// Station · 54m ago

KMOD

Modesto City Co-Harry Sham Field

CAT VFR

WIND 270° / 4 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 12.8°C / 7.8°C

ALTIM 29.73 inHg

ELEV 97 FT

37.6258°N / 120.9540°W

LOCATION · Modesto, US

WIND

270°4 kt

KMOD · 97 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 08Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

270°/4

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT085

T / Td

13 / 8

ALTIM

29.73"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 270°/4 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 8,500 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 KMOD 270853Z AUTO 27004KT 10SM SCT085 13/08 A2973 RMK AO2 SLP068 T01280078 58009

KMOD · day 27 at 08:53 UTC · wind from 270° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 8,500 ft · temp 13°C / dewpoint 8°C · altimeter 29.73" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1006.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 270° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

270°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

10L HDG 100° —CALM —— 5,904'

28R HDG 280° —CALM —— 5,904'

10R HDG 100° —CALM —— 3,464'

28L HDG 280° —CALM —— 3,464'

Pattern altitude: 1,097 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

100FT

+3 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +200 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV97 FT OAT+13°C ISA DELTA-2°C PRESSURE ALT283 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KMHR (Sacramento Mather Airport, Sacramento, elev 98 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+1%

-1%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+1%

-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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT085

Scattered · base 8,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER8,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL6,562 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:47ZSUNRISE

20:02ZSOLAR NOON

03:17ZSUNSET

03:47ZCIVIL END

CURRENT09:47Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 29m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:47Z (18h 00m) DAY LENGTH14h 29m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION82% MOONRISE21:28Z MOONSET11:57Z FULL MOON IN4 days

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

KSCK

VFR

Stockton Metropolitan Airport · Stockton

WIND: 260° / 6 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 21 NM NW
AGE: 52m ago

KMCE

VFR

Merced Regional Macready Field · Merced

WIND: 260° / 3 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 29 NM SE
AGE: 54m ago

KSJC

MVFR → VFR 12Z

Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport · San Jose

WIND: 160° / 4 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: OVC024
DIST: 49 NM W
AGE: 54m ago

KNUQ

MVFR

Moffett Federal Airfield · Mountain View

WIND: CALM
VIS: 9.0 SM
CEILING: OVC027
DIST: 54 NM W
AGE: 12m ago

KCCR

VFR

Buchanan Field · Concord

WIND: 180° / 6 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 57 NM NW
AGE: 54m ago

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