How to Read a METAR: What It Is and the Wind Group, Decoded (Aviation Weather)

KLBV 011657Z AUTO 25015G30KT 210V290… If that line means nothing to you, or only half of it, this lesson is the place to start. The first three lessons of my course "METAR, TAF and SPECI Made Easy", in full: • Why aviation weather is coded at all, and the three messages you need: METAR, TAF and SPECI • What a METAR is: report type, RTD/AMD/COR, the ICAO station, date and time, AUTO • The wind group: direction, speed, units, calm, gusts, VRB, and the variable direction group • Real headers and wind groups read out loud, group by group ▶ Full course on Udemy (23 lessons, quizzes, downloadable tables): https://www.udemy.com/course/learn-to-read... ▶ Live workshops, team training and the free heliport checklist: https://pivarotorsolutions.com/start/?utm_... CHAPTERS 0:00 Why aviation weather is coded 0:25 Three problems a code solves 0:43 METAR, TAF and SPECI 1:18 How the course works 1:34 ICAO and US formats 1:56 What a METAR is 2:38 The complete message 2:49 Report type: METAR or SPECI 3:04 RTD, AMD and COR 3:21 The ICAO location indicator 3:39 Day, hour and minute 3:57 AUTO stations 4:14 Three headers decoded 5:01 The wind group 5:10 Direction, speed and unit 5:43 Calm 5:51 Gusts 6:22 VRB and three-digit speeds 6:39 The variable direction group 6:58 Three wind groups decoded 7:41 The full course This lesson teaches you to read aviation weather messages. It does not replace the official meteorological briefing from your authority or operator. Piva Rotor Solutions · aviation training and consulting https://pivarotorsolutions.com #METAR #aviationweather #pilot