// Station · 17m ago

KLOU

Bowman Field

CAT MVFR

WIND 180° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 1,600 ft

T/Td 23.3°C / 22.2°C

ALTIM 30.02 inHg

ELEV 546 FT

38.2280°N / 85.6637°W

LOCATION · Louisville, US

WIND

180°6 kt

KLOU · 546 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 12Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

180°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN016

LAYERS

BKN016 OVC022

T / Td

23 / 22

ALTIM

30.02"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,600 ft. Light winds at 180°/6 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 1,600 ft, and overcast at 2,200 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 KLOU 111253Z 18006KT 10SM BKN016 OVC022 23/22 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP159 T02330222 $

KLOU · day 11 at 12:53 UTC · wind from 180° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 1,600 ft · overcast at 2,200 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 30.02" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1015.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 180° @ 6 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

180°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

15★ HDG 150° H5 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 3,580'

24 HDG 240° H3 kt X5 kt LEFT 4,358'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

06 HDG 060° T3 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

33 HDG 330° T5 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,546 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 +9°C

1,500FT

+954 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +0 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV546 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT443 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KPBX (Pike County Airport Hatcher Field, Pikeville, elev 1,473 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)

OVC022

Overcast · base 2,200 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN016

Broken · base 1,600 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING1,600 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER2,200 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL12,314 ft VFR MARGIN-1,400 ft

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

10:29ZSUNRISE

17:49ZSOLAR NOON

01:08ZSUNSET

01:39ZCIVIL END

CURRENT13:10Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING11h 58m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:39Z (12h 29m) DAY LENGTH14h 38m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE07:51Z MOONSET22:30Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of KLOU.

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