Automatic Weather Stations (METAR AUTO)

Schedule - Implementation of Automated METAR

As of 02 Nov 2009

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

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

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

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

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

Implemented
KT
MF

Kaitaia*
Milford Sound

 30
20		 25,000
25,000		 2010 - date to be advised

* 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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