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Old 18th July 2018 | 23:19
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BuzzBox
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A five digit block commencing with 5 is the pressure trend over the previous 3 hours. The second digit (1) indicates the pressure was increasing, then steady, or increasing slowly. The last three digits are the pressure change in tenths of hPa.
See: METAR & TAF Decoding

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