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How To Read Metar Reports?  
User currently offlineAirways From Switzerland, joined Mar 2001, 880 posts, RR: 11
Posted (7 years 3 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 408 times:

Could someone please tell me how to read the METAR wather information?
Here is an example from ZRH/LSZH airport today:

LSZH 151450Z 10004KT 040V140 6000 SCT017 M09/M11 Q1028 88710195 NOSIG

Thanks!

Michael
http://airways.ch

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User currently offlineTheairbusguy From France, joined Sep 2001, 37 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (7 years 3 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 375 times:

LSZH: zurich in switzerland

151450Z: the 15th of the month, so,today at 14h50 UTC

10004kt: winds at from the heading 100 and 4 knots in velocity

040V140: wind in variable between heading 040 and 140

6000: it's the horizontal visibility: 6000 meters

SCT017: scatered at 1700 ft (a lot of clouds)

M09/M11: don't remember me but i think it's the external temperature in °C and the dew point temperature

Q1028: qnh 1028 hpa

88710195: ?????????? these numbers don't mean nothing

nosig: no significative changement




User currently offlineAirways From Switzerland, joined Mar 2001, 880 posts, RR: 11
Reply 2, posted (7 years 3 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 364 times:

Thanks for that info!!

About the temeratures, M09/M11 could stand for Minus 9 ° Celsius. I was at ZRH's spotting terrace today, and it was around -10°. Very cold...

Michael
http://airways.ch

User currently offlineTheairbusguy From France, joined Sep 2001, 37 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (7 years 3 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 363 times:

eheh, possible, i was at LFPG (paris CDG) and itwas -2°c but wind with gust at 20kts, brrrrrrrrr, too cold!
:o)
you've seen some interessent stuff at zrh?

User currently offlineAirways From Switzerland, joined Mar 2001, 880 posts, RR: 11
Reply 4, posted (7 years 3 weeks 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 362 times:

Theairbusguy, Yes, it was quite interesting. I saw the SQ 747 "1000th 744" and the Thai 744"Royal Barge". Furthermore, there was just the usual stuff, which you see in ZRH almost daily, I saw EDW A330, EK A330, SA743 and quite a lot SR A330 taking off... And of course, a lot of smaller aircraft...

And it was quite interesting to look to the de-icing procedures. It was very cold, foggy and it snowed a bit.

It was very cold, but also very nice. So I stayed for just two hours. Now, I'm looking forward to get the pictures.

Michael
http://airways.ch



User currently offlineShpongled From Finland, joined Jul 2001, 8 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (7 years 3 weeks 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 348 times:

88710195 = Runway report..though a bit weird one, as runway number seems to be 88. Could it mean all runways?

Anyway, rest is..

7 = Ice
1 = 10% or less rwy covered
01 = Depth 01mm
95 = Braking action 'good'

User currently offlineShpongled From Finland, joined Jul 2001, 8 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (7 years 3 weeks 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 345 times:

And just to add, that 88 indeed means all runways, guess im being a bit tired as didnt recall it the first time.
 Wink/being sarcastic

User currently offlineContact_tower From Norway, joined Sep 2001, 536 posts, RR: 1
Reply 7, posted (7 years 3 weeks 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 325 times:

My employer has this as help on the online breifing system.

http://ippc.nais.luftfartsverket.no/ippc/AisMETHelp.html

( Main site is this http://ippc.nais.luftfartsverket.no )

Good luck!  Big thumbs up

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