// Station · 25m ago

KALO

Waterloo Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 200° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 5,000 ft

T/Td 25.6°C / 19.4°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 873 FT

42.5571°N / 92.4003°W

LOCATION · Waterloo, US

WIND

200°7 kt

KALO · 873 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 23Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

200°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN050

LAYERS

BKN050 BKN060

T / Td

26 / 19

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 5,000 ft. Light winds at 200°/7 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 5,000 ft, and broken at 6,000 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 KALO 252354Z 20007KT 10SM BKN050 BKN060 26/19 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP145 T02560194 10267 20244 56010 $

KALO · day 25 at 23:54 UTC · wind from 200° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 5,000 ft · broken layer at 6,000 ft · temp 26°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.5 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 200° @ 7 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

200°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

18★ HDG 180° H7 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,003'

12 HDG 120° H1 kt X7 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

30 HDG 300° T1 kt X7 kt LEFT —

36 HDG 360° T7 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,873 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 +12°C

2,300FT

+1,427 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV873 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT820 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KHDE (Brewster Field, Holdrege, elev 2,313 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+23%

-16%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+16%

-10%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+9%

-7%

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)

BKN060

Broken · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN050

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

// Computed

CEILING5,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER6,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL13,802 ft VFR MARGIN+2,000 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)

11:28ZSUNRISE

18:13ZSOLAR NOON

00:57ZSUNSET

01:27ZCIVIL END

CURRENT00:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING38m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:27Z (1h 07m) DAY LENGTH13h 29m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION95% MOONRISE21:47Z MOONSET11:16Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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