"Ron Natalie" wrote in message

METAR - The ICAO established format for transmittig surface weather observations

METAR - MESSAGE MÉTÉOROLOGIQUE RÉGULIER POUR L'AVIATION Hmm. I can't
see how they got METAR from that, but it's supposedly where the term
came from.

Love those acronyms. It's all part of the "secret language". :~)

-Scott