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The following METAR has been issued for Fairford:

EGVA 070755Z AUTO 06003KT 9999 OVC034 12/11

What does the term AUTO mean in this report?

  • A

    The METAR will be automatically updated every 10 minutes.

  • B

    The wind speed and direction was automatically reported.

  • C

    The visibility and cloudbase was automatically reported.

  • D

    The entire METAR has been automatically generated.

In a METAR, the term "AUTO" indicates that the entire report has been generated automatically by a weather observing system, without human intervention. This includes wind, visibility, cloud cover, temperature, etc.

  • EGVA = Fairford ICAO code
  • 070755Z = Report made on the 7th at 07:55 UTC
  • AUTO = Automatically generated report
  • 06003 KT = Wind from 060° at 3 knots
  • 9999 = Visibility 10 km or more
  • OVC034 = Overcast cloud at 3400 ft AGL
  • 12/11 = Temperature 12°C, dew point 11°C

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