AWOS: How Are METARs Generated?
AWOS: How Are METARs Generated?
AWOS: How Are METARs Generated?
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<strong>AWOS</strong> Types<br />
• <strong>AWOS</strong> A – Altimeter only<br />
• <strong>AWOS</strong> AV – Altimeter and Visibility<br />
• <strong>AWOS</strong> I<br />
• Altimeter, Wind Speed & Direction,<br />
Temperature, Dew Point, and<br />
Density Altitude<br />
• <strong>AWOS</strong> II<br />
• <strong>AWOS</strong> I + Visibility<br />
• <strong>AWOS</strong> III<br />
• <strong>AWOS</strong> II + Cloud Height & Cover<br />
• <strong>AWOS</strong> III PT<br />
• <strong>AWOS</strong> III + Present Weather,<br />
Thunderstorm/Lightning<br />
• <strong>AWOS</strong> IV<br />
• <strong>AWOS</strong> III PT + Freezing Rain,<br />
Runway Surface Condition<br />
Page 4 / FPAW Summer Meeting August 8 2012 / Kevin R. Petty / ©Vaisala
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