Agreed. I much prefer local date/time, compass direction and compact form ... which drove me to write this very crude parser for METAR/TAF.
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Most METAR/TAF decoders drive me nuts with UTC date/time, direction in degrees and too much information ...
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I only know 3 people who prefer the raw format - they're all pilots
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