// Station · 30m ago

KDCM

Chester Catawba Regional Airport

CAT IFR

WIND 120° / 10 kt

VIS 1.3 SM

CEILING BKN at 2,200 ft

T/Td 21°C / 20°C

ALTIM 30.11 inHg

WX +TSRA

ELEV 656 FT

34.7893°N / 81.1958°W

LOCATION · Chester, US

WIND

120°10 kt

KDCM · 656 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 22Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

120°/10

VIS

1.3 SM

CEILING

BKN022

LAYERS

SCT008 BKN022 OVC045

T / Td

21 / 20

ALTIM

30.11"

// Interpretation

IFR conditions — visibility 1.3 SM. Moderate winds at 120°/10 kt, visibility 1.3 SM, scattered at 800 ft, broken at 2,200 ft, and overcast at 4,500 ft. Reported weather: thunderstorm with heavy rain (+TSRA). Would deteriorate to LIFR below 500 ft ceiling or 1 SM, or improve to MVFR above 1,000 ft and 3 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KDCM 282235Z AUTO 12010KT 1 1/4SM +TSRA SCT008 BKN022 OVC045 21/20 A3011 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT ALQDS P0068

KDCM · day 28 at 22:35 UTC · wind from 120° at 10 kt · visibility 1.3 SM · scattered layer at 800 ft · broken layer at 2,200 ft · overcast at 4,500 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 20°C · altimeter 30.11" Hg · weather: thunderstorm with heavy rain (+TSRA) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 120° @ 10 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

120°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

17★ HDG 170° H6 kt X8 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,000'

05 HDG 050° H3 kt X9 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 90%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

23 HDG 230° T3 kt X9 kt LEFT —

35 HDG 350° T6 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,656 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 +7°C

1,300FT

+644 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV656 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT464 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 MINOR

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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC045

Overcast · base 4,500 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN022

Broken · base 2,200 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT008

Scattered · base 800 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING2,200 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER4,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL11,262 ft VFR MARGIN-800 ft

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

10:56ZSUNRISE

17:27ZSOLAR NOON

23:58ZSUNSET

00:24ZCIVIL END

CURRENT23:05Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING53m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:24Z (1h 19m) DAY LENGTH13h 02m

Full Moon

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE23:38Z MOONSET12:41Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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