// Station · 22m ago

KCLW

Clearwater Air Park

CAT —

WIND CALM

VIS —

CEILING CLR

T/Td 26°C / 23°C

ALTIM 30.01 inHg

ELEV 71 FT

27.9767°N / 82.7587°W

LOCATION · Clearwater, US

WIND

000°0 kt

KCLW · 71 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

—

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

26 / 23

ALTIM

30.01"

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. Visibility unreported and no reported cloud layers. 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 KCLW 290055Z AUTO 00000KT CLR 26/23 A3001 RMK AO2

KCLW · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · winds calm · temp 26°C / dewpoint 23°C · altimeter 30.01" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

000°calm

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

16 HDG 160° —CALM —— 4,108'

34 HDG 340° —CALM —— 4,108'

Pattern altitude: 1,071 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

1,300FT

+1,229 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV71 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT-20 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KPUJ (Silver Comet Field at Paulding Northwest Atlanta Airport, Dallas, elev 1,289 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+13%

-9%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+9%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-4%

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 · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL13,202 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:09ZSUNRISE

17:33ZSOLAR NOON

23:58ZSUNSET

00:22ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:22Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 49m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE23:56Z MOONSET12:45Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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