I,m with you Mary, although i understand the need to produce in a format that is sort-able and automatically constructed from codes generated from computers that make it uniform for international standards , they could make it a little easier. I have program that converts weather to plain English but feel i should not have to depend on it. I attended a MET aviation weather class in Exeter a while back, in the class where pilots far more experienced than me, when the instructor asked them to translate a METAR or TAF they managed it but it took a little while, they didn't just rattle it off as i expected them to do.
I am sure there is happy medium between format and readability, me being low-time VFR haven't a Scooby Doo what those NOTAMS are somtimes