// Station · 10m ago

KKLS

Southwest Washington Regional Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND CALM

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 1,900 ft

T/Td 16.1°C / 11.7°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 20 FT

46.1180°N / 122.8980°W

LOCATION · Kelso, US

WIND

000°0 kt

KKLS · 20 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN019

LAYERS

BKN019 OVC028

T / Td

16 / 12

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,900 ft. Winds calm, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 1,900 ft, and overcast at 2,800 ft. 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 KKLS 111556Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN019 OVC028 16/12 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP173 T01610117 $

KKLS · day 11 at 15:56 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 1,900 ft · overcast at 2,800 ft · temp 16°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1017.3 mb

// 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

12 HDG 120° —CALM —— 4,391'

30 HDG 300° —CALM —— 4,391'

Pattern altitude: 1,020 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 +1°C

0FT

-20 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV20 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+1°C PRESSURE ALT-92 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)

OVC028

Overcast · base 2,800 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN019

Broken · base 1,900 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING1,900 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER2,800 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL8,151 ft VFR MARGIN-1,100 ft

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

12:32ZSUNRISE

20:18ZSOLAR NOON

04:03ZSUNSET

04:41ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:06Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING11h 57m VFR NIGHT BEGINS04:41Z (12h 35m) DAY LENGTH15h 31m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE10:00Z MOONSET01:31Z FULL MOON IN18 days

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

KSPB

MVFR

Scappoose Industrial Airpark · Scappoose

WIND: CALM
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: OVC019
DIST: 21 NM S
AGE: 13m ago

KVUO

VFR

Pearson Field · Vancouver

WIND: 180° / 3 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN035
DIST: 32 NM S
AGE: 13m ago

KCLS

VFR

Chehalis Centralia Airport · Chehalis

WIND: 180° / 4 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN080
DIST: 34 NM N
AGE: 11m ago

KPDX

MVFR

Portland International Airport · Portland

WIND: 200° / 5 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN019
DIST: 34 NM S
AGE: 13m ago

KHIO

MVFR

Portland Hillsboro Airport · Portland

WIND: CALM
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: OVC016
DIST: 35 NM S
AGE: 13m ago

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