// Station · 18m ago

KPOU

Dutchess County Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 260° / 9 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 25°C / 14.4°C

ALTIM 29.96 inHg

ELEV 165 FT

41.6266°N / 73.8842°W

LOCATION · Poughkeepsie, US

WIND

260°9 kt

KPOU · 165 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

260°/9

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT045

T / Td

25 / 14

ALTIM

29.96"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 260°/9 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 4,500 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 KPOU 251753Z 26009KT 10SM SCT045 25/14 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP141 T02500144 10250 20172 58013

KPOU · day 25 at 17:53 UTC · wind from 260° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 4,500 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 29.96" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 260° @ 9 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

260°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

25★ HDG 250° H9 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 1,357'

24 HDG 240° H8 kt X3 kt RIGHT 5,001'

33 HDG 330° H3 kt X8 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 89%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

15 HDG 150° T3 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

06 HDG 060° T8 kt X3 kt LEFT —

07 HDG 070° T9 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,165 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 +10°C

1,400FT

+1,235 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV165 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT124 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KMSV (Sullivan County International Airport, Monticello, elev 1,403 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+14%

-10%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+10%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT045

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

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL12,791 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:15ZSUNRISE

16:59ZSOLAR NOON

23:42ZSUNSET

00:11ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:11Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING5h 30m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:11Z (5h 59m) DAY LENGTH13h 26m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:22Z MOONSET09:48Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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