Automatic Weather Stations (METAR AUTO)

Schedule - Implementation of Automated METAR

As of 08 May 2012

Location ID Aerodrome
(Listing in alphabetical order)		 Visibility
Range
(km)		 Cloud
Range
(ft)		 Implementation Status

CI*
DN
GS
HN
HK
NV
KK
MO
MS
NR
NS
NP
OU
PM
PP
UK
QN
RO
AP
TG
TU
WF
WU
WS
WK
WR
WB

Chatham Is*
Dunedin
Gisborne
Hamilton
Hokitika
Invercargill
Kerikeri
Manapouri
Masterton
Napier
Nelson
New Plymouth
Oamaru
Palmerston North
Paraparaumu
Pukaki
Queenstown
Rotorua
Taupo
Tauranga
Timaru
Wanaka
Wanganui
Westport
Whakatane
Whangarei
Woodbourne

20
50
20
50
20
50
20
30
30
20
20
20
30
50
30
20
50
50
20
50
30
30
20
20
30
20
20

25,000
25,000
25,000
12,000
25,000
12,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
12,000
25,000
25,000
12,000
12,000
25,000
25,000
12,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
12,000














Implemented

* New AWS Location

Automated METAR are provided at 30-minute intervals and include wind (direction and speed), visibility (but without directional variations), cloud (amount and height of base, but not cloud type), present weather, temperature, dew point, QNH and recent weather (ie, precipitation observed since the last routine report). Thunderstorms are included when lightning strikes are detected. SPECI reports are not issued.

 

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