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Are Winds reported relative to True north or Magnetic North?

April 26, 2017MAGNETIC north relative reported winds

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Are Winds reported relative to True north or Magnetic North?

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All winds reported here are relative to True north unless specifically labeled otherwise. The sources are METARs, TAFs, and FB reports all of which are based on True north. Magnetic declination is very large in some areas, please keep this in mind.