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// Station · 16m ago

KPOE

Polk Army Air Field
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 7.0 SM
CEILING OVC at 17,000 ft
T/Td 25.8°C / 24.9°C
ALTIM 30.09 inHg
WX VCSH
ELEV 330 FT
31.0448°N / 93.1917°W
LOCATION · Fort Polk, US
N
WIND
000°0 kt
KPOE · 330 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 12Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
 
 
 
VIS
7.0 SM
 
 
 
CEILING
OVC170
 
 
 
LAYERS
SCT010 SCT038 OVC170
 
 
 
T / Td
26 / 25
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.09"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 17,000 ft. Winds calm, visibility 7.0 SM, scattered at 1,000 ft, scattered at 3,800 ft, and overcast at 17,000 ft. Reported weather: VCSH. 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 KPOE 111255Z 00000KT 7SM VCSH SCT010 SCT038 OVC170 26/25 A3009 RMK AO2A SLP188 T02580249

KPOE · day 11 at 12:55 UTC · winds calm · visibility 7.0 SM · scattered layer at 1,000 ft · scattered layer at 3,800 ft · overcast at 17,000 ft · temp 26°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 30.09" Hg · weather: VCSH · sea-level pressure 1018.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
000°calm
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends
15 HDG 150° CALM 4,109'
33 HDG 330° CALM 4,109'
Pattern altitude: 1,330 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
+1,170 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -400 FT
2,800 2,000 1,200
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV330 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT159 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KETN (Eastland Municipal Airport, Eastland, elev 1,464 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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 13,360 FT SCT010 SCT038 OVC170 · CEILING KPOE ELEV · 330 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
OVC170
Overcast · base 17,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas
SCT038
Scattered · base 3,800 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas
SCT010
Scattered · base 1,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas
// Computed
CEILING17,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER17,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL13,360 ft VFR MARGIN+14,000 ft

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

11:18ZSUNRISE
18:19ZSOLAR NOON
01:20ZSUNSET
01:47ZCIVIL END
CURRENT13:11Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING12h 08m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:47Z (12h 36m) DAY LENGTH14h 01m
Waning Crescent
ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE08:40Z MOONSET22:42Z FULL MOON IN18 days

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