// Station · 20m ago

KNLC

Lemoore Naval Air Station (Reeves Field) Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 340° / 10 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 24,000 ft

T/Td 26.1°C / 7.8°C

ALTIM 30.00 inHg

ELEV 232 FT

36.3330°N / 119.9520°W

LOCATION · Lemoore, US

WIND

340°10 kt

KNLC · 232 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

340°/10

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN240

LAYERS

BKN240

T / Td

26 / 8

ALTIM

30.00"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 24,000 ft. Moderate winds at 340°/10 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 24,000 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

METAR KNLC 251556Z 34010KT 10SM BKN240 26/08 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP158 RH/29 T02610078

KNLC · day 25 at 15:56 UTC · wind from 340° at 10 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 24,000 ft · temp 26°C / dewpoint 8°C · altimeter 30.00" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1015.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 340° @ 10 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

340°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

32R★ HDG 320° H9 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 13,502'

32L HDG 320° H9 kt X3 kt RIGHT 13,501'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

14L HDG 140° T9 kt X3 kt LEFT —

14R HDG 140° T9 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,232 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

1,500FT

+1,268 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV232 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT150 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KHMT (Hemet Ryan Airport, Hemet, elev 1,512 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

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. 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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN240

Broken · base 24,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING24,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER24,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL13,414 ft VFR MARGIN+21,000 ft

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

13:27ZSUNRISE

20:03ZSOLAR NOON

02:39ZSUNSET

03:06ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING10h 22m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:06Z (10h 49m) DAY LENGTH13h 12m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE23:29Z MOONSET12:42Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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