FighterPilot From Canada, joined Jun 2005, 1324 posts, RR: 24 Reply 1, posted (3 years 2 months 1 week 5 days ago) and read 3510 times:
METARs are weather reports at an airport. Usually look something like this:
METAR CYAM 131800Z 10008KT 15SM FEW035 FEW140 FEW240 13/04 A2989 RMK
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SIGMETs are "significant meteorologic" events ie thunder storms where a weather station will put out to caution pilots about.
Heres an example:
WSCN32 CWEG 131635
SIGMET B1 CANCELLED AT 131635 CWEG-
LLWS HAS BECM MDT.
END/GFA32/MRS/TSG/CMAC-W
Decoding them is another thing. A Google search should probably explain that.
goldenshield From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 5441 posts, RR: 12 Reply 2, posted (3 years 2 months 1 week 2 days ago) and read 3403 times:
In the case of your second example, it would no longer be a SIGMET, but an AIRMET.
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tpa36r From United States of America, joined Jul 2007, 210 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (3 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 3382 times:
Here you go.....
METAR CYAM(station ident) 131800Z (day of the month and time in Zulu) 10008KT (wind) 15SM (vis in SM) FEW035 (few clouds at 3500) FEW140 (few at 14000) FEW240 (few at fl240) 13/04 (temp 13C/dewpoint) A2989 (altim measure) RMK (remarks section
SC1AC1CI0 SLP125=
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