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Hey Mom,

What does the word METAR mean? I’d like to know what the acronym stands for.

Thanks,

Mostly Expecting True Aviation Relevance

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Hi, My Entertainingly Trusting Acronym Requester,

While I’m Mostly Engaged in Taking Actual Requests, My Extra Time Always Rushes by so fast, this one took a couple days. Massive Etymological Testing Always Results in a bit of extra work. Had enough of this yet? Me Either; Truly, A Really good definition wasn’t that hard to find. I have a Marvelous, Exactly True Answer Ready, so enough with my Marginally Entertaining Talk About Rather pointless stuff.

A METAR, otherwise known as an Aviation Routine Weather Report, is actually a contraction of the french term MÉTéorologique Aviation Régulière, which essentially means “routine aerodrome weather”. Many English speaking pilots forget that quite a few everyday words in aviation are actually derived from other languages. There you have it.

Making Extra Time to Access Reasonable requests,

Mom, Exceptional Tabulator of Aviation Research

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