// Station · 1h 8m ago · STALE

EGQS

RAF Lossiemouth

CAT VFR

WIND 010° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 12,000 ft

T/Td 20°C / 15°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 42 FT

57.7052°N / 3.3392°W

LOCATION · Lossiemouth, Moray, GB

WIND

010°5 kt

EGQS · 42 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 11Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

010°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN120

LAYERS

FEW028 SCT075 BKN120

T / Td

20 / 15

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 12,000 ft. Light winds at 010°/5 kt, visibility 6+ SM, a few at 2,800 ft, scattered at 7,500 ft, and broken at 12,000 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 EGQS 131150Z 01005KT 9999 FEW028 SCT075 BKN120 20/15 Q1017 NOSIG RMK BLU BLU

EGQS · day 13 at 11:50 UTC · wind from 010° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,800 ft · scattered layer at 7,500 ft · broken layer at 12,000 ft · temp 20°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 010° @ 5 kt

3 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

010°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

05★ HDG 050° H4 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 9,091'

10 HDG 100° H0 kt X5 kt LEFT 6,066'

28 HDG 280° H0 kt X5 kt RIGHT 6,066'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

23 HDG 230° T4 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,042 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 +5°C

500FT

+458 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV42 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+5°C PRESSURE ALT-70 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at EGPT (Perth/Scone Airport, Perth, Perth and Kinross, elev 397 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+5%

-4%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+4%

-2%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-2%

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)

BKN120

Broken · base 12,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT075

Scattered · base 7,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW028

Few · base 2,800 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING12,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER12,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL10,143 ft VFR MARGIN+9,000 ft

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

04:34ZSUNRISE

12:19ZSOLAR NOON

20:04ZSUNSET

20:52ZCIVIL END

CURRENT12:58Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 06m VFR NIGHT BEGINS20:52Z (7h 53m) DAY LENGTH15h 30m

New Moon

ILLUMINATION0% MOONRISE04:44Z MOONSET20:15Z FULL MOON IN15 days

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