Brian Jones Posted June 8, 2017 at 08:24 AM Posted June 8, 2017 at 08:24 AM Hi! Apologies in advance if this is not the right forum for this question. I have a current METAR reading for EHAM which contains the code TEMPO 7000- RADZ. I know that TEMPO means Temporary and that 7000 refers to the time but what does RADZ mean? I'm guessing that Z means 'Zulu' and RAD might mean 'Radar', but what does the whole term '7000-RADZ'mean in this context? Thanks in advance for any explanation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dace Nicmane Posted June 8, 2017 at 09:04 AM Posted June 8, 2017 at 09:04 AM 7000 means visibility 7000 m. RA is rain, DZ - drizzle, and the minus sign means light (referring to the intensity of rain). The date and time is the first numbers following the airport code. You can try this tool: http://heras-gilsanz.com/manuel/METAR-Decoder.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Jones Posted June 8, 2017 at 01:09 PM Author Posted June 8, 2017 at 01:09 PM Thank you very much! I was way out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Jones Posted June 8, 2017 at 01:11 PM Author Posted June 8, 2017 at 01:11 PM Great link by the way. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thimo Koolen Posted June 10, 2017 at 08:35 AM Posted June 10, 2017 at 08:35 AM The VatEUD training page also has some great material on METARs: http://www.vateud.net/training/atc-training/meteorology ACCNL4 (Training Director) - Dutch VACC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Hawton Posted June 10, 2017 at 09:37 AM Posted June 10, 2017 at 09:37 AM Hi! Apologies in advance if this is not the right forum for this question. I have a current METAR reading for EHAM which contains the code TEMPO 7000- RADZ. I know that TEMPO means Temporary and that 7000 refers to the time but what does RADZ mean? I'm guessing that Z means 'Zulu' and RAD might mean 'Radar', but what does the whole term '7000-RADZ'mean in this context? Thanks in advance for any explanation! TEMPOs don't appear in METAR... do you perhaps mean TAF? TAFs are international, so they are pretty much the same everywhere except for wind (very few places report in mps rather than KT) and most non-US and US military report visibility in meters. The rest, there is a good breakdown here: http://www.aviationweather.gov/static/help/taf-decode.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastien Bartosz Posted June 10, 2017 at 09:45 AM Posted June 10, 2017 at 09:45 AM TEMPOs do appear in METARs in Europe. New York ARTCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Hawton Posted June 11, 2017 at 01:06 AM Posted June 11, 2017 at 01:06 AM TEMPOs do appear in METARs in Europe. Crazy non-standard Europeans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Zhong Posted June 12, 2017 at 07:53 AM Posted June 12, 2017 at 07:53 AM That would be a TTF, not a METAR David Zhong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Fuchs Posted June 12, 2017 at 10:40 AM Posted June 12, 2017 at 10:40 AM By the way, just to be a bit nerdy: when a METAR ends with the term "NOSIG" (NO SIGnificant change expected), then you can consider this to be true for a period of 2 hours after the issuing time of the METAR. If a METAR does not contain any trend-message at the end then it is just a snapshot of the current weather. Cheers, Andreas Member of VATSIM GermanyMy real flying on InstagramMy Twitch streams of VATSIM flights and ATC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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