metar_visibility {pmetar}

Get visibility information.

Description

Extract and parse visibility information from METAR weather report.

Usage

metar_visibility(x, metric = TRUE, numeric_only = FALSE)

Arguments

x

character vector; a METAR weather report or reports.

metric

For the default metric = TRUE returned distances are in meters. If it's FALSE, in miles.

numeric_only

logical; if TRUE only a numeric value will be returned

Value

a numeric vector with visibility information, in meters or miles.

Examples

metar_visibility("EPWA 281830Z 18009KT 140V200 9999 SCT037 03/M01 Q1008 NOSIG")
metar_visibility("CYUL 281800Z 13008KT 30SM BKN240 01/M06 A3005 RMK CI5 SLP180")
metar_visibility("201711271930 METAR LEMD 271930Z 02002KT CAVOK 04/M03 Q1025")
metar_visibility("KBLV 011657Z AUTO 25015G30KT 210V290 3/8SM R32L/1000FT FG
BKN005 01/M01 A2984")