// Station · 25m ago

EGQS

RAF Lossiemouth

CAT VFR

WIND 130° / 11 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 4,500 ft

T/Td 17°C / 9°C

ALTIM 30.09 inHg

ELEV 42 FT

57.7052°N / 3.3392°W

LOCATION · Lossiemouth, Moray, GB

WIND

130°11 kt

EGQS · 42 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

130°/11

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN045

LAYERS

FEW016 BKN045

T / Td

17 / 9

ALTIM

30.09"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 4,500 ft. Moderate winds at 130°/11 kt, visibility 6+ SM, a few at 1,600 ft, and broken at 4,500 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 EGQS 251750Z 13011KT 9999 FEW016 BKN045 17/09 Q1019 NOSIG RMK BLU BLU

EGQS · day 25 at 17:50 UTC · wind from 130° at 11 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,600 ft · broken layer at 4,500 ft · temp 17°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 30.09" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 130° @ 11 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

130°11 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

10★ HDG 100° H10 kt X5 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,066'

05 HDG 050° H2 kt X11 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

23 HDG 230° T2 kt X11 kt LEFT —

28 HDG 280° T10 kt X5 kt LEFT —

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 +2°C

100FT

+58 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV42 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+2°C PRESSURE ALT-129 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at EGEP (Papa Westray Airport, Papa Westray, Orkney Islands, elev 91 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+1%

-1%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+1%

-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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN045

Broken · base 4,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW016

Few · base 1,600 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING4,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER4,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL8,628 ft VFR MARGIN+1,500 ft

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

05:00ZSUNRISE

12:17ZSOLAR NOON

19:34ZSUNSET

20:17ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 18m VFR NIGHT BEGINS20:17Z (2h 02m) DAY LENGTH14h 34m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE15:06Z MOONSET05:40Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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