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K4A9
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// Interpretation
MVFR — visibility 5.0 SM. Winds calm, visibility 5.0 SM, no reported cloud layers. Reported weather: haze (HZ). Haze is fine dust, salt, or pollution particles suspended in dry air — it reduces visibility and washes out contrast, a dry particulate obscuration rather than a moisture one. Note that automated stations can't chemically tell smoke from haze — during a regional smoke event, this may in fact be drifting wildfire smoke reported as haze. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.
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METAR K4A9 131215Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM HZ CLR A3012 RMK AO2
K4A9 · day 13 at 12:15 UTC · winds calm · visibility 5.0 SM · altimeter 30.12" Hg · weather: haze (HZ) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator
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// Density altitude
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// Cloud layers · clear · no layers reported
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