Paste any raw METAR string and get an instant plain-English breakdown of every element — station, wind, visibility, weather, clouds, temperature, pressure, and remarks.
A METAR (Meteorological Aerodrome Report) is a standardized weather observation format used by airports worldwide. It encodes current weather conditions including wind, visibility, cloud cover, temperature, dewpoint, and barometric pressure into a compact text string that pilots use for flight planning and weather briefings.
A METAR is read from left to right in a fixed order: station identifier (ICAO code), observation time (day/hour/minute in UTC), wind (direction/speed/gusts in knots), visibility (statute miles), weather phenomena (rain, snow, fog, etc.), sky condition (cloud layers and heights), temperature/dewpoint (Celsius), altimeter setting (inches of mercury), and remarks. Our decoder breaks each section down into plain English automatically.
The wind group encodes direction, speed, and gusts. '310' is the direction the wind is coming FROM (310 degrees), '15' is the sustained speed in knots, 'G25' means gusts to 25 knots, and 'KT' confirms the unit is knots. Variable winds are shown as VRB, and calm conditions as 00000KT.
These are sky coverage codes: FEW means few clouds (1/8 to 2/8 sky covered), SCT means scattered (3/8 to 4/8), BKN means broken (5/8 to 7/8), and OVC means overcast (8/8 full coverage). BKN and OVC constitute a ceiling. The three-digit number after the code gives the cloud base height in hundreds of feet above ground level.