February 15, 2002, Newsletter Issue #3: Element: Location

Tip of the Week

METAR (or SPECI for Special Report) KPIT 201955Z (COR for correction to observation) 22015G25KT 3/4SM R28R/2600FT TSRA OVC01OCB 18/16 A2992 RMK SLPO13 T01760158

Where:
KPIT is the ICAO station identifier. The usual 3 letter identifiers we are all familiar with are now preceded by a "K" for the contiguous United States. Alaska and Hawaii will use 4 letter identifiers beginning with "PA" and "PH" respectively. Changes are planned to incorporate alphabetic identifiers for those weather reporting stations where numbers and letters are now used (e.g., W10 to HEF).

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