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- noun meteorology A specially encoded
weather observation report.
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Examples
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We could tell exactly when this occurred because, depending on the degree of drift, there would be an observable discontinuity in the hourly METAR string.
Central Park: Will the real Slim Shady please stand up? « Climate Audit 2007
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We've been reporting that for two hours in a row now from an aviation site here, METAR, as we call them, reporting there, and with some gusts even stronger than that.
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That seems hard to accept - this is the company behind Google Maps, after all - surely they can corrolate my sunrise and sunset to my zip code using the their own mapping data and the METAR data every weather website accesses from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Archive 2007-04-01 Jeremiah McNichols 2007
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That seems hard to accept - this is the company behind Google Maps, after all - surely they can corrolate my sunrise and sunset to my zip code using the their own mapping data and the METAR data every weather website accesses from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Google Themes: Not Dynamic. Jeremiah McNichols 2007
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Yes, the METAR information doesn't change but the printer display sometimes does.
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The widget shows weather data (METAR and TAF) which is used by pilots for their flight preparations.
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METAR and SPECI (weather observation) and TAF (weather forecast) information is essential for flight planning and in-flight decisions (real flight and simulation).
Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Linux 2010
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The widget shows weather data (METAR and TAF) which is used by pilots for their flight preparations.
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YoWindow gives you a virtual glimpse of the weather outside by taking in the data from the METAR stations network.
MakeUseOf.com Saikat Basu 2010
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It sends the current weather conditions which I grab from NOAA using the perl Geo:: METAR module.
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