GS: How To Decode METARs and TAFs | Part 1 | The Simple Stuff

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Here we'll walk you through the basics of decoding METARs and TAFs. We'll teach you the basic format used for all aviation weather reporting stations around the world.
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[@alexmoreland7938]

Hopefully we can use plain language in the "near" future. The ridiculous abbreviations used in METAR/TAF/NOTAMS were necessitated by slow data transfer rates and outdated equipment.

[@nickde6339]

I agree. 2020 and this is still being used.-...

[@Paiadakine]

Teletype is long gone.

[@KeithsTVHD1]

Yeah these abbreviations are ridiculous

[@matercheff]

@@KeithsTVHD1 I have looked for taf machines at local airports yet to find one so what is the point,....

[@miracleikechukwu2436]

😅😅

[@alexwonner7469]

very refreshing when someone at last takes the time to go through the whole explanation. Great. Thank you.

[@fly8ma.comflighttraining199]

Always happy to help! Feel free to share it around a bit

[@alexwonner7469]

@@fly8ma.comflighttraining199 . Yes I will. Thank you very much again

[@nixworld767]

Hi. Boeing 777 pilot here. (AA). I'm preparing for an upcoming recurrent training checkride, and thought i'd review meteorology....especially METARS and TAFS. Nice review. Thank you!

[@fly8ma.comflighttraining199]

Glad it helps! Hope to see ya in about 6 years if/when I flow to mainline :)

[@nixworld767]

Not "If"....but, "When". It'll happen. You're sharp, and as you know, in just a few short years, about 75% or so of us who've been around since the 80's and 90's will be gone. Hang in there.

[@usaviation2281]

@@nixworld767 Im a CFII going for my MEI, Feeling like im a little behind from you twoo!

[@OmnipotentEnt]

For now I'm just a chair pilot, but I can only imagine the feeling you must get pushing up on the throttles with the GE-90s spooling up behind you. Flying to Munich on an A330 and hearing a 777 engine start vibrate the terminal sealed the deal on my love for aviation.

[@lemon3897]

I’ve actually gotten into this a little bit because of the German Wetterkurzschlüssel used during the war by the Kriegsmarine

[@dynasty4660]

I love the explanation of these. I watched just once and im im good to go. Thank you.

[@JohnSims3]

I aced my Part 107 test today and scored 100% thanks to your videos! THANK YOU and I greatly appreciate the time it took for you to make and post this video! :D

[@sschadenfreude]

100%!? Awesome!!! congrats dude

[@JohnSims3]

@@sschadenfreude Thanks!!

[@ozzioxxzi3743]

Do you have any tips?@@JohnSims3

[@jay.ostojic]

hey congrats man!! nice job

[@neitasfuneralhomeltd]

Thank You Fly 8 MA....Watching From Jamaica and I Just started Flight and this channel is excellent in simplify most informations for studenta pilots...Thank you

[@keithtweedie8484]

Thank you this really helped me as I am taking Canadian SFOC , which is the American Part 107 UAV certification

[@thegeek3348]

thanks for this. the repetition helped nail it into my brain.

[@Twisted0614]

Awesome info, needed a refresher for my advancement exam tomorrow, this was perfect!

[@joshashdown4431]

You explained this well. Thank you!

[@wazhapman89]

Thank you sir! This was a God send!

[@ujd2930]

thank you for the help , all you videos are very informative !

[@SeptemberTwentyThird]

its a good feeling with this stuff starts to make sense.

[@ChiDraconis]

What does a Pilot say to a Storm Front? *Don’t Bring Me Down!*

[@joew8883]

Aviation Weather is a hard class to do online. This was awesome.

[@BalinHewitt]

Great Video I was surprised when you said Punta Gorda cause I lived in Belize for 3+ years on a caye off Dangria. Wow small world. I'm studying for my UAC part 107c thanks for the breakdown.

[@MrJoeybear101]

This helped so much. My instructor was running late so when he was explaining everything was rushed and it wasn’t a good experience trying to understand something I didn’t know. Thanks!

[@12gauge1oz]

Excellent, thank you.

[@valverdemichael]

Very helpful!! THANK YOU!

[@Flytrev]

This is awesome!! Thanks for the help:)

[@JetStreamDream]

Great stuff, right what I needed. I am prepping for a flight dispatchers course.

[@fly8ma.comflighttraining199]

Best of luck to you!!

[@boass]

Super helpful! You’ve earned a subscriber.

[@igloo54]

Another great video!

[@maryamafannan2772]

Thanks for your good explanation

[@user-nw1vn4fi7y]

thank you so much, this is much easier to understand and remember. More videos like these. Where is part two?

[@LifeWithMatteo]

Wow!! Thank you. Im in ground school about to take my written, i was getting discouraged because I couldn’t understand THIS, Im happy and now i am so motivated that i now get it

[@fly8ma.comflighttraining199]

You got this!

[@TheSobin23]

Thankyou it helped me

[@Goldberryvil12]

This was SUPER helpful, thank you 🙏

[@fly8ma.comflighttraining199]

Glad it was helpful!

[@DoctorWessamAtif]

Thank you!

[@aliraadahmed9685]

Thanks you very helpful

[@Spymell]

Helpful!

[@stevesayer4045]

Thank you for this video mate its thums up from me

[@user-ox4sx1gq4n]

Very good explained

[@sankalpagamage8465]

Thanks for the video

[@Heli4213]

AWESOME VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jonpaypompee3406]

Found myself here after class from yesterday, I could read the 1st few readings but seen how far behind I am. Hopefully these help like the past comments stats

[@conanhutchison]

Awesome video, thank you.

[@fly8ma.comflighttraining199]

Our pleasure!

[@Lukvargz]

great help man, thank you!

[@fly8ma.comflighttraining199]

Glad it helps! Fly Safe!

[@csrmennogueira6120]

Thnks. Excellent

[@waqarsyed6641]

AWESOME thank you

[@fly8ma.comflighttraining199]

Happy to help!!

[@zbom12345]

The ceiling is 4,800 broken, not 11,000 overcast. The ceiling is the lowest cloud layer that is either broken or overcast.

[@TheVill4in]

Glad I wasn't the only one that noticed.

[@user-bx4cr1mk9s]

good!!

[@theavguy5302]

Very good video ! 👍👏👏

[@fly8ma.comflighttraining199]

Thanks!! Feel free to share it around a bit!

[@pa262626]

Thank you for putting this up. As a new student it was helpful but the Zulu and Local times for a beginner are a little to catch all at once. I understand that we will have to be able to read it that quick but for the FAA test and just learning its a crawl walk run. I am trying to give some feedback that is all thank you for this video !

[@fly8ma.comflighttraining199]

Glad it helps! Be sure to share us on FB and with your friends around the airport!

[@larissasousa5052]

Hi, Zuku time is the time you get at the Greenwich meridian which crosses through London, UK.

[@silekiernanphotography]

@@larissasousa5052 Correct, but is Zulu not Zuku. Also known as UTC.

[@finestfotosllc.9964]

When you said the time @ BKN008, what designates, Temporary?; you seemed to skip over that quickly.

[@thomasparrish3781]

Nice video !

[@fly8ma.comflighttraining199]

Thanks! Fly Safe!

[@alhfgsp]

For future reference, when you walk us through what a TAF is telling us, make sure to describe the progression of the weather rather than just deciphering the code as it is stated. When talking about the TAF example that you gave, you should have stated that cloud ceilings were progressively improving between 1800Z on the 4th and 1800Z on the 5th after a storm. That would help people gain a little insight on what is really going on rather than just putting info in the brain. Otherwise well done on explaining the info.

[@Taurineg]

alhfgsp thanks!!!

[@NelksLife]

Well, I’m pretty sure whoever is watching this video is using it as a supplement to their learning. If you think you can make a better educational video, make it yourself.

[@silekiernanphotography]

His target audience can very likely discern this for themselves. I like that he doesn't dumb it down.

[@michaelhartmann9971]

thank you, I'm working on my 107 this was very helpful

[@fatpanda208]

How do you know the local time? Meaning if your just reading the report, how can you tell?

[@suryatejapopuri9610]

BKN 048 means ceiling is 4800feet.

[@billroberts9182]

Cloud bases AGL or MSL?

[@arthursattar6572]

Is it possible to validate a private pilot? And with this document unlearn commercial pilot?

[@gregms7661]

Thanks for the video. I have a question Why does it say P6SM (plus 6 statue miles) instead of just 6SM?

[@TheForestfugitive]

Gregory Sagram I believe when the visibility is greater than 6 miles, no matter how far (10 miles for instance) they will just say plus 6 miles

[@tomcorwine3091]

It’s predicted to be 6 or greater. The highest it goes to is 10.

[@Noorslifestyle1]

👍

[@kajko123]

VCTS vicinity thunderstorms ( not thunder showers)

[@brahimwiriandi4998]

Can you explain me the different between TEMPO and BECMG? And is that right TEMPO just happened less than 1 hour? Hope you answer it, Thank You. I just subscribe your channel

[@alejandrogardebled]

Hi ! BECMG means Becoming, expected changes, with start and end times. TEMPO means temporary fluctuations in a block of 1 to 4 hours.. Each of these fluctuations can not last longer than one hour and never applies to more than half of the forecast period. (Wikipédia)

[@brahimwiriandi4998]

@@alejandrogardebled Thankyou for your answer. Noted

[@alejandrogardebled]

@@brahimwiriandi4998 You are welcome !

[@shanec4441]

Wind direction 120 degrees "true"?

[@SAFbikes]

True as apposed to magnetic. True north always points up on the map where magnetic points to the north pole.

[@brianbailey904]

Yo Me meteorologists use true north I believe. Aviation uses magnetic north because all their instrumentation is magnetic.

[@ailearners]

does any one know if you can get your drone license with DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals)? i wanted to start my own drone business

[@robertlane6675]

Where do you get the 1453 local from?

[@fly8ma.comflighttraining199]

Subtract the time zone offset amount from Zulu time to get Local.

[@hexagonist23]

Wait, that garbled alphanumeric string has a meaning?

[@BillAndersonNS]

I noticed on your intro that the pilot is in the right seat instead of the left seat. When and why would this happen? Is it simply a matter of preference?

[@fly8ma.comflighttraining199]

Just to stay out of the way of the camera view for the left seat so you can see the instruments and controls moving.

[@760Miramar]

Question: At 2:06 on the bottom line What does "T02110194" mean? I have to find what "T01440111" is for my Assignment.

[@markprange2430]

Temperature 021.1° Fahrenheit. 019.4° Fahrenheit.

[@shahamatalikhan1028]

​@@markprange2430 centigrade

[@shahamatalikhan1028]

​@Mark Prange otherwise both temperatures 🌡 r below freezing

[@Raebaeheyy]

The ceiling is broken, not overcast.

[@bloodfirestudios6181]

I got stuck on the notion that 0000 is midnight zulu but 8 PM local. So these will come out and they can be this far off? I thought 0500 was 5 AM and such, but a local TAF report that says 0000 means 8 PM? What am I missing?

[@mattinthemountains]

Local for him is Florida which is 4 hours behind Zulu time. So midnight zulu is 8pm local. Link to current zulu time www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone/zulu

[@lewisaguilo8118]

What was that little pie diagram at 2:08

[@markprange2430]

Symbols discontinued in 1982.

[@neomayad]

Winds at 18009kt means the wind is blowing south or north?

[@fly8ma.comflighttraining199]

Direction it is coming from....you would want to take off heading south into the wind

[@neomayad]

so winds at 180 are actually blowing in the direction of 360. wow. This whole time i thought 180 actually meant 180 smh. The same thing happened with my local runway smh. is there anywhere else in ground school training that it's reversed in terminology? like if i'm heading 270 i assume im heading west.

[@markprange2430]

@@neomayad: In an instruction to hold on radial 180, that is south of the station. In an instruction to hold on bearing 180, that is north of the station.

[@neomayad]

@@markprange2430 I have my Private Pilot now but it's funny, I remember being confused about this 3 years ago lol

[@noahfremont6310]

How is SPECI pronounced? Do you just say the letters or is it "Speki"

[@fly8ma.comflighttraining199]

Special

[@huseyinuzun9378]

The easiest way is using a real time meter&taf decoder like netocc.com .

[@zackanglin4667]

Nice video but alittle to fast

[@everytomday]

pause button?

[@nathanoday]

I actually found this video really difficult to follow. Instead of breaking down what can be in a METAR and TAF, it just started reading through one. To someone already familiar with them, I can see how it would be helpful practice, but as an introduction to the topic, this was very overwhelming and not as helpful as other videos I have seen.

[@mortezachehrani7523]

the way you explaining are so confusing.

[@arifkhan-jw6nj]

TAF is valid for 9 hrs not 24-30 hrs

[@fly8ma.comflighttraining199]

+arif khan I'm sorry, but in the US, TAFs are valid for 24-30hrs. They each have a valid time in the text

[@arifkhan-jw6nj]

i don't know but i have a ICAO book. it is clearly said that TAF is valid for 9 hrs

[@fly8ma.comflighttraining199]

Hmm, I'd think about setting that book aside. Its possible an individual country may modify the rules, but FAA and ICAO standards are for a 24hr valid time, 24-30hr outlook.

[@RobertKaucher]

24 hours www.aviationweather.gov/static/help/taf-decode.php

[@esm920]

Thats a short TAF which is 9hr, Long TAF is 24-30hr