// Station · 32m ago

KRAL

Riverside Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 260° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 37.8°C / 12.8°C

ALTIM 29.92 inHg

ELEV 819 FT

33.9519°N / 117.4450°W

LOCATION · Riverside, US

WIND

260°8 kt

KRAL · 819 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 19Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

260°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

38 / 13

ALTIM

29.92"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 260°/8 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and no reported cloud layers. 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 KRAL 251953Z 26008KT 10SM CLR 38/13 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP112 T03780128

KRAL · day 25 at 19:53 UTC · wind from 260° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 38°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 29.92" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1011.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 260° @ 8 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

260°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

27★ HDG 270° H8 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,401'

34 HDG 340° H1 kt X8 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

16 HDG 160° T1 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

09 HDG 090° T8 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,819 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 +24°C

3,700FT

+2,881 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV819 FT OAT+38°C ISA DELTA+24°C PRESSURE ALT816 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KO26 (Lone Pine/Death Valley Airport, Lone Pine, elev 3,680 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact DANGEROUS

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+37%

-26%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+26%

-17%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+15%

-11%

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 LEVEL19,910 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:20ZSUNRISE

19:53ZSOLAR NOON

02:26ZSUNSET

02:52ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:25Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 01m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:52Z (6h 27m) DAY LENGTH13h 06m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE23:30Z MOONSET12:37Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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