MVFR — ceiling 2,200 ft. Winds calm, visibility 8.0 SM, a few at 700 ft, broken at 2,200 ft, and overcast at 4,200 ft. Reported weather: -SN. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.
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SOURCES · NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (TAF loading…)
SPECI CYLT 111513Z 00000KT 8SM -SN FEW007 BKN022 OVC042 M00/M01 A2951 RMK ST1SC5SC2 DENSITY ALT -1206FT LAST OBS/NXT 120900Z SLP995
CYLT · day 11 at 15:13 UTC · winds calm · visibility 8.0 SM · a few clouds at 700 ft · broken layer at 2,200 ft · overcast at 4,200 ft · temp 0°C / dewpoint -1°C · altimeter 29.51" Hg · weather: -SN · sea-level pressure 999.5 mb
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
WIND
000°calm
HEADWINDCAUTION · HIGH XWAVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS2 ends
05THDG 050°—CALM——5,500'
23THDG 230°—CALM——5,500'
Pattern altitude: 1,100 ft MSL (1,000 ft AGL).
Verify pattern direction and altitude with the chart supplement before flying.
// On calm winds (<3 kt), all runways are usable — favor the longest or whatever the pattern calls for.
// Density altitude · ISA -14°C
-1,200FT
-1,300 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS↗ +200 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV100 FTOAT+0°CISA DELTA-14°CPRESSURE ALT508 FT
// Performance equivalent
Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field -1,200 ft high
on a standard ISA day — that's -1,300 ft above
CYLT's actual elevation.
// Aircraft performance impactMINOR
TAKEOFF ROLLCLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+0%
-0%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+0%
-0%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+0%
-0%
Approximate using ~10% perf loss / 1,000 ft DA for normally aspirated, scaled by powerplant type. Verify with your aircraft's POH for accurate numbers — especially above 5,000 ft DA where these rules of thumb diverge.
// Cloud layers · 3 reported · highest to lowest
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
OVC042
Overcast · base 4,200 ft AGL · 8 oktas
BKN022
Broken · base 2,200 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas
FEW007
Few · base 700 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas
// Computed
CEILING2,200 ft AGLHIGHEST LAYER4,200 ftTOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast)FREEZING LEVEL100 ftVFR MARGIN-800 ft
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-4)
// 24h DAYLIGHT — sun does not set at this latitude on this date
—SUNRISE
16:15ZSOLAR NOON
—SUNSET
—CIVIL END
CURRENT16:16ZDAYLIGHT REMAINING0mVFR NIGHT BEGINS—DAY LENGTH24h
Waning Crescent
ILLUMINATION11%MOONRISE—MOONSET—FULL MOON IN18 days
// Nearest reporting stations
No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of CYLT.
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay