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Met Report

This document provides information on METAR and SPECI reports. It explains that METAR is an abbreviation for Aerodrome Meteorological Report, which provides observations of the actual weather conditions at an airport. METARs are issued hourly or every 30 minutes. SPECI is an abbreviation for Special Aerodrome Meteorological Report, which is issued when weather conditions change significantly between regular METAR times based on criteria such as temperature, wind, visibility, and cloud changes.

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Met Report

This document provides information on METAR and SPECI reports. It explains that METAR is an abbreviation for Aerodrome Meteorological Report, which provides observations of the actual weather conditions at an airport. METARs are issued hourly or every 30 minutes. SPECI is an abbreviation for Special Aerodrome Meteorological Report, which is issued when weather conditions change significantly between regular METAR times based on criteria such as temperature, wind, visibility, and cloud changes.

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 QUESTION  EXPLANATION  STATISTICS  COMMENTS  NOTES  FLT. COMP


Refer to �gure 532.
"METAR" is an abbreviation used for the “Aerodrome Meteorological Report”. It provides information on the meteorological conditions that actually exist at
an airport at a given time = observations of the actual weather. METARs are issued every hour or every 30 minutes (ICAO Annex 3 - paragr. 4.3.1.). In
Europe, METARS are typically issued every 30 minutes. They do not have a period of validity like the TAF forecasts do - METARs are valid at the time of the
observation (at the time they are issued).

"SPECI" is an abbreviation used for the “Special Aerodrome Meteorological Report”. Just like the METARs, the SPECIs are observations of actual weather
conditions - think of it as a special METARs are issued when the weather conditions change signi�cantly between the regular times when METARs are due
to be issued. ICAO Annex 3 - Appendix 3 - paragr. 2.3.1 and 2.3.2 de�ne the criteria when a SPECI report must be issued - some of the criteria are for
example:

• Temperature increase of 2°C or more.


• Wind direction change of 60° or more / wind speed change of 10 kt or more.
• Visibility changes and it passes through 800 m, 1 500 m or 3 000 m (5 000 m in airport with frequent VFR �ights).
• RVR (Runway Visual Range) changes and it passes through 150 m, 350 m, 600 m, or 800 m.
• Onset, cessation or change in intensity of signi�cant phenomena, such as freezing precipitation, moderate or heavy precipitation, dust or sand storm,
thunderstorm, squall, tornado, etc.
• Signi�cant changes in cloud bases - when the cloud base change passes through 100 ft, 200 ft, 500 ft or 1 000 ft.

Æ note: In 2016, students reported that this question appeared in communications even if the o�cial learning objectives for communications do not cover
this question. This question is covered by the learning objectives for air law. Therefore we added this question to air law and communications.

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