METARS
I often see the METARS reported as if they were the actual weather conditions at the time of the accident/incident. The conditions at the time of the event can be quite different to that of the previous/next METAR which are only reported every 30 minutes. Many airfields have rapidly changing conditions between MEATRS. I have seen 5 SPECIAL reports between METARS for visibility changes alone but these reports are not available on the normal weather web sites. I am not saying this was the case in this accident but generally METAR reports do not tell the full weather story.
Last edited by Leftexit; 10th Oct 2013 at 22:37.