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Sensor Status.

PWINO

FZRANO

TSNO

RVRNO

PNO

VISNO

Examples of METAR reports and explanation:

METAR KBNA 281250Z 33018KT 290V360 1/2SM R31/2700FT SN BLSN FG VV008
00/M03 A2991 RMK

RAE42SNB42

METAR

. .  aviation routine weather report

KBNA

. .  Nashville, TN

281250Z

. .  date 28

, time 1250 UTC

(no modifier)

. .  This is a manually generated report, due to the absence of "AUTO"
and "AO1 or AO2"

in remarks

33018KT

. .  wind three three zero at one eight

290V360

. .  wind variable between two nine zero and three six zero

1/2SM

. .  visibility one half

R31/2700FT

.  Runway three one RVR two thousand seven hundred

SN

.  moderate snow

BLSN FG

.  visibility obscured by blowing snow and fog

VV008

. .  indefinite ceiling eight hundred

00/M03

.  temperature zero, dew point minus three

A2991

. .  altimeter two niner niner one

RMK

.  remarks

RAE42

.  rain ended at four two

SNB42

. .  snow began at four two

METAR KSFO 041453Z AUTO VRB02KT 3SM BR CLR 15/12 A3012 RMK AO2

METAR

. .  aviation routine weather report

KSFO

. .  San Francisco, CA

041453Z

. .  date 4

, time 1453 UTC

AUTO

.  fully automated; no human intervention

VRB02KT

. .  wind variable at two

3SM

.  visibility three

BR

. .  visibility obscured by mist

CLR

.  no clouds below one two thousand

15/12

.  temperature one five, dew point one two

A3012

. .  altimeter three zero one two

RMK

. .  remarks

AO2

.  this automated station has a weather discriminator
(for precipitation)

SPECI KCVG 152224Z 28024G36KT 3/4SM +TSRA BKN008 OVC020CB 28/23
A3000 RMK TSRAB24 TS

W MOV E

SPECI

.  (nonroutine) aviation special weather report

KCVG

.  Cincinnati, OH

152228Z

. .  date 15

, time 2228 UTC

(no modifier)

. .  This is a manually generated report due to the absence of "AUTO"
and "AO1 or AO2"

in remarks

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