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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-373/annex-V/appendix-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-373/annex-V/appendix-1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2017/373",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/373 of 1 March 2017 laying down common requirements for providers of air traffic management/air navigation services and other air traffic management network functions and their oversight, repealing Regulation (EC) No 482/2008, Implementing Regulations (EU) No 1034/2011, (EU) No 1035/2011 and (EU) 2016/1377 and amending Regulation (EU) No 677/2011 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-373",
  "path": "annex/V/appendix/1",
  "kind": "appendix",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "To be included if visibility or runway visual range < 1 500 m; for up to a maximum of four runways.\nHeavy used to indicate tornado or waterspout; moderate (no qualifier) to indicate funnel cloud not reaching the ground.\nTemplate for METAR\nKey:\nMinclusion mandatory, part of every message;\nCinclusion conditional, dependent on meteorological conditions or method of observation;\nOinclusion optional.\nNote 1: The ranges and resolutions for the numerical elements included in METAR are shown below this template.\nNote 2: The explanations for the abbreviations can be found in Procedures for Air Navigation Services — ICAO Abbreviations and Codes (PANS-ABC, Doc 8400).\nElement\nDetailed content\nTemplate(s)\nExamples\nIdentification of the type of report (M)\nType of report (M)\nMETAR, METAR COR,\nMETAR\nMETAR COR\nLocation indicator (M)\nICAO location indicator (M)\nNnnn\nYUDO\nTime of the observation (M)\nDay and actual time of the observation in UTC (M)\nnnnnnnZ\n221630Z\nIdentification of an automated or missing report (C)\nAutomated or missing report identifier (C)\nAUTO or NIL\nAUTO\nNIL\nEND OF METAR IF THE REPORT IS MISSING.\nSurface wind (M)\nWind direction (M)\nNnn\nVRB\n24004MPS\n(24008KT)\nVRB01MPS\n(VRB02KT)\n19006MPS\n(19012KT)\n00000MPS\n(00000KT)\n140P149MPS\n(140P99KT)\nWind speed (M)\n[P]nn[n]\nSignificant speed variations (C)\nG[P]nn[n]\n12003G09MPS\n(12006G18KT)\n24008G14MPS\n(24016G28KT)\nUnits of measurement (M)\nMPS (or KT)\nSignificant directional variations (C)\nnnnVnnn\n—\n02005MPS 350V070\n(02010KT 350V070)\nVisibility (M)\nPrevailing or minimum visibility (M)\nNnnn\nCAVOK\n0350\nCAVOK\n7000\n9999\n0800\nMinimum visibility and direction of the minimum visibility (C)\nnnnn[N] or nnnn[NE] or nnnn[E] or nnnn[SE] or nnnn[S] or nnnn[SW] or nnnn[W] or nnnn[NW]\n2000 1200NW\n6000 2800E\n6000 2800\nRunway visual range (C)\nName of the element (M)\nR\nR32/0400\nR12R/1700\nR10/M0050\nR14L/P2000\nRunway (M)\nnn[L]/or nn[C]/or nn[R]/\nRunway visual range (M)\n[P or M]nnnn\nR16L/0650 R16C/0500\nR16R/0450 R17L/0450\nRunway visual range past tendency (C)\nU, D or N\nR12/1100U\nR26/0550N R20/0800D\nR12/0700\nPresent weather (C)\nIntensity or proximity of present weather (C)\n– or +\n—\nVC\nCharacteristics and type of present weather (M)\nDZ or RA or SN or SG or PL or DS or SS or FZDZ or FZRA or FZUP or FC or SHGR or SHGS or SHRA or SHSN or SHUP or TSGR or TSGS or TSRA or TSSN or TSUP or UP\nFG or BR or SA or DU or HZ or FU or VA or SQ or PO or TS or BCFG or BLDU or BLSA or BLSN or DRDU or DRSA or DRSN or FZFG or MIFG or PRFG or //\nFG or PO or FC or DS or SS or TS or SH or BLSN or BLSA or BLDU or VA\nRA\nHZ\nVCFG\n+TSRA\nFG\nVCSH\n+DZ\nVA\nVCTS\n–SN\nMIFG\nVCBLSA\n+TSRASN\n–SNRA\nDZ FG\n+SHSN BLSN\nUP\nFZUP\nTSUP FZUP\n//\nCloud (M)\nCloud amount and height of cloud base or vertical visibility (M)\nFEWnnn or SCTnnn or BKNnnn or OVCnnn or FEW/// or SCT/// or BKN/// or OVC/// or ///nnn or //////\nVVnnn or VV///\nNSC or NCD\nFEW015\nVV005\nOVC030\nVV///\nNSC\nSCT010 OVC020\nBKN///\n///015\nCloud type (C)\nCB or TCU or ///\n—\nBKN009TCU\nNCD\nSCT008 BKN025CB\nBKN025///\n//////CB\nAir and dew-point temperature (M)\nAir and dew-point temperature (M)\n[M]nn/[M]nn\n17/10\n02/M08\nM01/M10\nPressure values (M)\nName of the element (M)\nQ\nQ0995\nQ1009\nQ1022\nQ0987\nQNH (M)\nNnnn\nSupplementary information (C)\nRecent weather (C)\nREFZDZ or REFZRA or REDZ or RE[SH]RA or RERASN or RE[SH]SN or RESG or RESHGR or RESHGS or REBLSN or RESS or REDS or RETSRA or RETSSN or RETSGR or RETSGS or RETS or REFC or REVA or REPL or REUP or REFZUP or RETSUP or RESHUP\nREFZRA\nRETSRA\nWind shear (C)\nWS Rnn[L] or WS Rnn[C] or WS Rnn[R] or WS ALL RWY\nWS R03\nWS ALL RWY\nWS R18C\nSea–surface temperature and state of the sea or significant wave height (C)\nW[M]nn/Sn or W[M]nn/Hn[n][n]\nW15/S2\nW12/H75\nState of the runway (C)\nRunway designator (M)\nR nn[L]/ or Rnn[C]/ or Rnn[R]/\nR/SNOCLO\nR99/421594\nR/SNOCLO\nR14L/CLRD//\nRunway deposits (M)\nn or /\nCLRD//\nExtent of runway contamination (M)\nn or /\nDepth of deposit (M)\nnn or //\nFriction coefficient or braking action (M)\nnn or //\nTrend forecast (O)\nChange indicator (M)\nNOSIG\nBECMG or TEMPO\nNOSIG\nBECMG FEW020\nTEMPO 25018G25MPS\n(TEMPO 25036G50KT)\nBECMG FM1030 TL1130 CAVOK\nBECMG TL1700 0800 FG\nBECMG AT1800 9000 NSW\nBECMG FM1900 0500 +SNRA\nBECMG FM1100 SN TEMPO FM1130 BLSN\nTEMPO FM0330 TL0430 FZRA\nPeriod of change (C)\nFMnnnn and/or TLnnnn or ATnnnn\nWind (C)\nnnn[P]nn[n][G[P]nn[n]]MPS (or nnn[P]nn[G[P]nn]KT)\nPrevailing visibility (C)\nnnnn\nCAVOK\nWeather phenomenon: intensity (C)\n– or +\n—\nNSW\nWeather phenomenon: characteristics and type (C)\nDZ or RA or SN or SG or PL or DS or SS or FZDZ or FZRA or SHGR or SHGS or SHRA or SHSN or TSGR or TSGS or TSRA or TSSN\nFG or BR or SA or DU or HZ or FU or VA or SQ or PO or FC or TS or BCFG or BLDU or BLSA or BLSN or DRDU or DRSA or DRSN or FZFG or MIFG or PRFG\nCloud amount and height of cloud base or vertical visibility (C)\nFEWnnn or SCTnnn or BKNnnn or OVCnnn\nVVnnn or VV///\nNSC\nTEMPO TL1200 0600 BECMG AT1200 8000 NSW NSC\nBECMG AT1130 OVC010\nCloud type (C)\nCB or TCU\n—\nTEMPO TL1530 +SHRA BKN012CB\n* There is no aeronautical requirement to report surface wind speeds of 100 kt (50 m/s) or more; however, provision has been made for reporting wind speeds up to 199 kt (99 m/s) for non-aeronautical purposes, as necessary.\nRanges and resolutions for the numerical elements included in METAR\nElement\nRange\nResolution\nRunway:\n(no units)\n01–36\n1\nWind direction:\n°true\n000–360\n10\nWind speed:\nMPS\n00–99\n1\nKT\n00–199\n1\nVisibility:\nM\n0000–0750\n50\nM\n0800–4 900\n100\nM\n5 000–9 000\n1 000\nM\n10 000–\n0 (fixed value: 9 999)\nRunway visual range:\nM\n0000–0375\n25\nM\n0400–0750\n50\nM\n0800–2 000\n100\nVertical visibility:\n30's M (100's FT)\n000–020\n1\nClouds: height of cloud base:\n30's M (100's FT)\n000–100\n1\nAir temperature;\n– 80 - +60\n1\nDew-point temperature:\n°C\nQNH:\nhPa\n0850–1 100\n1\nSea–surface temperature:\n°C\n– 10 - +40\n1\nState of the sea:\n(no units)\n0–9\n1\nSignificant wave height\nM\n0–999\n0,1\nState of the runway\nRunway designator:\n(no units)\n01–36; 88; 99\n1\nRunway deposits:\n(no units)\n0–9\n1\nExtent of runway contamination:\n(no units)\n1; 2; 5; 9\n—\nDepth of deposit:\n(no units)\n00–90; 92–99\n1\nFriction coefficient/braking action:\n(no units)\n00–95; 99\n1",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "To be included if visibility or runway visual range < 1 500 m; for up to a maximum of four runways."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Heavy used to indicate tornado or waterspout; moderate (no qualifier) to indicate funnel cloud not reaching the ground."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
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