// Station · 54m ago

CYQH

Watson Lake Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 300° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 6,500 ft

T/Td 8°C / 1°C

ALTIM 29.81 inHg

ELEV 2,255 FT

60.1168°N / 128.8220°W

LOCATION · Watson Lake, CA

WIND

300°8 kt

CYQH · 2,255 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 10Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

300°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC065

LAYERS

OVC065

T / Td

8 / 1

ALTIM

29.81"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 6,500 ft. Moderate winds at 300°/8 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, overcast at 6,500 ft. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR CYQH 271000Z 30008KT 240V310 15SM OVC065 08/01 A2981 RMK SC8 SLP111

CYQH · day 27 at 10:00 UTC · wind from 300° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · overcast at 6,500 ft · temp 8°C / dewpoint 1°C · altimeter 29.81" Hg · sea-level pressure 1011.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 300° @ 8 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

300°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

27★ HDG 270° H7 kt X4 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,504'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

09 HDG 090° T7 kt X4 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 3,255 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 -2°C

2,100FT

-155 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +600 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV2,255 FT OAT+8°C ISA DELTA-2°C PRESSURE ALT2,362 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at CYXQ (Beaver Creek Airport, Beaver Creek, elev 2,131 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+21%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC065

Overcast · base 6,500 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING6,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER6,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL6,295 ft VFR MARGIN+3,500 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-9)

11:32ZSUNRISE

20:33ZSOLAR NOON

05:35ZSUNSET

06:53ZCIVIL END

CURRENT10:54Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING18h 41m VFR NIGHT BEGINS06:53Z (19h 59m) DAY LENGTH18h 02m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE20:15Z MOONSET14:17Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 2 shown · 200 NM (very sparse)

CYDL

VFR

Dease Lake Airport · Dease Lake

WIND: 150° / 3 kt
VIS: 9.0 SM
CEILING: BKN093
DIST: 108 NM S
AGE: 54m ago

CYXY

VFR

Whitehorse / Erik Nielsen International Airport · Whitehorse

WIND: 160° / 12 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN092
DIST: 188 NM W
AGE: 54m ago

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