A METAR weather report is predominantly used by pilots in fulfillment of a part of a pre-flight weather briefing, and by meteorologists, who use aggregated METAR information to assist in weather forecasting.
Raw METAR is the most popular format in the world for the transmission of weather data. It is highly standardized through International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), which allows it to be understood throughout most of the world.
Easiest way to read METAR data is connect to http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/stations/icao_airport_code.TXT
where icao_airport_code — ICAO airport code (UKKK for Kyiv International airport)
Example:
$ curl http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/stations/UKKK.TXT
2012/12/31 11:00
UKKK 311100Z 26005MPS 9000 NSC 00/M03 Q1019 26190060 NOSIG
Raw METAR is the most popular format in the world for the transmission of weather data. It is highly standardized through International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), which allows it to be understood throughout most of the world.
Easiest way to read METAR data is connect to http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/stations/icao_airport_code.TXT
where icao_airport_code — ICAO airport code (UKKK for Kyiv International airport)
Example:
$ curl http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/stations/UKKK.TXT
2012/12/31 11:00
UKKK 311100Z 26005MPS 9000 NSC 00/M03 Q1019 26190060 NOSIG
