// Station · 19m ago

KPSC

Tri Cities Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 320° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 25.6°C / 9.4°C

ALTIM 29.99 inHg

WX FU

ELEV 410 FT

46.2647°N / 119.1190°W

LOCATION · Pasco, US

WIND

320°6 kt

KPSC · 410 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

320°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

26 / 9

ALTIM

29.99"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 320°/6 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and no reported cloud layers. Reported weather: smoke (FU). Smoke aloft is most often wildfire smoke drifting into the area — fine particulates that scatter light and cut visibility even though the air itself stays dry, so it behaves differently from moisture-based mist or fog. 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 KPSC 251753Z 32006KT 10SM FU CLR 26/09 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP152 T02560094 10256 20128 56005

KPSC · day 25 at 17:53 UTC · wind from 320° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 26°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 29.99" Hg · weather: smoke (FU) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1015.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 320° @ 6 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

320°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

30★ HDG 300° H6 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 7,704'

03L HDG 030° H2 kt X6 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

03R HDG 030° H2 kt X6 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

21R HDG 210° T2 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

21L HDG 210° T2 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

12 HDG 120° T6 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,410 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

1,700FT

+1,290 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV410 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT336 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KS52 (Methow Valley State Airport, Winthrop, elev 1,706 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 · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL13,339 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:09ZSUNRISE

20:00ZSOLAR NOON

02:50ZSUNSET

03:22ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:12Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 37m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:22Z (9h 09m) DAY LENGTH13h 41m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE23:15Z MOONSET12:57Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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