Identify the purpose of the Remarks section in a METAR, and decode a complete METAR from station identifier through altimeter setting using the full WWW VCT DAR sequence.
This lesson is where every earlier lesson in this course pays off at once — a full METAR that looked like an unreadable string of letters and numbers at the start of the course should now decode smoothly, group by group, using exactly the sequence this course taught.
Teach It / Enséñalo
ENTIENDE
La sección de OBSERVACIONES (REMARKS) es la última parte de un METAR, introducida por el código literal "RMK," y contiene detalles adicionales observados más allá de los grupos requeridos ya cubiertos en este curso. Con las Observaciones entendidas, la secuencia completa WWW VCT DAR ahora está completa: Dónde (estación), Cuándo (fecha/hora), Viento, Visibilidad, Nubes, Temperatura/Punto de rocío, Altímetro, y Observaciones. Juntando todo, el METAR de ejemplo del curso — KSLE 181956Z 21008KT 10SM FEW035 SCT060 22/12 A3004 — ahora se lee como un informe completo y coherente: esto es Salem, Oregon (KSLE), observado el día 18 a las 1956Z, viento desde 210 grados a 8 nudos, visibilidad de 10 millas estatutarias, pocas nubes a 3,500 pies y nubes dispersas a 6,000 pies (sin techo), temperatura de 22°C con un punto de rocío de 12°C, y un ajuste de altímetro de 30.04 inHg.
¿Tiene sentido?
AVIATION WORDS · Palabras de aviación
DILO EN INGLÉS · SAY IT IN ENGLISH
“Remarks add extra detail after the main METAR groups, and once you know the full WWW VCT DAR sequence, you can read an entire real METAR from start to finish, group by group.”
Ejemplo guiado
Tap through each group of the full example METAR in the visual above, in order — station, time, wind, visibility, clouds, temperature/dew point, and altimeter — and confirm out loud what each one means before moving to the next, exactly the same sequence this entire course walked through one lesson at a time.
Real Aviation Application / Aplicación real en aviación
This exact group-by-group reading process is what a real pilot does dozens of times during flight training and throughout a flying career — not by re-deriving the format from scratch every time, but by pattern-recognizing the familiar WWW VCT DAR sequence at a glance, the same skill this course built one piece at a time.
Ask Your Teacher / Pregúntale a tu maestro
- What does 'AO2' in the remarks section actually mean?
- Where can I find real, current METARs for airports near me to practice on?
- What's the next weather report format I should learn after METAR?
HAMPTON'S .02 CENTS
This capstone lesson is the natural moment to point students toward the app's separate METAR Trainer feature (real practice scenarios, not just this one example) and toward pulling real, current METARs for a local airport to decode as an extension activity — the skill only becomes durable with repeated practice on reports the student didn't just memorize from class.
It Would Behoove You… Practice with real, current METARs using this app's METAR Trainer, and try decoding a fresh METAR for an airport near you every day for a week.
Standards Alignment
CLASSROOM: METAR Fundamentals
FAA: FAA Aviation Weather Handbook (FAA-H-8083-28), Chapter 6
CERTIFICATION: Private Pilot, Part 107
SOURCES: Aviation Weather Handbook (FAA-H-8083-28)