How to read a METAR aviation weather report - Sporty's Private Pilot Training Tips

One of the first aviation-specific weather products you’ll learn to use is called an Aviation Routine Weather Report, or METAR for short, which is an observation of weather conditions at an airport.

A METAR is generated from a collection of weather sensors that measure wind speed and direction, surface visibility, precipitation, cloud coverage and height, air temperature, dewpoint and altimeter setting.

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