// Station · 8m ago

KSGJ

Northeast Florida Regional Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 260° / 8 kt

VIS 6.0 SM

CEILING BKN at 2,700 ft

T/Td 31°C / 24°C

ALTIM 30.05 inHg

WX VCTS HZ

ELEV 10 FT

29.9592°N / 81.3398°W

LOCATION · St Augustine, US

WIND

260°8 kt

KSGJ · 10 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

260°/8

VIS

6.0 SM

CEILING

BKN027

LAYERS

BKN027

T / Td

31 / 24

ALTIM

30.05"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 2,700 ft. Moderate winds at 260°/8 kt, visibility 6.0 SM, broken at 2,700 ft. Reported weather: thunderstorm in the vicinity and haze (VCTS HZ). Haze is fine dust, salt, or pollution particles suspended in dry air — it reduces visibility and washes out contrast, a dry particulate obscuration rather than a moisture one. Note that automated stations can't chemically tell smoke from haze — during a regional smoke event, this may in fact be drifting wildfire smoke reported as haze. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

SPECI KSGJ 251610Z 26008KT 6SM VCTS HZ BKN027 31/24 A3005 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW-N TSB04 $

KSGJ · day 25 at 16:10 UTC · wind from 260° at 8 kt · visibility 6.0 SM · broken layer at 2,700 ft · temp 31°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 30.05" Hg · weather: thunderstorm in the vicinity and haze (VCTS HZ) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 260° @ 8 kt

7 USABLE · 5 AVOID · 5 CAUTION

WIND

260°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 7 usable

24★ HDG 240° H8 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 2,701'

30W HDG 300° H6 kt X5 kt LEFT 5,000'

31 HDG 310° H5 kt X6 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 75%

20 HDG 200° H4 kt X7 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 88%

18W HDG 180° H1 kt X8 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

17W HDG 170° H0 kt X8 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

35W HDG 350° H0 kt X8 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 5 ends

36W HDG 360° T1 kt X8 kt LEFT —

02 HDG 020° T4 kt X7 kt LEFT —

13 HDG 130° T5 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

12W HDG 120° T6 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

06 HDG 060° T8 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,010 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 +16°C

1,800FT

+1,790 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV10 FT OAT+31°C ISA DELTA+16°C PRESSURE ALT-123 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KDZJ (Blairsville Airport, Blairsville, elev 1,911 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+18%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-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)

BKN027

Broken · base 2,700 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING2,700 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER2,700 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL15,667 ft VFR MARGIN-300 ft

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

10:59ZSUNRISE

17:28ZSOLAR NOON

23:58ZSUNSET

00:22ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 39m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:22Z (8h 03m) DAY LENGTH12h 58m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:02Z MOONSET10:00Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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