......and don't forget that the wind direction is true not magnetic.
Wasn't it so that in METARs and TAFs the wind direction is true, while on the ATIS and whatever the TWR reports is magnetic, since runway headings are also magnetic?
After all, METARs and TAFs are used in flight planning, while you are still using true bearings and so forth. But in operating the flight you use magnetic headings so ATC gives the wind in magnetic too.
What about VOLMET?