METARS displays Wind direction in degrees ______.

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METARS displays Wind direction in degrees ______.

Wind direction in METARs is shown as the direction from which the wind is blowing, reported in degrees true. The wind group in a METAR is formatted with three digits for the direction (in tens of degrees) followed by the wind speed in knots and the KT indicator. If the wind is varying, the report uses VRB instead of a fixed direction. For calm winds, you’ll see 00000KT, which still conveys a direction value of zero degrees. So the statement that METARs display wind direction in degrees is true.

Wind direction in METARs is shown as the direction from which the wind is blowing, reported in degrees true. The wind group in a METAR is formatted with three digits for the direction (in tens of degrees) followed by the wind speed in knots and the KT indicator. If the wind is varying, the report uses VRB instead of a fixed direction. For calm winds, you’ll see 00000KT, which still conveys a direction value of zero degrees. So the statement that METARs display wind direction in degrees is true.

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