// Station · 23m ago

KHQU

Thomson-McDuffie County Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND CALM

VIS 5.0 SM

CEILING BKN at 6,500 ft

T/Td 25°C / 23°C

ALTIM 30.15 inHg

WX -RA BR

ELEV 501 FT

33.5297°N / 82.5165°W

LOCATION · Thomson, US

WIND

000°0 kt

KHQU · 501 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 23Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

5.0 SM

CEILING

BKN065

LAYERS

BKN065 OVC075

T / Td

25 / 23

ALTIM

30.15"

// Interpretation

MVFR — visibility 5.0 SM. Winds calm, visibility 5.0 SM, broken at 6,500 ft, and overcast at 7,500 ft. Reported weather: -RA BR. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KHQU 142335Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM -RA BR BKN065 OVC075 25/23 A3015 RMK AO2 P0001

KHQU · day 14 at 23:35 UTC · winds calm · visibility 5.0 SM · broken layer at 6,500 ft · overcast at 7,500 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 23°C · altimeter 30.15" Hg · weather: -RA BR · 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

10 HDG 100° —CALM —— 5,514'

28 HDG 280° —CALM —— 5,514'

Pattern altitude: 1,501 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

1,500FT

+999 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV501 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT268 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K49A (Gilmer County Airport, Ellijay, elev 1,486 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+15%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-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

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC075

Overcast · base 7,500 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN065

Broken · base 6,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING6,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER7,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL13,127 ft VFR MARGIN+3,500 ft

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

10:31ZSUNRISE

17:37ZSOLAR NOON

00:42ZSUNSET

01:10ZCIVIL END

CURRENT23:58Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING43m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:10Z (1h 12m) DAY LENGTH14h 11m

New Moon

ILLUMINATION0% MOONRISE10:41Z MOONSET00:52Z FULL MOON IN15 days

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

KIIY

MVFR

Washington Wilkes County Airport · Washington

WIND: 150° / 4 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN028
DIST: 21 NM NW
AGE: 3m ago

KDNL

VFR → IFR 08Z

Daniel Field · Augusta

WIND: 270° / 3 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 24 NM E
AGE: 5m ago

KAGS

VFR → IFR 07Z

Augusta Regional At Bush Field · Augusta

WIND: 230° / 6 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: OVC095
DIST: 29 NM E
AGE: 5m ago

KAIK

VFR → IFR 08Z

Aiken Regional Airport · Aiken

WIND: 060° / 3 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN035
DIST: 42 NM E
AGE: 23m ago

KMLJ

VFR

Baldwin County Regional Airport · Milledgeville

WIND: 350° / 3 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN095
DIST: 43 NM SW
AGE: 23m ago

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