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Met Report is a format for reporting weather information that contain all data related to the runway in use and it can be sent every hour or every 30 minutes. If there are weather change between the bulletins, AMO employees must send another bulletin called SPECIAL. This bulletins are sent from AWOS to ATIS io order to send, by radio communication, to pilots and communicate the weather condition in approach and in clam-bout.   
A typical Met Report contain the following data:

  • Type of Bulletin
  • ICAO airport code
  • Date e Time (indicates the time of the observation, day of the month followed by the Zulu time of day)
  • RUNWAY in use ( for landing and take off )
  • Wind direction and Speed  ( wind direction is indicated by degrees, wind speed is indicated by knots -KT- or meter per second -MPS- )
  • Prevailing Visibility
  • Runway Visual Range ( this data is posted if the prevailing visibility is under 1500 meters or if the visibility of one or all RVR sensors give a visibility under 1500 meters )  
  • Present Weather ( the following table don't have all PW but only the most common )
  • Sky coverage
  • Temperature and Dew Point
  • Pressure
  • Auxiliary information

​From Amend. 75 annex 3 ICAO on Met Report must be sent ALL data sensors for runway in use.







Present Weather Code​

PW Code    
DZ = Drizzle            
RA = Rain
SN = Snow
SG = Snow grains
IC = Diamond dust
PL = Ice Pellets
GR = Hail
GS = Small hail and/or Snow Grains
BR = Mist
FG = Fog
FU = Smoke
VA = Volcanic ash
DU = Widespead dust
SA = Sand
HZ = Haze
PO = Well-Developed Dust/Sand Whirls
SQ = Squalls
FC = Funnel cloud
SS = Sand storm
DS = Dust storm

 

MET REPORT

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