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Figure 59 – METAR Icon Display Settings

8.17.6 METAR Settings

Menu Shortcut: Modify Display uu METAR Icons

To define METAR settings, select [Modify

Display][METAR Icons] from the Menubar.

The following METAR settings are adjustable.

Parameter Description

Auto Update

METAR Active

This checkbox must be selected to

automatically fetch METAR data

from the server

Create METAR

File

Creates a METAR text file

summary report

Schedule A schedule must be defined to

automatically update METAR data

Distance Units METAR cloud height and visibility

is expressed in km or kft and miles

Server There are two servers to obtain

data. The NOAA server is the

official government server, but is

slow and does not include private

weather station owners. The

HamWeather Server is a mirror

server, is much faster, and provides

access to the network of personal

weather station owners data

Table 15 – METAR Settings

Figure 60 – METAR Icon Settings

8.17.7 METAR Report Generator

Menu Shortcut: METAR uu METAR Generator

Since METAR is the reporting standard for weather

observations, VWS generates METAR reports so you can

share weather data. VWS also includes an interpreter, so

you can interpret other METAR reports. The main reason

users put their information on the internet is to share data.

VWS provides a conduit for sharing weather information.

Figure 61 – METAR Report Generator

8.17.8 METAR Text Reports

Three text reports are available from METAR generated

data. The following section describes the METAR reports

and locations.

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