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Weather reports made simple

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The METAR is the weather now, the TAF the forecast, and the ATIS reads it out at the airport. You decode a METAR from Linz piece by piece, and learn where pilots find them.

What you learn

  • Tell a METAR from a TAF
  • Decode a METAR piece by piece
  • Explain what the ATIS adds to the METAR
  • Check how old a weather report is
  • Name where pilots get their weather

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