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KJFK 162251Z 16007KT 10SM FEW055 SCT190 BKN260 26/13 A2982 RMK AO2 SLP098 T02610128

(KJFK): This is the airport identifier. K signifies the airport is in the 48 contiguous states PH is for Hawaii and PA for Alaska.

(162251Z): Issued time and date. The first two numbers are the day (the 16th) and the rest is the time 2251 in Zulu time (denoted by the Z). If you don’t know yet, Zulu time is also Universal time. Get used to converting it, on the East coast you minus 4 hours during daylight savings.

(16007KT): Wind direction and velocity. Here the wind is coming from 160 degrees (or southeast) at 07 knots (KT=knots). For those new pilots, knots is what is used instead of mph. A knot is nautical miles per hour, a nautical mile is about 1.15 mile.

(10SM): Visibility. 10 Statue Miles, these are the miles you know and love from every other mile measurement in life.

(FEW055 SCT190 BKN260): These are clouds and their levels. Few cloud at 5500 – you always add 00 to these numbers. Scatter at 19,000 and Broken at 26,000. What constitutes a cloud ceiling? Broken or Overcast (OVC).

(26/13): Temperature and dewpoint. These are always in Celsius. Dewpoint is the temperature at which the air will be come fully saturated, the closer these numbers are the more likely there are lower clouds or fog.

(A2982): Altimeter setting. 29.82 is the current altimeter setting. It is the pressure at field elevation and you put this number into your altimeter (you’ll most likely get an updated number from the ATIS or whatever weather reporting system at the airport)