Odd METAR

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Odd METAR

By dont overfill
 Sun Jun 17, 2018 10:58 am #1618405
Anyone know what "COR" means at the start of this METAR?
METAR COR EGPD 170920Z 16006KT 110V190 9999 R16/1200 BKN034 BKN046 15/10 Q1008 NOSIG=
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Re: Odd METAR

By Flintstone
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 Sun Jun 17, 2018 11:02 am #1618407
It means corrected although I’ve never seen one in real life to know what it is that’s being corrected.



Edit. Beat me to it.
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Re: Odd METAR

By AlanM
 Sun Jun 17, 2018 11:21 am #1618419
We get more at EGJJ than before as our METARs are now Partly Automated and corrected by the tower assistant who is a qualified met observer. Sometimes the automatic reporting is not entirely accurate so a manual correction is entered.
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Re: Odd METAR

By Full Metal Jackass
 Sun Jun 17, 2018 7:39 pm #1618479
Barcli wrote:1200 mtrs vis and broken 3400 ft ? :shock:


What bemuses me more is reported visibility of more than 10k but just 1200m at the touchdown zone of R16 with no additional info as to the cause such as fog or smoke etc.....
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Re: Odd METAR

By Full Metal Jackass
 Sun Jun 17, 2018 7:58 pm #1618483
bookworm wrote:The previous was 1400 HZ.


Then why not add HZ to the METAR?

That's another question, at what point do FU, HZ, BR, FG and so need to be added to a METAR? Or are they just supplementary, added at the discretion of the meteorologist making the report?

Re: Odd METAR

By bookworm
 Sun Jun 17, 2018 9:32 pm #1618501
Full Metal Jackass wrote:
bookworm wrote:The previous was 1400 HZ.


Then why not add HZ to the METAR?

That's another question, at what point do FU, HZ, BR, FG and so need to be added to a METAR? Or are they just supplementary, added at the discretion of the meteorologist making the report?


They did for the previous one

METAR COR EGPD 170920Z 16006KT 110V190 9999 R16/1200 BKN034 BKN046 15/10 Q1008 NOSIG=

METAR EGPD 170850Z AUTO 15006KT 110V180 1400 R16/1200 HZ FEW027 15/09 Q1008=
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Re: Odd METAR

By GolfHotel
 Sun Jun 17, 2018 9:44 pm #1618503
dont overfill wrote:Anyone know what "COR" means at the start of this METAR?
METAR COR EGPD 170920Z 16006KT 110V190 9999 R16/1200 BKN034 BKN046 15/10 Q1008 NOSIG=


So just a bit of thread drift:

Who would want to land down wind then?
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