What materials will the NWS or other organizations have ready to help people learn the new METAR and TAF codes?
A17. There are a series of technical aids that are posted on this home page. In addition, review questions and coding exercises with answers will be provided to help currently certified NWS observers. A similar document is also being prepared and will be provided to SAWRS observers. This home page also provides access to the FAA Academy’s METAR/TAF Home Page where some additional training documents are located. While the NWS neither endorses any private company nor any commercially available products, there are some commercially available METAR/TAF training and education products on the market that you may wish to consider. For example, the King Schools in San Diego, CA are now developing a METAR/TAF training video that should be available commercially sometime this Spring. In addition, Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc. in Englewood, CO has a chapter on the METAR/TAF code in its Private Pilot Manual, and also has plans to produce a videotape with METAR/TAF training information. This is by no me
