// Station · 17m ago

K3J1

Ridgeland-Claude Dean Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 210° / 3 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 24°C / 24°C

ALTIM 30.02 inHg

WX -RA

ELEV 79 FT

32.4927°N / 80.9923°W

LOCATION · Ridgeland, US

WIND

210°3 kt

K3J1 · 79 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 22Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

210°/3

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT005

T / Td

24 / 24

ALTIM

30.02"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 210°/3 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 500 ft. Reported weather: light rain (-RA). 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 K3J1 282250Z AUTO 21003KT 10SM -RA SCT005 24/24 A3002 RMK AO2

K3J1 · day 28 at 22:50 UTC · wind from 210° at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 500 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 30.02" Hg · weather: light rain (-RA) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 210° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

210°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

36 HDG 360° —CALM —— 4,200'

18 HDG 180° —CALM —— 4,200'

Pattern altitude: 1,079 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 +9°C

1,100FT

+1,021 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV79 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT-24 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KGMU (Greenville Downtown Airport, Greenville, elev 1,048 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+11%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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)

SCT005

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

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL12,200 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-5)

10:57ZSUNRISE

17:26ZSOLAR NOON

23:55ZSUNSET

00:20ZCIVIL END

CURRENT23:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING48m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:20Z (1h 13m) DAY LENGTH12h 58m

Full Moon

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE23:40Z MOONSET12:38Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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