That is a very concise way of conveying a lot of information about the weather. It doesn't take long to learn it, and at a glance I can tell you that the weather is kind of shitty for flying at KAUS, and I can plug it into any flight app and read it in plain text if I really want.
`KAUS 092135Z 26018G25KT 8SM -TSRA BR SCT045CB BKN060 OVC080 30/21 A2992`
That is a very concise way of conveying a lot of information about the weather. It doesn't take long to learn it, and at a glance I can tell you that the weather is kind of shitty for flying at KAUS, and I can plug it into any flight app and read it in plain text if I really want.