// Station · 23m ago

KPOE

Polk Army Air Field

CAT VFR

WIND 240° / 6 kt

VIS 8.0 SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 27.7°C / 25.9°C

ALTIM 30.08 inHg

ELEV 330 FT

31.0448°N / 93.1917°W

LOCATION · Fort Polk, US

WIND

240°6 kt

KPOE · 330 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

240°/6

VIS

8.0 SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT140

T / Td

28 / 26

ALTIM

30.08"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 240°/6 kt. Visibility 8.0 SM and scattered at 14,000 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 KPOE 251555Z AUTO 24006KT 8SM SCT140 28/26 A3008 RMK AO2 RAB1455E19 SLP185 P0001 T02770259

KPOE · day 25 at 15:55 UTC · wind from 240° at 6 kt · visibility 8.0 SM · scattered layer at 14,000 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 26°C · altimeter 30.08" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1018.5 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 240° @ 6 kt

2 USABLE · 0 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

240°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

15★ HDG 150° H0 kt X6 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,109'

33 HDG 330° H0 kt X6 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

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 +13°C

1,700FT

+1,370 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV330 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT168 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KT82 (Gillespie County Airport, Fredericksburg, elev 1,695 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+17%

-12%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+12%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-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)

SCT140

Scattered · base 14,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER14,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL14,320 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:46ZSUNRISE

18:16ZSOLAR NOON

00:46ZSUNSET

01:11ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 27m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:11Z (8h 52m) DAY LENGTH13h 00m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:48Z MOONSET10:49Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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