// Station · 31m ago

KELN

Bowers Field

CAT VFR

WIND 310° / 20 kt G31

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 18.3°C / 7.2°C

ALTIM 29.89 inHg

ELEV 1,764 FT

47.0330°N / 120.5310°W

LOCATION · Ellensburg, US

WIND

310°20 kt

KELN · 1,764 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 02Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

310°/20G31

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

18 / 7

ALTIM

29.89"

// Interpretation

VFR with strong winds at 310°/20 kt, gusting 31. Visibility better than 10 statute miles 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 KELN 290253Z AUTO 31020G31KT 10SM CLR 18/07 A2989 RMK AO2 PK WND 31034/0240 SLP116 T01830072 55000 $

KELN · day 29 at 02:53 UTC · wind from 310° at 20 kt, gusts to 31 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 18°C / dewpoint 7°C · altimeter 29.89" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1011.6 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 310° @ 20 ktG31

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

310°20G31 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

29★ HDG 290° H19 kt X7 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,300'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

11 HDG 110° T19 kt X7 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 2,764 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

2,600FT

+836 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,764 FT OAT+18°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT1,791 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KPUW (Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport, Pullman, elev 2,556 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+26%

-18%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+18%

-12%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-8%

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 LEVEL11,006 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-8)

13:17ZSUNRISE

20:04ZSOLAR NOON

02:51ZSUNSET

03:23ZCIVIL END

CURRENT03:24Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:23Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 34m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE02:09Z MOONSET15:43Z FULL MOON IN28 days

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