...METAR OUTAGE...
AOMC reported that there is a metar outage going on...167 missing sites at last check. The FAA is investigating the issue.
That seems like a lot but curious to know what percentage of their total sites this is.
I think I found the full list here: https://www.aviationweather.gov/docs/metar/stations.txt
This list is worldwide and I see no information about this outage being region specific so I'll assume it's worldwide.
Seems like they have about 9,517 sites so this is about 1.75% of their sites worldwide
(The title of the submission is also "Nationwide FAA weather reporting outage")
Yeah, but the title is made up. There is noting in the official report about this being "nationwide".
The report only states that there is a metar outage consisting of 167 stations.
It doesn't provide any context on which stations are missing or how they are distributed.
Adding "nationwide" to the title is pure FUD IMO.