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METAR indications in map wrong ?

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By drnicolas - 8/9/2019 6:46:43 AM

At the moment, I see many wrong METAR indications in the map.
Example:
EDFH indicating "I" in map, while the METAR-infomation says CAVOK
ETSB indicating "M", METAR also CAVOK
EDDF indicating "I, METAR CAVOK
All METAR info is currently 20~25min old.

WHy this? I haven't seen those discrepancies so far
By efrenken - 8/10/2019 9:28:55 AM

drnicolas,

SD indicates as to your personal settings, but the SD programming team has not been aware of the situation users setting their personal minimum for good weather to 10,000 metres. The max. value in metars for visibility is 9,999 metres. These 9,999 metres in metars mean there is a visibility of 10 kms and more.

If you have the above described setting SD will show ‘I’(MC) incorrectly.

As an aside, SD always shows ‘I’(MC) as well if the metar doesn’t contain any cloud information (for safety reasons).