KOKC |
The station identifier (Oklahoma City, OK) (See below) |
311156Z |
Date and time (31st day of the month, 1156Z) ............ Z is time over in Greenwich, England in 24hr time. Subtract 5 hrs for CDT, 6 for CST. |
12015G22KT | Wind direction and speed with gusts (120° at 15 knots, gusting to 22 knots) (Gust not always present) |
10SM | Visibility (10 Statue Miles) (10SM means 10 statue miles or greater) |
SCT350 OVC420 | Cloud cover type and height in hundreds of feet
(Scattered clouds at 35000ft above ground leve and Overcast at 42000ft) ............ SCT - Scattered, FEW - Few, BKN - Broken, OVC - Overcast, CLR - Clear (no height given) |
08/M02 | Temp and Dew point (temp = 8°C, dew point = -2°C) (M stands for minus) |
A2999 | Altimeter settings (29.99 in Hg) |
RMK | Remark statements from this point on. |
A02 | Automated station with precipitation discriminator |
SLP136 | Sea Level Pressure to the tenth of a millibar (1013.6mb) (The first 9 or 10 is dropped. You must decided which has dropped, sea level pressure ranges from 970mb to 1030mb) |
T00781018 | Actual Temperature and Dew Point: First digit (0=plus, 1=minus), Next 3 digits are the temperature: 0078 = 7.8°C, 1018 = -1.8°C |
P0012 | Precipitation in the past hour (measured to the hundreth of an inch) (00.12") |
= | The equals sign marks the end of the METAR code. |
ADM - Ardmore, OK | LAW - Lawton, OK |
AMA - Amarillo, TX | LIT - Little Rock, AR |
FTW - Fort Worth, TX | OKC - Oklahoma City, OK |
GAG - Gage, OK | SPS - Wichita Falls, TX |
ICT - Wichita, KS | TUL - Tulsa, OK |