KBVY 151653Z 33013G22KT 10SM CLR 19/05 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP176 T01940050

Go to METAR and locate your airport on the map (click/hover on that airport and a help box appears with the uncoded METAR data… select and copy that, you’ll need it later, paste it in a text file), scroll midway and put the airport call letters in the box labelled “IDs”, check radio box “decoded”, drop down box has “most recent only” selected,  and click “request METAR data”, now copy paste that into the file you already created with the RAW METAR data. Now you have something to compare…. do this every day, at least when you are about to fly, get in the habit of checking your weather reports.

KBVY 151653Z 33013G22KT 10SM CLR 19/05 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP176 T01940050

METAR for: KBVY (Beverly Muni, MA, US)

Date/Time: (151653Z) Sept 15 1:53PM <- this is eastern standard translation of UTC (“Zulu” time), EST = UTC -5 hours

Temperature: (19/05 also in RMK: T01940050) 19.4°C ( 67°F) (Also located in RMK: T01940050 first and fifth digits denote positive or negative)

Dewpoint: (19/05 also in RMK: T01940050) 5.0°C ( 41°F) [RH = 39%]

Pressure (altimeter): (A3007 – also in RMK) 30.07 inches Hg (1018.4 mb) [Sea level pressure: 1017.6 mb] (Also located in RMK: SLP176)

Winds: (33013G22KT) from the NNW (330 degrees) at 15 MPH (13 knots; 6.7 m/s) gusting to 25 MPH (22 knots; 11.3 m/s)

Visibility: (10SM) 10 or more sm (16+ km)

Ceiling: at least 12,000 feet AGL

Clouds: (CLR) sky clear below 12,000 feet AGL

RMK: A02 automated with precipitation delineators