METAR EDDC Dresden

The current aviation weather for Dresden, decoded and with its GAFOR category. The data comes live from aviationweather.gov.

Current METAR

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EDDCAirfield

The four-letter ICAO code, here for Dresden.

Time:: 2. 23:20 UTC
Wind:: variable, 2 knots
Visibility:: 8 km
Clouds:: SCT at 300 ft · BKN at 1800 ft · BKN at 3000 ft
Temperature, dewpoint:: 15 °C / 14 °C
QNH:: 1032 hPa

How the METARMAP shows this airfield

From every METAR, the METARMAP and the METARMAP Mini work out the GAFOR category and light the airfield's LED in its colour. The worse of the two values always decides: visibility or cloud ceiling. See the maps →

Delta, difficult

Visibility8 km → O

Cloud ceiling1800 ft → D

Visibility ↓ / Cloud ceiling →	500 to 1000 ft	1000 to 2000 ft	2000 to 5000 ft	above 5000 ft, no cloud
over 10 km	M2	D1	O	C
8 to 10 km	M2	D1	O	O
5 to 8 km	M5	D4	D3	D3
1.5 to 5 km	M8	M7	M6	M6
below 1.5 km	X	X	X	X

Calculated from the observation itself. The official GAFOR by the DWD is a forecast for areas.

Crosswind at EDDC right now

The wind is variable (VRB) at 2 kt. Without a direction there is no component to work out; at worst the full 2 kt comes from the side.

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TAF: the forecast

EDDCAirfield

The four-letter ICAO code, here for Dresden.

Valid from day 3, 00:00 UTC to day 3, 24:00 UTC · issued day 2, 23:00 UTC

Base forecastday 3, 00:00 UTC to day 3, 24:00 UTC
variable, 3 knots · 6 km · BKN at 500 ft
VRB03KT 6000 BKN005
M5
Temporaryday 3, 00:00 UTC to day 3, 08:00 UTC
variable, 3 knots · 2 km · patches fog · BKN at 200 ft
TEMPO 0300/0308 2000 BCFG BKN002
X
Temporary, 30 %day 3, 03:00 UTC to day 3, 07:00 UTC
variable, 3 knots · 0.2 km · fog · BKN at 100 ft
PROB30 TEMPO 0303/0307 0200 FG BKN001
X
Becomingday 3, 07:00 UTC to day 3, 10:00 UTC
variable, 3 knots · 6 km · SCT at 1500 ft
BECMG 0307/0310 SCT015
D3

Dresden on the METARMAP

On the METARMAP, Dresden is one of 82 LEDs. It glows in the GAFOR colour shown above and fetches the new METAR every five minutes.

Airfield

ICAO identifier	`EDDC`
Country	Germany
Elevation	745 ft (227 m)
Sun today	↑ 07:08 · ↓ 18:38 · night from 19:11
Position	51.132° N, 13.767° E

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