AIM
4/20/23
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Meteorology
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Sensor Status.
PWINO
FZRANO
TSNO
RVRNO
PNO
VISNO
Examples of METAR reports and explanation:
METAR KBNA 281250Z 33018KT 290V360 1/2SM R31/2700FT SN BLSN FG VV008 00/M03 A2991 RMK
RAE42SNB42
METAR
aviation routine weather report
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KBNA
Nashville, TN
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281250Z
date 28
th
, time 1250 UTC
. . . . . .
(no modifier)
This is a manually generated report, due to the absence of “AUTO” and “AO1 or AO2”
. .
in remarks
33018KT
wind three three zero at one eight
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290V360
wind variable between two nine zero and three six zero
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1/2SM
visibility one half
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R31/2700FT
Runway three one RVR two thousand seven hundred
. . .
SN
moderate snow
. . . . . . . . . . .
BLSN FG
visibility obscured by blowing snow and fog
. . . . .
VV008
indefinite ceiling eight hundred
. . . . . . . .
00/M03
temperature zero, dew point minus three
. . . . . . .
A2991
altimeter two niner niner one
. . . . . . . .
RMK
remarks
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RAE42
rain ended at four two
. . . . . . .
SNB42
snow began at four two
. . . . . . . .
METAR KSFO 041453Z AUTO VRB02KT 3SM BR CLR 15/12 A3012 RMK AO2
METAR
aviation routine weather report
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KSFO
San Francisco, CA
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041453Z
date 4
th
, time 1453 UTC
. . . . . .
AUTO
fully automated; no human intervention
. . . . . . .
VRB02KT
wind variable at two
. . . .
3SM
visibility three
. . . . . . . . .
BR
visibility obscured by mist
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CLR
no clouds below one two thousand
. . . . . . . . .
15/12
temperature one five, dew point one two
. . . . . . . . .
A3012
altimeter three zero one two
. . . . . . . .
RMK
remarks
. . . . . . . .
AO2
this automated station has a weather discriminator (for precipitation)
. . . . . . . . .
SPECI KCVG 152224Z 28024G36KT 3/4SM +TSRA BKN008 OVC020CB 28/23 A3000 RMK TSRAB24 TS
W MOV E
SPECI
(nonroutine) aviation special weather report
. . . . . . .
KCVG
Cincinnati, OH
. . . . . . .
152228Z
date 15
th
, time 2228 UTC
. . . . . .
(no modifier)
This is a manually generated report due to the absence of “AUTO” and “AO1 or AO2”
. .
in remarks