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Alt text for the comic embedded in the link: An XKCD comic about how to decode a METAR:
METAR - “Meter” (Usually misspelled)
KNYC - Station ID
251600Z - Time (25:16:002)
18035G45KT - Wind speed has been 18,035 knots for a good 45 minutes now.
6SM - Observer is a size 6 small.
VCFCFZVA - Sorry, the station cat walked on the keyboard.
+BLUP - Weird noise the sky made earlier.
NOSIG - The observer has no significant other :(
LTG OHD - We overheard someone saying there was lightning.
A3808 - Hey look, an Airbus A380-800!
RMK - Remarkable!
A02 - Fanfic archive equipped with a precipitation sensor.
SLP130= - Observer got sleepy around 1:30.
I had to do a double take when I first saw that “RASH” in the comment above. Is there a place where it’s written like that instead of just SHRA or was that just a joke? Generally the pattern is always [intensity][descriptive attribute][phenomena], but the US system has so many deviations from the international standards that I can’t be certain.