Andrew Kalat on Nostr: The aviation weather reporting format for pilots is called METARS. And it uses ...
The aviation weather reporting format for pilots is called METARS. And it uses various seemingly nonsensical shorthand codes. For instance, smoke is “FU.” So, hey Canada, FU too!
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