<![CDATA[IFR conditions on METARs]]>Hi all.

For those better versed in aviation weather than I am, aren't IFR minima supposed to be broken at or below 1000 AGL? In this picture: 0_1509254066918_upload-e95a3464-741b-4c77-85a5-e004d595344b

the METAR is reported as IFR, when I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be VFR or MVFR at best.

Any opinions? Is labeling this METAR as IFR an error?

]]>https://community.windy.com/topic/4828/ifr-conditions-on-metarsRSS for NodeSat, 16 May 2026 21:03:55 GMTSun, 29 Oct 2017 05:16:01 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to IFR conditions on METARs on Thu, 02 Nov 2017 04:08:24 GMT]]>Looks like it's been fixed. Thanks guys!

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/8397https://community.windy.com/post/8397Thu, 02 Nov 2017 04:08:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to IFR conditions on METARs on Tue, 31 Oct 2017 07:27:07 GMT]]>Whenever METAR parser fails it reports IFR or LIFR conditions

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/8330https://community.windy.com/post/8330Tue, 31 Oct 2017 07:27:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to IFR conditions on METARs on Tue, 31 Oct 2017 07:25:07 GMT]]>I admit that METAR -> conditions parser is not perfect

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/8329https://community.windy.com/post/8329Tue, 31 Oct 2017 07:25:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to IFR conditions on METARs on Mon, 30 Oct 2017 01:20:37 GMT]]>@f35blightningii

Yes, this is incorrect. VFR is for vis >5sm and Cig > 3000
MVFR is vis 3>5sm and Cig 1000>3000
IFR is vis 1>3sm and Cig 500>1000
LIFR is vis

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/8281https://community.windy.com/post/8281Mon, 30 Oct 2017 01:20:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to IFR conditions on METARs on Sun, 29 Oct 2017 17:52:00 GMT]]>That's what I mean. The FlightIntel app on Android also listed my first post's conditions as VFR. As for the AIRMET, the fog and mist burn off in the middle of the day and only start creeping back into to the SFO area in the evening, but I'm pretty sure few and scattered don't count as IFR. Maybe MVFR instead.

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]]>https://community.windy.com/post/8260https://community.windy.com/post/8260Sun, 29 Oct 2017 09:38:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to IFR conditions on METARs on Sun, 29 Oct 2017 09:24:51 GMT]]>@f35blightningii
Now I took a better look and ... I am confused !!!
windy says IFR, flightaware says VFR
https://flightaware.com/resources/airport/KSFO/weather

We have to ask windy: the IFR sign is coming from NOAA (or any other source)
or is "computed" from windy's software by only "reading" the METAR ?

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/8258https://community.windy.com/post/8258Sun, 29 Oct 2017 09:24:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to IFR conditions on METARs on Sun, 29 Oct 2017 08:32:45 GMT]]>https://flightaware.com/resources/airport/KSFO/weather

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