METAR Decoding Information

METAR
KPIT 091955Z COR 22015G25KT 3/4SM R28L/2600FT TSRA OVC010CB 18/16 A2992 RMK SLP045 T01820159

TAF
KPIT 091730Z 091818 15005KT 5SM HZ FEW020 WS010/31022KT FM1930 30015G25KT 3SM SHRA OVC015 TEMPO 2022 1/2SM +TSRA OVC008CB FM0100 27008KT 5SM SHRA BKN020 0VC040 PROB40 0407 1SM -RA BR FM1015 18005KT 6SM -SHRA OVC020 BECMG 1315 P6SM NSW SKC

Forecast

Explanation

Report

TAF

Message type:

TAF -routine or TAF AMD-amended forecast, METAR-hourly, SPECI-special or TESTM-non-commissioned ASOS report.

METAR

KPIT

ICAO location indicator

KPIT

091730Z

Issuance time:

ALL times in UTC "Z", 2-digit date, 4-digit time

091955Z

091818

Valid period:

2-digit date, 2-digit beginning, 2-digit ending times

In U.S. METAR:

COR

15005KT

Wind:

3 digit true-north direction, nearest 10 degrees (or VaRiaBle);

next 2-3 digits for speed and unit, KT (KMH or MPS); as needed, Gust and maximum speed; 00000KT for calm;

for METAR, if direction varies 60 degrees or more, Variability appended, e.g. 180V260

22015G25KT

5SM

Prevailing visibility: in U.S., Statute Miles & fractions; above 6 miles in TAF Plus 6SM. (Or, 4-digit minimum visibility in meters and as required, lowest value with direction)

3/4SM

Runway Visual Range:

R; 2-digit runway designator Left, Center, or Right as needed; "/"; Minus or Plus in U.S, 4-digit value, FeeT in U.S. (usually meters elsewhere); 4-digit value Varialbility 4-digit value (and tendency Down, Up or No change)

R28L/2600FT

HZ

Significant present, forecast and recent weather: see table (below)

TSRA

FEW020

Cloud amount, height and type:

SKy Clear 0/8,
FEW>0/8-2/8,
SCaTtered 3/8-4/8,
BroKeN 5/8-7/8,
OVerCast 8/8;
3-digit height in hundreds of ft;

Towering CUmulus or CumulonimBus in METAR; in TAF, only CB. Vertical Visibility for obscured sky and height "VV004". More than 1 layer may be reported or forecast. In automated METAR reports only, CLeaR for "clear below 12,000 feet"

OVC010CB

Temperature:

degrees Celsius; first 2 digits, temperature "/" last 2 digits, dew-point temperature;

Altimeter setting:

indicator and 4 digits; in U.S., A-inches and hundredths; (Q -hectoPascals, e.g. Q1013)

WS010/31022KT

In U.S. TAF, non-convective low-level (<=2,000 ft) Wind Shear; 3-digit height (hundreds of ft); "/" , 3-digit wind direction and 2-3 digit wind speed above the indicated height, and unit, KT

FroM and 2-digit hour and 2-digit

minute beginning time: indicates significant change.

Each FM starts on a new line, indented 5 spaces.