http://www.m0a.com/can-you-decode-thi... BEFORE YOU WATCH THIS VIDEO: Make sure you've seen the first "quiz" video so you can take a stab at decoding the METAR.


Here is my text transcription of the METAR

KARB - Ann Arbor, MI
301153Z - Issued on the 30th at 1153 Zulu
35022G31KT - Winds 350 @ 22kts Gusting to 31kts
10SM - 10 statue miles of visibility
-RA - Light Rain
BKN017 - Clouds broken at 1,700ft
BKN025 - Clouds broken at 2,500ft
OVC039 - Clouds overcast at 3,900ft
02/M01 - Temperature 2C Dewpoint Minus 1C
A2948 - Altimeter 29.48
RMK - Remarks
AO2 - They have an automatic precipitation discriminator
PK WND 33035/1142 - Peak Wind from 330 @ 35kts and it occurred at 1142 Zulu
UPE12B29E31RAB12SNB15E20 - Unknown precipitation ended 12 minutes past the hour then began again 29 minutes past the hour then ended again 31 minutes past the hour. Rain began 12 minutes past the hour. Snow began 15 minutes past the hour and then ended 20 minutes past the hour.
SLP987 - Sea level pressure is 998.7 hectopascals
P0001 - 00.01 Inches of precipitation has fallen in the past hour
60001 - 0.01 Inches of precipitation has fallen in the past 6 hours
70001 - 0.01 Inches of precipitation has fallen in the past 24 hours
T00171011 - Exact temp/dewpoint. Temp = 1.7C Dewpoint = -1.1C
10022 - 6 hour maximum temp = 2.2C
20017 - 6 hour minimum temp = 1.7C
56010 - The 3 Barometric Tendency - (5)= the group indicator (the 3 hour pressure tendency. The (6) shows the change (On scale from 1 to 10.) Last three numbers (010) showing the increase or in this case decrease in hectopascals. In our case the presure decreased by 1.0 hectopascal.