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 == METAR ==
-A [[METAR]] is a codified observation message indicating an airfield weather conditions observed at a given time. There are different ways of messaging weather reports, but in [[FlightGear]] is [[METAR]] used.
+A METAR is a codified observation message indicating an airfield weather conditions observed at a given time. There are different ways of messaging weather reports, but in [[FlightGear]] METAR is used. The data is retrieved from [http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/metar.shtml NOAA].
-The [[METAR]]-message can be found acros the menu (Weather > Weather Scenario). To have the actual weather (or playing with [[ATC]]) you need to enable the Real weather fetch in the [[FlightGear Wizard]].
+The METAR-message can be found acros the menu (Weather > Weather Scenario). To have the actual weather (or playing with [[ATC]]) you need to enable the Real weather fetch in the [[FlightGear Wizard]].
 Such a message is established every hour.