No METAR Update for UAE Airports
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All the UAE airports have had no METAR updates since around March 4th? Any idea why?
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@nah95
Based on historical precedents and modern security concerns, censoring or restricting weather reports in war zones is a recognized tactic to prevent enemy forces from utilizing weather-dependent strategies.
(AI generated)Also read https://vlab.noaa.gov/web/nws-heritage/-/censoring-the-weather
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@Gkikas-LGPZ I can understand why it would be a thing during WW2 but not in this day and age.
Especially considering the weather forecast is available generally for everywhere else, just not the airports. Notably, even the airport ATIS systems are providing weather reports normally via radio and telephone.
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@nah95
METARs are not weather forecasts.
As I can see in flightradar24, UAE airports are not active. -
Another interesting article
https://guidocioni.substack.com/p/when-war-breaks-the-weather-forecasts
