| HEAD | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| METAR | CCCC | YYGGggZ | AUTO | ||
| " | " | YY | GGgg | Z | " |
| Type of Report | ICAO identifier of the station | Day of Observation (UTC) | Time of Observation Hours and Minutes (UTC) | UTC | Full automated Station |
| WIND | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dddffGfmfm KMH | KT | MPS | dndndnVdxdxdx | ||||||
| ddd | ff | G | fmfm | KMH | KT | MPS | dndndn | V | dxdxdx |
| Wind Direction (10° - Steps only) or VRB = variable | Avarage Wind Speed of the last 10 min. or after significant change | Gusts | Wind Speed Peak of the last 10 min. | Wind Speed Units KMH = Kilometeres per Hour KT = Knots MPS = Meteres per Second |
Wind Direction Extrema anti-clockwise | Wind Direction is Variable | Wind Direction Extrema clockwise |
| 00000 = calm | This group follows if during the last 10 min. before observation the Wind Direction has made changes up to 60° or more and ff > 3 KT | ||||||
| VISIBILITY | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VVVVDv | VxVxVxVxDv | RDRDR/VRVRVRVRi | RDRDR/VRVRVRVRVVRVRVRVRi | ||||||||||
| VVVV | Dv | VxVxVxVx | Dv | R | DRDR | VRVRVRVR | i | R | DRDR | VRVRVRVR | V | VRVRVRVR | i |
| Lowest horizontal visibility in meters Visibility 10 km or more => VVVV = 9999 |
If required the direction with the lowest visibility [ N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW ] | Best horizontal visibility | Direction with the best visibility | RVR - Runway Visual Range | Number of the RWY Can be followed by [ LL, L, C, R, RR ] if parallel RWYs are existing (max 5) |
RVR average of the last 10 min. in meters (SPECI: 1 min. average) P1500 means RVR is > or = 1500 m M0050 means RVR is < 50 m |
Tendency of RVR value U = up D = down N = no significant change |
RVR - Runway Visual Range | Number of the RWY | RVR - lowest 1 min average of the last 10 min | RVR Varying | RVR - highest 1 min average of the last 10 min | Tendency of RVR value |
| Group follows if lowest visibility < 1500 m and max visibility > 5000 m | Is reported if the RVR is significant varying | ||||||||||||
| WEATHER | CLOUDS | VISIBILITY / WEATHER / CLOUDS | TEMPERATURE / DEWPOINT | QNH | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| w'w' | NsNsNshshshs(CC) | VVhshshs | SKC | NSC | CAVOK | T'T'/T'dT'd | Q | A PHPHPHPH | |||||||
| " | NsNsNs | hshshs | VV | hshshs | SKC | NSC | " | T'T' | T'dT'd | Q | A | PHPHPHPH |
| Present Weather see here. | Coverage of the sky by clouds FEW = 1/8 - 2/8 (few) SCT = 3/8 - 4/8 (scattered) BKN = 5/8 - 7/8 (broken) OVC = 8/8 (overcast) |
Ceiling above ground 100 ft / 1000 ft - steps 120 = 12.000 ft 008 = 800 ft |
Vertical Visibility - value is following | Vertical Visibility in steps of 100 ft /// = Vertical Visibility is not available |
Sky clear | No significant Clouds (just used with TREND) |
can replace VVVV, RVR, w'w' and clouds if: 1) VVVV > or = 10 km 2) no CB and no clouds < 5000 ft or below MSA 3) no weather according to w'w' - table |
Temperature in °C |
Dewpoint in °C |
Q => QNH comes in hPa A => QNH comes in inches of Mercury |
always rounded off, no decimals 1015,9 => 1015 if A => 1/100 inch Hg |
| CC is reported if cumulunimbus (CC = CB) or towering cumulus congestus (CC = TCU) is observed |
Is reported if sky is obscured | for negative temperatures MT'T' or MT'dT'd |
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| RECENT WEATHER | WINDSHEAR | TREND | REMARKS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REw'w' | WS RWYDRDR | WS ALL RWY | TTTTT | TTGGgg | RMK | |||||
| RE | w'w' | WS | RWYDRDR | ALL RWY | TTTTT | TT | GGgg | " | " |
| Recent weather is following | Recent weather see here. | Windshear | Runway + Number | All runways | Type of change BECMG = becoming TEMPO = temporary NOSIG = no significant change |
FM = from TL = until AT = at |
Time of the beginning of the weather changing | followed by dddffGfmfm and/or VVVV and/or w'w' and/or NsNsNshshshs(CC) / CAVOK |
National information follows |