// Station · 15m ago

CYWL

Williams Lake Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 120° / 10 kt G17

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 24°C / 9°C

ALTIM 30.09 inHg

ELEV 3,085 FT

52.1831°N / 122.0540°W

LOCATION · Williams Lake, CA

WIND

120°10 kt

CYWL · 3,085 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

120°/10G17

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT230

T / Td

24 / 9

ALTIM

30.09"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 120°/10 kt, gusting 17. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 23,000 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 CYWL 251800Z 12010G17KT 15SM SCT230 24/09 A3009 RMK CI4 SLP182 DENSITY ALT 4700FT

CYWL · day 25 at 18:00 UTC · wind from 120° at 10 kt, gusts to 17 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 23,000 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 30.09" Hg · sea-level pressure 1018.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 120° @ 10 ktG17

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

120°10G17 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

12★ HDG 120° H10 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 7,000'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

30 HDG 300° T10 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 4,085 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 +15°C

4,700FT

+1,615 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV3,085 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT2,914 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 4,700 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,615 ft above CYWL's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+47%

-33%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+33%

-21%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+19%

-14%

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)

SCT230

Scattered · base 23,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER23,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL15,206 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:09ZSUNRISE

20:11ZSOLAR NOON

03:13ZSUNSET

03:50ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 58m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:50Z (9h 34m) DAY LENGTH14h 04m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE23:16Z MOONSET13:20Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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