{"id":8473,"date":"2012-07-18T10:00:07","date_gmt":"2012-07-18T16:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/facebook\/as-we-close-in-on-the-1000-hour-thornton-is-up-to-81-check-out-one-of-our-newest-pages-at-the\/"},"modified":"2012-07-18T10:11:56","modified_gmt":"2012-07-18T16:11:56","slug":"as-we-close-in-on-the-1000-hour-thornton-is-up-to-81-check-out-one-of-our-newest-pages-at-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/as-we-close-in-on-the-1000-hour-thornton-is-up-to-81-check-out-one-of-our-newest-pages-at-the\/","title":{"rendered":"New METAR page provides current conditions at locations along the Front Range"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ThorntonWeather.com's new METAR page gives current conditions from across the Front Range.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

METAR stations are weather stations typically located at airports that report weather conditions in a standardized format.\u00a0 A new page on ThorntonWeather.com allows you to check current conditions from these stations at locations like DIA, Buckley Air National Guard Base, Boulder Municipal Airport and more.<\/p>\n

Conditions that are reported in a raw format by METAR stations include \u00a0temperature, dew point, wind speed and direction, precipitation, cloud cover and heights, visibility, and barometric pressure.\u00a0 These can also transmit more detailed information such as lightning, tornadoes and more.<\/p>\n

The conditions are typically updated only once or twice an hour so they are not entirely \u201creal time\u201d but are useful for a quick glance.<\/p>\n

Our new METAR page takes lists 18 area stations from Colorado Springs to Cheyenne in order by their distance from Thornton.\u00a0 It takes the coded information and displays the latest reported conditions in an easy to use format.<\/p>\n

You can check out our new METAR page here<\/a>.\u00a0 It is also available under the Live Conditions menu on the left.<\/p>\n

Check our website change log for another changes and enhancements.<\/a><\/p>\n

Related pages on ThorntonWeather.com:<\/p>\n