// Station · 38m ago

CYQU

Grande Prairie Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 310° / 4 kt

VIS 5.0 SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 9°C / 9°C

ALTIM 30.01 inHg

WX BR

ELEV 2,195 FT

55.1797°N / 118.8850°W

LOCATION · Grande Prairie, CA

WIND

310°4 kt

CYQU · 2,195 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 10Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

310°/4

VIS

5.0 SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT200

T / Td

9 / 9

ALTIM

30.01"

// Interpretation

MVFR — visibility 5.0 SM. Light winds at 310°/4 kt, visibility 5.0 SM, scattered at 20,000 ft. Reported weather: mist (BR). Mist is water droplets thinning visibility to between 5/8 and 6 SM — the moist, lighter cousin of fog. 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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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

SPECI CYQU 101002Z 31004KT 5SM BR SCT200 09/09 A3001 RMK FG2CI1 VIS E 1/4 SLP173

CYQU · day 10 at 10:02 UTC · wind from 310° at 4 kt · visibility 5.0 SM · scattered layer at 20,000 ft · temp 9°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 30.01" Hg · weather: mist (BR) · sea-level pressure 1017.3 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 310° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

310°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

12 HDG 120° —CALM —— 8,502'

30 HDG 300° —CALM —— 8,502'

07 HDG 070° —CALM —— 6,200'

25 HDG 250° —CALM —— 6,200'

Pattern altitude: 3,195 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

1,900FT

-295 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,195 FT OAT+9°C ISA DELTA-2°C PRESSURE ALT2,104 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at CYZH (Slave Lake Airport, Slave Lake, elev 1,912 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+19%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT200

Scattered · base 20,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER20,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL6,740 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-8)

12:21ZSUNRISE

20:02ZSOLAR NOON

03:42ZSUNSET

04:26ZCIVIL END

CURRENT10:40Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 02m VFR NIGHT BEGINS04:26Z (17h 46m) DAY LENGTH15h 21m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION9% MOONRISE10:01Z MOONSET01:22Z FULL MOON IN18 days

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