A real life METAR question

Airports near one another with ATIS broadcasts usually don’t have the same letter. One airport might be broadcasting information Tango and a nearby airport might be information Whiskey. ATIS reports have letters attached to let the controller know the pilot has the most up to date ATIS. METARs are different from ATIS reports and generally update by the minute automatically and do not have a letter attached to the report.

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