's name, are just anglicized words or phrases from various First Nations languages (flavours of Cree, Dene, and others). Others are English translations of such phrases, which may sound odd to native English speakers. Occasionally this oddness gets them used in various contexts, like in Weird Al's "Canadian Idiot", where he says "Eat their weight in Kraft macaroni, and dream of driving a zamboni all over Saskatchewan".

    The random recollection is of a game I used to play on the Amiga computer back in the late 80s or early 90s. I don't recall its name, but it was a driving/racing game of some sort. One of its levels was called Moose Jaw, which is one of our memorable place names (a mid-sized city and home to a Canadian Armed Forces air base).

    The funny part is that the level included towering cliffs, jungle, an enormous waterfall ... anyone who's been to southern Saskatchewan will now be chuckling to themselves. I guess the Swedish developer (IIRC) just thought it was a good, unique name. I doubt he or she had ever been here.

    [1] For example, we have towns for both #Elbow *and* #Eyebrow.

    #MooseJaw #SK #Canada #Amiga #computer #Swedish #Sweden #developer #WeirdAl #random #game #ComputerGame #AmigaGame

  4. Aviation weather for Moose Jaw Air Vice Marshal C. M. McEwen airport (Canada) is “CYMJ 281800Z 19007G15KT 140V210 15SM FEW062 SCT290 25/09 A3010 RMK CF1CI2 DENSITY ALT 3505FT SLP189” : See what it means on bigorre.org/aero/meteo/cymj/en #moosejaw #canada #moosejawairvicemarshalcmmcewenairport #cymj #ymj #metar #aviation #aviationweather #avgeek #airport vl