// Station · 26m ago

KNBC

Beaufort MCAS - Merritt Field

CAT VFR

WIND 120° / 6 kt

VIS 7.0 SM

CEILING BKN at 8,000 ft

T/Td 25.6°C / 22.2°C

ALTIM 29.98 inHg

WX TS

ELEV 37 FT

32.4774°N / 80.7232°W

LOCATION · Beaufort, US

WIND

120°6 kt

KNBC · 37 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 19Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

120°/6

VIS

7.0 SM

CEILING

BKN080

LAYERS

SCT050 BKN080 BKN110

T / Td

26 / 22

ALTIM

29.98"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 8,000 ft. Light winds at 120°/6 kt, visibility 7.0 SM, scattered at 5,000 ft, broken at 8,000 ft, and broken at 11,000 ft. Reported weather: thunderstorm (TS). 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 KNBC 251956Z 12006KT 7SM TS SCT050 BKN080 BKN110 26/22 A2998 RMK AO2 RAE22 TSB50 SLP153 P0002 T02560222

KNBC · day 25 at 19:56 UTC · wind from 120° at 6 kt · visibility 7.0 SM · scattered layer at 5,000 ft · broken layer at 8,000 ft · broken layer at 11,000 ft · temp 26°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 29.98" Hg · weather: thunderstorm (TS) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1015.3 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 120° @ 6 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

120°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

14★ HDG 140° H6 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 8,001'

05 HDG 050° H2 kt X6 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

23 HDG 230° T2 kt X6 kt LEFT —

32 HDG 320° T6 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,037 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

1,200FT

+1,163 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV37 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT-25 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KGMU (Greenville Downtown Airport, Greenville, elev 1,048 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+12%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-4%

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)

BKN110

Broken · base 11,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN080

Broken · base 8,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT050

Scattered · base 5,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING8,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER11,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL12,966 ft VFR MARGIN+5,000 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-5)

10:54ZSUNRISE

17:26ZSOLAR NOON

23:58ZSUNSET

00:23ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:22Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING3h 35m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:23Z (4h 01m) DAY LENGTH13h 03m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:05Z MOONSET10:09Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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