nhasan/Airports — Issue #17: METAR Decoding
Author: pseizinger
Created: 2012-01-22 17:48:05+00:00
State: open

Very nice product, however I noticed that your decoding of weather information for an airport is giving the wrong information for the winds. While it is true that all winds aloft are provided in True direction, that is not the case for wind observations and wind forecasts for an airport. In those cases the winds are provided in Magnetic direction.

It is a little thing and any pilot reading the information should know this, but it can be misleading for the uninformed or novice.