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 Aerodrome actual weather - METAR and SPECI decode

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Example
SAEE60 LKPR 301220
METAR LKMT 24015KT 200V280 8000 -RA FEW010 BKN025 OVC080 18/15 Q0983
TEMPO 3000 RA BKN008 OVC020=

Anexample of the above METAR for 12.20 UTC on the 30th of the month, in plain language:
LKMT: Surface wind: mean 240 deg true, 15 kt; varying between 200 and 280 deg; minimum vis 8 km; light rain; cloud; 1-2 oktas base 1000 ft , 5-7 oktas 2500 ft, 8 oktas 8000 ft; temperature +18 °C, dew point +15°C; QNH 983 mb; Trend: temporarily 3000 m in moderate rain with 5-7 oktas 800 ft, 8 oktas 2000 ft.



Example
SAEE60 LKPR 301220
METAR LKKV 30025G37KT 270V360 1200NE 6000S +SHSN SCT005 BKN010CB 03/M01 Q0999 RETS
BECMG AT1300 NSW SCT015 BKN100=

An example of the above METAR for 12.20 UTC on the 30th of the month, in plain language:
LKKV: Surface wind: mean 300 deg true, 25 kt; maximum 37 kt, varying between 270 and 360 deg; minimum vis 1200 m (to north-east), maximum vis 6 km (to south); heavy shower of snow, Cloud; 3-4 oktas base 500 ft , 5-7 oktas CB base 1000 ft, temperature +3°C, dew point -1°C; QNH 999 mb; Thunderstorm since the previous report; Trend: improving at 1300 Zulu to 10 km or more, nil weather, 3-4 oktas 1500 ft, 5-7 oktas 10,000 ft.

 

 

 

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Aerodrome forecast - TAF decode

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Example
18-hr TAF
FTCZ31 LKPR 102200
LKPR 110624 13010KT 9000 BKN010 BECMG 0608 SCT015 BKN020
PROB30 TEMPO 0816 17025G40KT 4000 TSRA SCT010 BKN015CB BECMG 1821
3000 BR SKC=

Decode
Eighteen-hour TAF issued at 2200 Zulu on the 10th. Praha - Ruzyne valid from oh six hundred to midnight the next day. Wind one three zero degrees ten knots. Nine kilometres visibility. Broken at one thousand feet. Becoming from oh six hundred to oh eight hundred, scattered at one thousand five hundred feet, broken at two thousand feet. Prob thirty, temporarily oh eight hundred to sixteen hundred, wind one seven zero degrees twenty five knots, gusting to forty knots. Four thousand metres visibility. Thundertorm with rain. Scattered at one thousand feet. Broken cumulonimbus at one thousand five hundred feet. Becoming from eighteen hundred to twenty one hundred, three thousand metres visibility, mist, sky clear.



Example
9-hour TAF
FCCZ31 LKPR 300900
LKTB 301019 23010KT 9999 SCT010 BKN018 BECMG 1114 6000 -RA BKN012
TEMPO 1418 2000 DZ OVC004 FM1800 30020G30KT 9999 -SHRA BKN015CB=

Decode
Nine-hour TAF issued at 0900 Zulu on the 30th. BRNO valid from ten hundred to nineteen hundred Zulu on the 30th. Wind two three zero degrees ten knots. Ten kilometres or more visibility. Scattered at one thousand feet. Broken at one thousand eight hundred feet. Becoming from eleven hundred to fourteen hundred, six kilometres, light rain. Broken at one thousand two hundred feet. Temporarily fourteen hundred to eighteen hundred. Two thousand metres visibility. Moderate drizzle. Overcast four hundred feet. From eighteen hundred, three zero zero degrees twenty knots gusting to thirty knots. Ten kilometres or more visibility. Light rain showers. Broken CB one thousand five hundred feet.

 

 

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