Weather Warsaw Chopin Airport · EPWA · WAW
Weather at Warsaw Chopin Airport today and tomorrow, in plain English
Live weather for Warsaw Chopin Airport (EPWA, WAW), read from the airport's own reports. The passenger view says in plain words whether it is raining, how windy and cloudy it is and how far you can see, with one green, amber or red line for flying conditions. Pilots will find the decoded METAR and TAF below it, followed by a rain map.
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Pilot's view
Warsaw Chopin Airport METAR and TAF, decoded line by line
The latest METAR and TAF for EPWA in their original code, each group decoded underneath, with the flight category and the headwind and crosswind on runways 15/33 and 11/29 worked out from the reported wind.
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Rain map
Rain around Warsaw Chopin Airport on the satellite map
Recent rain over Warsaw and central Poland, drawn on our satellite map with rings at 25, 50 and 100 nautical miles from the airport. Press play to run the last 75 minutes.
The rain map for Warsaw Chopin Airport appears here when the live data has loaded. If it does not appear, the rain forecast is in the passenger view at the top of the page when that has loaded, or call +44 20 7781 8094.
Weather data from MET Norway and EUMETSAT H SAF (CC BY 4.0). General information only, not for flight planning.
Wind, cloud and rain
Wind, cloud and rain map for Warsaw Chopin Airport
A moving forecast map of Warsaw and central Poland, centred on Warsaw Chopin Airport. Use the controls on the map to switch between wind, rain, clouds and gusts, and to step forward through the next few days. Wind is shown in knots.
Forecast map by Windy. General information only, not for flight planning. If the map does not load, open this position on windy.com.
How to read this page
How to read the Warsaw Chopin Airport weather page
The same official data drives all three parts. The passenger view puts it in plain words, the pilot's view shows the original code, and the map shows where the rain is.
Green, amber and red flying conditions
Green means good visibility, no low cloud and no strong wind. Amber means weather to watch: cloud below 1,000 ft, visibility under about 5 km, snow, fog, hail, heavy rain, a thunderstorm nearby, wind of 28 knots or more, or a crosswind of about 20 knots on the runway. Red means cloud below 500 ft, visibility under 1,600 metres, thunderstorms, freezing rain, heavy snow or wind of 41 knots or more. Grey means the airport report is incomplete, and we do not guess. In the hour strip a ring round a dot means worse conditions at times, and a dotted ring a 30 or 40 per cent chance of them. It is a guide, not an operating limit: the captain decides.
METAR and TAF in the pilot's view
A METAR is the airport's own weather report, normally issued every half hour. A TAF is the airport's forecast, reissued several times a day. We show both in their original code and decode every group. Wind directions are in degrees true, cloud heights are in feet above the airport and times are in UTC, marked Z. AUTO means the report was made by instruments with no human observer. A change marked TEMPO is temporary, and PROB gives its percentage chance. Where a value was not reported we say so and give no flight category. A cancelled forecast is shown as cancelled. The age of each report is shown beside it.
What the rain map shows
The tint shows how hard it is raining: blue for light rain, violet for steadier rain and bright pink for heavy rain. It is estimated from weather satellites and refreshed every 15 minutes. The picture runs about 30 to 45 minutes behind real time and it is not ground radar, so a very light or very local shower may not appear. Press play to run the last 75 minutes. If the rain layer cannot be loaded, the bar under the map says so, so an empty map is never taken for a dry one. Use the plus and minus buttons to zoom in on a shower or out to the whole region. The gold rings are 25, 50 and 100 nautical miles from the airport, and north is at the top.
Local knowledge
Typical weather at Warsaw Chopin Airport through the year
Warsaw Chopin Airport lies about 10 km south of the centre of Warsaw, 362 ft above sea level. These points come from the airport's official aeronautical notes.
Low visibility at Warsaw Chopin Airport
The airport is well equipped for poor visibility: Runway 33 and Runway 11 both have instrument landing systems for very low cloud. Low visibility procedures start when visibility on the runway falls below 550 metres or the cloud base below 200 ft, and fewer flights can then land and depart each hour.
Helicopters need daylight and good visibility
The helicopter stand at Warsaw Chopin Airport and the taxiway to it are unlit. They can be used only between sunrise and sunset, and only when visibility on the runway is 550 metres or more, so a helicopter flight here depends on the weather more than a jet does.
Thunderstorms and migrating geese
When a thunderstorm is within 5 km of the airport, some aircraft stands switch to a different parking procedure. The official notes also warn crews of skeins of migrating geese over Warsaw from late February to mid-April and from October to mid-November.
Questions
Warsaw Chopin Airport weather: your questions answered
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