// Station · 11m ago

KHQM

Bowerman Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 290° / 4 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 6,000 ft

T/Td 13.3°C / 10.6°C

ALTIM 29.99 inHg

ELEV 18 FT

46.9712°N / 123.9370°W

LOCATION · Hoquiam, US

WIND

290°4 kt

KHQM · 18 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 13Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

290°/4

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN060

LAYERS

BKN060 OVC070

T / Td

13 / 11

ALTIM

29.99"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 6,000 ft. Light winds at 290°/4 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 6,000 ft, and overcast at 7,000 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 KHQM 111353Z AUTO 29004KT 10SM BKN060 OVC070 13/11 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP160 T01330106

KHQM · day 11 at 13:53 UTC · wind from 290° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 6,000 ft · overcast at 7,000 ft · temp 13°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 29.99" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1016.0 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 290° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

290°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

06 HDG 060° —CALM —— 5,000'

24 HDG 240° —CALM —— 5,000'

Pattern altitude: 1,018 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 -2°C

-300FT

-318 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -200 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV18 FT OAT+13°C ISA DELTA-2°C PRESSURE ALT-56 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at 7WA5 (Stuart Island Airpark, Friday Harbor, elev 10 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+0%

-0%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+0%

-0%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+0%

-0%

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

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC070

Overcast · base 7,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN060

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

// Computed

CEILING6,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER7,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL6,735 ft VFR MARGIN+3,000 ft

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

12:33ZSUNRISE

20:22ZSOLAR NOON

04:11ZSUNSET

04:49ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:04Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 06m VFR NIGHT BEGINS04:49Z (14h 45m) DAY LENGTH15h 37m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE09:57Z MOONSET01:34Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius

KSHN

VFR

Sanderson Field · Shelton

WIND: 260° / 3 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: OVC075
DIST: 36 NM NE
AGE: 11m ago

KOLM

VFR

Olympia Regional Airport · Olympia

WIND: 210° / 8 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: OVC080
DIST: 42 NM E
AGE: 10m ago

KCLS

VFR

Chehalis Centralia Airport · Chehalis

WIND: CALM
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: OVC075
DIST: 43 NM SE
AGE: 9m ago

KAST

VFR

Astoria Regional Airport · Astoria

WIND: 120° / 4 kt
VIS: 9.0 SM
CEILING: OVC043
DIST: 49 NM S
AGE: 9m ago

KGRF

VFR

Gray Army Air Field · Fort Lewis/Tacoma

WIND: 160° / 7 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN075
DIST: 56 NM E
AGE: 9m ago

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