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METAR: History, Examples & Information contained in a METAR

METAR is a format for reporting weather information. A METAR weather report is predominantly used by aircraft pilots, and by meteorologists, who use aggregated METAR information to assist in weather forecasting.

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METAR topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Examples and Information contained in a METAR as prominent areas in the source structure around METAR.

Related topics
71
Source areas
8
Connected nodes
79
Extracted relationships
169
Concept neighborhoods
43
Bridge connections
79

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Examples · 33 topics
Information contained in a METAR · 17 topics
Report names · 7 topics
Overview · 5 topics
Frequencies and types · 4 topics
History · 2 topics
Regulations and conventions · 2 topics
METAR weather codes · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Report names

Frequencies and types

History

Information contained in a METAR

Regulations and conventions

Examples

METAR weather codes

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How METAR connects Entity context

The extracted context around METAR shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, METAR → Administration, Aeronautical Information Manual, AIM, Although, Atmospheric Administration, Civil Aviation Organization, Commerce, English-language, FAA, For, French, However, ICAO, ICAO's, Meteorological Aerodrome Report, METeorological Terminal Aviation Routine, MÉTéorologique Aviation Régulière, Other, Some, The National Oceanic Another extracted example is METAR → Although, Both, Federal Meteorological Handbook No, FMH-1, ICAO, ICAO Annex III, In, International Civil Aviation Organization, METARs, North America, North American, Note, SPECI, United States, US, US Air Force Manual, US Armed Forces, Vol II, WMO Manual No, WMO Technical Regulation No. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

METAR

Top relations

related to Report names · 27
METAR → Administration, Aeronautical Information Manual, AIM, Although, Atmospheric Administration, Civil Aviation Organization, Commerce, English-language, FAA, For, French, However, ICAO, ICAO's, Meteorological Aerodrome Report, METeorological Terminal Aviation Routine, MÉTéorologique Aviation Régulière, Other, Some, The National Oceanic
related to Regulations and conventions · 22
METAR → Although, Both, Federal Meteorological Handbook No, FMH-1, ICAO, ICAO Annex III, In, International Civil Aviation Organization, METARs, North America, North American, Note, SPECI, United States, US, US Air Force Manual, US Armed Forces, Vol II, WMO Manual No, WMO Technical Regulation No
related to North American METAR codes · 19
METAR → AIM, AO2 TSB40 SLP176 P0002, December, Details, FAA's Aeronautical Information Manual, FM, ICAO, METAR KTTN, New Jersey, North American METARs, OVC010 M02/M02 A3006 RMK, T10171017, This METAR, Trenton, Trenton-Mercer Airport, UTC, VCTS SN FZFG BKN003, WMO, XII
related to Frequencies and types · 15
METAR → ASOS One-Minute Observations, ICAO, In, KPLU, METARs, Observations, OMO, OMOs, Pierce County Airport, Reports, Some, Some METARs, SPECI, SPECIs, United States
related to history · 12
METAR → Aerodrome Reports, Forecasts, Geneva, January, June, No, North American, SAO, Surface Aviation Observation, The METAR, The WMO's, WMO
related to International METAR codes · 12
METAR → Bulgaria, Burgas, Burgas Airport, Coordinated Universal Time, February, It, METAR LBBG, Q1020 NOSIG, R04/P1500N R22/P1500U, SN BKN022 OVC050 M04/M07, The, UTC
related to External links · 10
METAR → Complete, E6BX Online Metar DecoderFlightUtilities, No, OFCM, PDF, Reports, September, Surface Weather Observations, TAF, US Federal Meteorological Handbook
related to METAR weather codes · 9
METAR → Codes, Combinations, If, RA, RAB15E25, Rain, RASN, Remarks, SHGSSN
related to Information contained in a METAR · 7
METAR → In, PIREP, RVR, TAF, These, This, TREND
related to Visibility and runway visual range · 6
METAR → In, It, Runway, RVR, US, Visibility

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

indicates weather wind runway information cloud use report precipitation icao visibility temperature metars number international code may direction km aviation

METAR relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 169 structured relationships around METAR. Examples in this analysis include METAR → is a → format for reporting weather information and METAR → is a → SPECI. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
METARis aformat for reporting weather information0.90text
METARis aSPECI0.90text
''MÉTéorologique Aviation Régulièreinstance ofSome unofficial English-language sources suggest that the acronym comes from French phrases0.80text
precipitationinstance ofcurrent weather phenomena0.80text
cloud coverinstance ofcurrent weather phenomena0.80text
heightsinstance ofcurrent weather phenomena0.80text
temperatureinstance ofcurrent weather phenomena0.80text
dew pointinstance ofcurrent weather phenomena0.80text
and barometric pressureinstance ofcurrent weather phenomena0.80text
a pilot report or PIREPinstance ofand other information that would be of interest to pilots or meteorologists0.80text
colour statesinstance ofand other information that would be of interest to pilots or meteorologists0.80text
runway visual rangeinstance ofand other information that would be of interest to pilots or meteorologists0.80text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around METAR bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Weather, Us and Report. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • METAR
    • Weather
    • Us
    • Report
    • International
    • North
    • Observation
    • Visibility
    • Code
    • Information
    • Airport
    • Aviation
    • May
  • metar
    • Weather
    • Us
    • Report
    • International
    • North
    • Observation
    • Visibility
    • Code
    • Information
    • Airport
    • Aviation
    • May
  • international civil aviation organization
    • Aviation
    • International
    • North
    • Code
    • Icao
    • Report
    • Weather
    • Codes
    • United
    • Metar
    • Used
    • Airport
  • united nations international civil aviation organization
    • States
    • Aviation
    • International
    • North
    • Code
    • Icao
    • Report
    • Weather
    • Codes
    • Observations
    • Used
    • United
  • aeronautical information manual
    • Report
    • Runway
    • Use
    • Weather
    • Metar
    • International
    • States
    • Us
    • Visibility
    • Indicates
    • Codes
    • Three
  • weather observation stations
    • Reports
    • Observation
    • Weather
    • Metars
    • Time
    • Airport
    • Speed
    • Us
    • Direction
    • Observations
    • United
    • Wind
  • pierce county airport
    • Icao
    • Stations
    • Visibility
    • Code
    • Metars
    • Metar
    • Reports
    • Weather
    • Dew
    • Point
    • Three
    • Time
  • automated airport weather stations
    • Reports
    • Icao
    • Observation
    • Metars
    • Airport
    • Stations
    • Us
    • Visibility
    • Code
    • Observations
    • United
    • Metar

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For METAR, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects METAR with Examples. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
METARExamples · splits 46 ⟂ 34
METARInformation contained in a METAR · splits 62 ⟂ 18
METARReport names · splits 72 ⟂ 8
METAROverview · splits 74 ⟂ 6
METARFrequencies and types · splits 75 ⟂ 5
METARHistory · splits 77 ⟂ 3
METARRegulations and conventions · splits 77 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

METAR

Nodes80
Edges79
Triples169
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.025
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around METAR to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Examples & Information contained in a METAR, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — METAR · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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