diff --git a/metar.html b/metar.html
index c8fa455..e6791d9 100644
--- a/metar.html
+++ b/metar.html
@@ -279,6 +279,18 @@
                 'S': 'South', 'SW': 'Southwest', 'W': 'West', 'NW': 'Northwest'
             };
 
+            function isDirection(dirStr) {
+                if (!dirStr) return false;
+                const dirParts = dirStr.split('-');
+                return dirParts.every(part => directions[part]);
+            }
+
+            function decodeDirection(dirStr) {
+                const dirParts = dirStr.split('-');
+                const decodedParts = dirParts.map(part => directions[part]);
+                return decodedParts.join(' to ').toLowerCase();
+            }
+
             const decoders = [
                 // SLP
                 {
@@ -312,8 +324,8 @@
                         if (p.length > 1 && p[1] === 'ALQDS') {
                             return { consumed: 2, text: `  - VIRGA ALQDS: Virga in all quadrants` };
                         }
-                        if (p.length > 1 && directions[p[1]]) {
-                            return { consumed: 2, text: `  - VIRGA ${p[1]}: Virga to the ${directions[p[1]].toLowerCase()}` };
+                        if (p.length > 1 && isDirection(p[1])) {
+                            return { consumed: 2, text: `  - VIRGA ${p[1]}: Virga to the ${decodeDirection(p[1])}` };
                         }
                         return { consumed: 1, text: `  - ${p[0]}: ${specialRemarks[p[0]]}` };
                     }
@@ -346,8 +358,8 @@
                             if (mod === 'LENT') {
                                 text = `  - ${cloudCode} LENT: ${cloudName} lenticularis`;
                                 consumed = 2;
-                                if (p.length > 2 && directions[p[2]]) {
-                                    text += ` to the ${directions[p[2]].toLowerCase()}`;
+                                if (p.length > 2 && isDirection(p[2])) {
+                                    text += ` to the ${decodeDirection(p[2])}`;
                                     consumed = 3;
                                 }
                             } else if (mod === 'ASOCTD') {
@@ -356,8 +368,8 @@
                                 if (p.length > 3 && p[2] === '/' && p[3] === 'HALO') {
                                     text = `  - ${cloudCode} ASOCTD / HALO: ${cloudName} associated with Halo phenomenon`;
                                     consumed = 4;
-                                } else if (p.length > 2 && directions[p[2]]) {
-                                    text += ` to the ${directions[p[2]].toLowerCase()}`;
+                                } else if (p.length > 2 && isDirection(p[2])) {
+                                    text += ` to the ${decodeDirection(p[2])}`;
                                     consumed = 3;
                                 }
                             } else if (mod === 'ALQDS') {
@@ -366,14 +378,14 @@
                             } else if (mod === 'TR') {
                                 text = `  - ${cloudCode} TR: ${cloudName} clouds are translucent (thin)`;
                                 consumed = 2;
-                            } else if (mod === 'DSNT' && p.length > 2 && directions[p[2]]) {
-                                text = `  - ${cloudCode} DSNT ${p[2]}: ${cloudName} distant ${directions[p[2]].toLowerCase()}`;
+                            } else if (mod === 'DSNT' && p.length > 2 && isDirection(p[2])) {
+                                text = `  - ${cloudCode} DSNT ${p[2]}: ${cloudName} distant ${decodeDirection(p[2])}`;
                                 consumed = 3;
-                            } else if (directions[mod]) {
-                                text = `  - ${cloudCode} ${mod}: ${cloudName} to the ${directions[mod].toLowerCase()}`;
+                            } else if (isDirection(mod)) {
+                                text = `  - ${cloudCode} ${mod}: ${cloudName} to the ${decodeDirection(mod)}`;
                                 consumed = 2;
-                                if (p.length > 3 && p[2] === 'MOV' && directions[p[3]]) {
-                                    text += `, moving ${directions[p[3]].toLowerCase()}`;
+                                if (p.length > 3 && p[2] === 'MOV' && isDirection(p[3])) {
+                                    text += `, moving ${decodeDirection(p[3])}`;
                                     consumed = 4;
                                 }
                             }