// Station · 16m ago

KSEM

Craig Field

CAT VFR

WIND 160° / 3 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 28°C / 25°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 166 FT

32.3439°N / 86.9878°W

LOCATION · Selma, US

WIND

160°3 kt

KSEM · 166 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/3

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT070

T / Td

28 / 25

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 160°/3 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 7,000 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 KSEM 290100Z AUTO 16003KT 10SM SCT070 28/25 A2997 RMK AO2

KSEM · day 29 at 01:00 UTC · wind from 160° at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 7,000 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

160°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

15 HDG 150° —CALM —— 8,014'

33 HDG 330° —CALM —— 8,014'

Pattern altitude: 1,166 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

+1,534 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV166 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT113 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KRHP (Western Carolina Regional Airport, Andrews, elev 1,697 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)

SCT070

Scattered · base 7,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER7,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL14,307 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:21ZSUNRISE

17:50ZSOLAR NOON

00:19ZSUNSET

00:44ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:44Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 57m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:08Z MOONSET13:06Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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