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Live METAR & TAF, decoded.
Indian aerodromes by FIR
Pick an airport to load its latest METAR and TAF. The second letter of an Indian ICAO code tells you the FIR.
Reports are the official METARs and TAFs issued by the met office (IMD for Indian aerodromes), relayed through the WMO network and served by the NOAA Aviation Weather Center. New reports arrive within a few minutes of issue; this page updates itself every 30 minutes, just after each routine METAR (use Refresh for a special report in between). Training aid only, not for operational use: get your official briefing from OLBS (IMD).
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How to read a METAR.
A METAR is a routine aerodrome weather report, issued every 30 minutes in India (a SPECI is issued in between when conditions change significantly). A TAF is the aerodrome forecast.
- VABB 271500Z
- Station (Mumbai) and observation time: 27th of the month, 15:00 UTC
- 02006KT
- Wind from 020° true at 6 knots. G after the speed means gusts; VRB means variable
- 3000
- Visibility 3,000 m. 9999 means 10 km or more
- FU / HZ / BR / FG
- Weather: smoke, haze, mist, fog. − light, + heavy, TS thunderstorm, SH showers
- NSC / FEW015CB
- Cloud: no significant cloud, or few clouds at 1,500 ft that are cumulonimbus
- 31/22
- Temperature 31°C, dew point 22°C. A small spread warns of mist or fog
- Q1010
- QNH 1010 hPa: set it to read altitude above mean sea level
- NOSIG / BECMG / TEMPO
- Trend for the next 2 hours: no change, becoming, or temporary changes
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