// Station · 8m ago

CYQH

Watson Lake Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 300° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 7,500 ft

T/Td 7°C / -2°C

ALTIM 29.74 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 · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

300°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN075

LAYERS

FEW026 SCT050 BKN075

T / Td

7 / -2

ALTIM

29.74"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 7,500 ft. Moderate winds at 300°/8 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 2,600 ft, scattered at 5,000 ft, and broken at 7,500 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 130100Z 30008KT 30SM FEW026 SCT050 BKN075 07/M02 A2974 RMK SC1SC2AC3 SLP099

CYQH · day 13 at 01:00 UTC · wind from 300° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 2,600 ft · scattered layer at 5,000 ft · broken layer at 7,500 ft · temp 7°C / dewpoint -2°C · altimeter 29.74" Hg · sea-level pressure 1009.9 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 -3°C

2,100FT

-155 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,255 FT OAT+7°C ISA DELTA-3°C PRESSURE ALT2,432 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 ENHANCED

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. Severity rating assumes a standard altimeter setting (29.92" Hg / 1013 hPa); a non-standard setting shifts the effective altitude by roughly 1,000 ft per 1" Hg of deviation.

// Cloud layers · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN075

Broken · base 7,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT050

Scattered · base 5,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW026

Few · base 2,600 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING7,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER7,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL5,790 ft VFR MARGIN+4,500 ft

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

15:08ZSUNRISE

20:22ZSOLAR NOON

01:37ZSUNSET

02:19ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:08Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING28m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:19Z (1h 10m) DAY LENGTH10h 28m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE16:29Z MOONSET02:58Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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