METAR Flashcards
SS
Sand Storm
+
Heavy
-
Light
FC
Funnel Cloud
SQ
Squalls
SN
Snow
RA
Rain
DZ
Drizzle
VA
Volcanic Ash
PRES UNSTDY
Pressure Unsteady
PRESS RR
Pressure Rising Rapidly
PATCH FG S
Patchy Fog South
FG DSIPTG
Fog Dissipating
- RA OCNLY + RA
Light Rain Occasionally Heavy Rain
TS OVHD MOVG E
Thunderstorm Overhead Moving East
PY
Spray
HZ
Haze
SA
Sand
DU
Dust
FU
Smoke
FG
Fog
BR
Mist
TS
Thunderstorm
SH
Showers
SKC
Sky Clear
VV
Indefinite Ceiling
OVC
Overcast (8/8 of sky obscured)
BKN
Broken (5/8 - 7/8 of sky obscured)
DS
Dust Storm
MI
Shallow
BC
Patched
BL
Blowing
PR
Partial
SG
Snow Grain
PL
Ice Pellets
GR
Hail
GS
Small Hail or Snow Pellets
PO
Dust/Sand Whirls
SCT025
2500 (two thousand five hundred) scattered
BKN120
Ceiling 12000 (one two thousand) broken
CIG005V010
Ceiling variable between 500 and 1000
VV002
Indefinite Ceiling 200
WSHFT
Windshift
SPECI
Aviation weather report taken after an aircraft mishap or a significant weather change
+TSRAGR
Heavy Thunderstorm, Rain, Hail
SCT
Scattered (3/8 - 4/8 of sky obscured)
FEW
“Few clouds at___ “ (less than 2/8 of sky obscured)
FC+
Funnel Cloud, Tornado, Water Sprout
IC
Ice Crystal
FZ
Freezing
DR
Drifting
VIRGA
Virga (precipitation not reaching the ground)