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Title: METAR Tutorials?
Post by: NeoMorph on September 09, 2011, 12:40:33 AM
Does anyone have a link to a decent site that explains how to read METAR information?

Cheers.
Title: Re: METAR Tutorials?
Post by: dnoize on September 09, 2011, 01:21:24 AM
http://www.dauntless-soft.com/products/Freebies/WeatherDecoder/ (http://www.dauntless-soft.com/products/Freebies/WeatherDecoder/)

http://academy.ivao.aero/node/42 (http://academy.ivao.aero/node/42)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/METAR (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/METAR)
Title: Re: METAR Tutorials?
Post by: NeoMorph on September 09, 2011, 11:04:32 AM
Thanks. Stupid UK Google wasn't giving me any good hits.
Title: Re: METAR Tutorials?
Post by: mikeh on September 12, 2011, 07:59:55 AM
John, can i also offer
http://booty.org.uk/booty.weather/metinfo/codes/METAR_decode.htm (http://booty.org.uk/booty.weather/metinfo/codes/METAR_decode.htm)
I use this for training at the VA for UK pilots since it covers most issues in a simple manner including most of the weather issues we are likely to get especially when flying online
Title: Re: METAR Tutorials?
Post by: NeoMorph on September 13, 2011, 09:03:38 PM
Yup, that's pretty easy to follow... Just got to learn it. Now where's my hammer? ;)