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// KSME · Lake Cumberland Regional Airport · Somerset

// Station · 9m ago

KSME

Lake Cumberland Regional Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 160° / 5 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 29°C / 14°C
ALTIM 30.05 inHg
ELEV 927 FT
37.0534°N / 84.6159°W
LOCATION · Somerset, US
N
WIND
160°5 kt
KSME · 927 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 20Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
160°/5
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
—
 
 
 
T / Td
29 / 14
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.05"
 
 
 

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// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 160°/5 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 KSME 252015Z AUTO 16005KT 10SM CLR 29/14 A3005 RMK AO2

KSME · day 25 at 20:15 UTC · wind from 160° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 29°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 30.05" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 5 kt
1 USABLE · 1 AVOID
N
WIND
160°5 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable
23★ HDG 230° H2 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,801'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends
05 HDG 050° T2 kt X5 kt RIGHT —
Pattern altitude: 1,927 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

2,700FT
+1,773 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV927 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+16°C PRESSURE ALT794 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KLNP (Lonesome Pine Airport, Wise, elev 2,684 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+27%
-19%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+19%
-12%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+11%
-8%

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

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 15,573 FT KSME ELEV · 927 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL15,573 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:04ZSUNRISE
17:42ZSOLAR NOON
00:19ZSUNSET
00:46ZCIVIL END
CURRENT20:24Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING3h 55m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:46Z (4h 22m) DAY LENGTH13h 14m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:15Z MOONSET10:30Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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