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Try OnePane's Aviation Weather| 25012G22KT | Wind from 250° at 12 knots, gusting 22 |
| VRB03KT | Variable wind at 3 knots |
| 15SM / P6SM | Visibility 15 statute miles / more than 6 miles |
| 9999 | Visibility 10 km or more (outside North America) |
| FEW / SCT / BKN / OVC | A few clouds (1–2 oktas), scattered (3–4), broken (5–7), overcast (8). The lowest BKN or OVC layer is the ceiling |
| BKN040 | Broken clouds at 4,000 ft above the airport |
| VV002 | Sky obscured, vertical visibility 200 ft |
| -SHRA / +TSRA | Light rain showers / thunderstorm with heavy rain |
| BR / FG / HZ | Mist / fog / haze |
| 12/07 | Temperature 12 °C, dew point 7 °C (M means minus: M03 = −3 °C) |
| A2992 / Q1013 | Altimeter 29.92 inHg / 1013 hPa |
| FM192000 | From the 19th at 2000Z, conditions change to… |
| TEMPO 1915/1919 | Temporarily, between 1500Z and 1900Z on the 19th |
| PROB30 | 30% chance |
| CAVOK | Ceiling and visibility OK: 10 km or more, no cloud below 5,000 ft, no significant weather |
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility above 5 miles. MVFR ceiling 1,000–3,000 ft or visibility 3–5 miles. IFR ceiling 500 to below 1,000 ft or visibility 1 to below 3 miles. LIFR ceiling below 500 ft or visibility below 1 mile.
A METAR is a routine weather observation from an airport, usually issued every hour. It reports wind, visibility, weather, clouds, temperature, dew point and the altimeter setting.
A TAF (terminal aerodrome forecast) is a forecast for the area within about 5 miles of an airport, usually covering 24 to 30 hours. FM, TEMPO, BECMG and PROB groups describe the changes.
Aviation weather uses UTC, written as Z (Zulu). This decoder also shows observation times in your own time zone.
Any airport that publishes METARs or TAFs, worldwide. Use the four-letter ICAO code: CYYZ for Toronto Pearson, KJFK for New York JFK, EGLL for London Heathrow.