diff --git a/webgui/lib/fgcommand.js b/webgui/lib/fgcommand.js
index 6f65daaf2..fa6d9d437 100644
--- a/webgui/lib/fgcommand.js
+++ b/webgui/lib/fgcommand.js
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 
           jquery.get(url).done(function(data) {
               if( context ) callback.call( context, data.value );
-              else callback(value);
+              else callback(data.value);
             }).fail(function(a,b) {
               console.log("failed to getPropertyValue(): ", a, b );
             }).always(function() {
diff --git a/webgui/widgets/metar.html b/webgui/widgets/metar.html
index 8886f2789..d41209505 100644
--- a/webgui/widgets/metar.html
+++ b/webgui/widgets/metar.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <style>
 </style>
 <div 
-    data-bind="text: scrolledMetar" 
-    style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Liberation Mono'; display: block; white-space: pre; background: #101010; color: red;">
+    data-bind="text: scrolledMetar, attr: { title: metar }, tooltip: {}" 
+    style="cursor: default; font-family: 'Liberation Mono'; display: block; white-space: pre; background: #101010; color: red;">
 </div>
diff --git a/webgui/widgets/metar.js b/webgui/widgets/metar.js
index 166c17b13..94df76c73 100644
--- a/webgui/widgets/metar.js
+++ b/webgui/widgets/metar.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 define([
-        'jquery', 'knockout', 'text!./metar.html' 
-], function(jquery, ko, htmlString) {
+        'knockout', 'text!./metar.html', 'fgcommand', 'kojqui/tooltip'
+], function(ko, htmlString, fgCommand ) {
 
     function ViewModel(params) {
-      var NO_METAR = "no METAR";
+      var NO_METAR = "*** no METAR ";
       self.scrolledMetar = ko.observable("");
       self.textStart = 0;
       self.metar = ko.observable(NO_METAR);
@@ -14,10 +14,13 @@ define([
           self.metar(NO_METAR);
           return;
         }
-        self.metar("Wait..");
-        jquery.get('/json/environment/metar/data', null, function(data) {
+        self.metar("Wait.. ");
+        fgCommand.getPropertyValue('/environment/metar/data', function(value) {
           self.textStart = 0;
-          self.metar(data.value);
+          // start with station id (4 upcase chars), skip leading garbage
+          var idx = value.search("[A-Z]{4}");
+          if( idx >= 0 ) value = value.substring(idx);
+          self.metar(value);
         });
       });