// Station · 23m ago

EGPO

Stornoway Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 040° / 10 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 16°C / 12°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 26 FT

58.2156°N / 6.3311°W

LOCATION · Stornoway, Western Isles, GB

WIND

040°10 kt

EGPO · 26 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

040°/10

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW030

T / Td

16 / 12

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 040°/10 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 3,000 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 EGPO 251750Z 04010KT 9999 FEW030 16/12 Q1017

EGPO · day 25 at 17:50 UTC · wind from 040° at 10 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 3,000 ft · temp 16°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 040° @ 10 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

040°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

06★ HDG 060° H9 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 3,281'

36 HDG 360° H8 kt X6 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 60%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

18 HDG 180° T8 kt X6 kt LEFT —

24 HDG 240° T9 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,026 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 +1°C

0FT

-26 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV26 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+1°C PRESSURE ALT-86 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at EGPR (Barra Airport, Eoligarry, elev 5 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB 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. 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)

FEW030

Few · base 3,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER3,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL8,107 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+0)

05:10ZSUNRISE

12:29ZSOLAR NOON

19:47ZSUNSET

20:31ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:13Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 33m VFR NIGHT BEGINS20:31Z (2h 17m) DAY LENGTH14h 37m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE15:16Z MOONSET05:53Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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