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// Station · 22m ago

KBWG

Bowling Green Warren County Regional Airport
CAT VFR
WIND VRB / 3 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING Few/scattered only
T/Td 25°C / 21.7°C
ALTIM 30.07 inHg
ELEV 547 FT
36.9645°N / 86.4197°W
LOCATION · Bowling Green, US
N
WIND
VRB3 kt
KBWG · 547 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 15Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
VRB/3
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
 
 
 
LAYERS
SCT014 SCT120
 
 
 
T / Td
25 / 22
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.07"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at variable/3 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 1,400 ft, and scattered 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 KBWG 111553Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM SCT014 SCT120 25/22 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP176 T02500217 $

KBWG · day 11 at 15:53 UTC · wind variable at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 1,400 ft · scattered layer at 12,000 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 30.07" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1017.6 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind VRB @ 3 kt
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
VRB3 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends
03 HDG 030° CALM 6,501'
21 HDG 210° CALM 6,501'
12 HDG 120° CALM 3,956'
30 HDG 300° CALM 3,956'
Pattern altitude: 1,547 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 +11°C

1,700FT
+1,153 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +0 FT
2,700 1,950 1,200
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV547 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT394 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KI35 (Tucker Guthrie Memorial Airport, Baxter, elev 1,551 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+17%
-12%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+12%
-8%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+7%
-5%

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.

// Cloud layers · 2 reported · highest to lowest

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 13,173 FT SCT014 SCT120 KBWG ELEV · 547 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
SCT120
Scattered · base 12,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas
SCT014
Scattered · base 1,400 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas
// Computed
CEILING HIGHEST LAYER12,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL13,173 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:36ZSUNRISE
17:52ZSOLAR NOON
01:08ZSUNSET
01:38ZCIVIL END
CURRENT16:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 52m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:38Z (9h 22m) DAY LENGTH14h 31m
Waning Crescent
ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE08:04Z MOONSET22:36Z FULL MOON IN18 days

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