// Station · 15m ago

KMCF

MacDill Air Force Base

CAT VFR

WIND 260° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 30°C / 23°C

ALTIM 30.07 inHg

ELEV 14 FT

27.8493°N / 82.5212°W

LOCATION · Tampa, US

WIND

260°6 kt

KMCF · 14 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

260°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW026 SCT170 SCT200

T / Td

30 / 23

ALTIM

30.07"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 260°/6 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 2,600 ft, scattered at 17,000 ft, and scattered at 20,000 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

SPECI KMCF 251601Z 26006KT 10SM FEW026 SCT170 SCT200 30/23 A3007 RMK LTG DSNT N-NE SLP185

KMCF · day 25 at 16:01 UTC · wind from 260° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 2,600 ft · scattered layer at 17,000 ft · scattered layer at 20,000 ft · temp 30°C / dewpoint 23°C · altimeter 30.07" Hg · sea-level pressure 1018.5 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 260° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

260°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

22★ HDG 220° H5 kt X4 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 11,421'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

04 HDG 040° T5 kt X4 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,014 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 +15°C

1,600FT

+1,586 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV14 FT OAT+30°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT-139 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KJZP (Pickens County Airport, Jasper, elev 1,535 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+16%

-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. 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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT200

Scattered · base 20,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

SCT170

Scattered · base 17,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW026

Few · base 2,600 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER20,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~56% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL15,166 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:06ZSUNRISE

17:33ZSOLAR NOON

00:00ZSUNSET

00:24ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 44m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:24Z (8h 08m) DAY LENGTH12h 53m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:09Z MOONSET10:02Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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