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METAR SLP – Sea Level Pressure

Posted on July 15, 2012 by dgwerntz
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Many airports have an entry SLPxxx in the remarks section of their METAR. What is it?  SLP stands for “Sea Level Pressure”. As an example, let’s look at a Burbank METAR:

KBUR 151753Z 14007KT 9SM CLR 23/14 A2994 
RMK AO2 SLP127 T02280144 10228 20167 50000 $

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