// Station · 17m ago

KSNS

Salinas Municipal Airport

CAT LIFR

WIND 140° / 4 kt

VIS 3.0 SM

CEILING OVC at 300 ft

T/Td 14.4°C / 14.4°C

ALTIM 30.05 inHg

WX BR

ELEV 85 FT

36.6628°N / 121.6060°W

LOCATION · Salinas, US

WIND

140°4 kt

KSNS · 85 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

140°/4

VIS

3.0 SM

CEILING

OVC003

LAYERS

OVC003

T / Td

14 / 14

ALTIM

30.05"

// Interpretation

LIFR — ceiling 300 ft. Light winds at 140°/4 kt, visibility 3.0 SM, overcast at 300 ft. Reported weather: mist (BR). Mist is water droplets thinning visibility to between 5/8 and 6 SM — the moist, lighter cousin of fog. LIFR is the lowest standard category. Would improve to IFR above 500 ft and 1 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

SPECI KSNS 251601Z 14004KT 3SM BR OVC003 14/14 A3005 RMK AO2 T01440144

KSNS · day 25 at 16:01 UTC · wind from 140° at 4 kt · visibility 3.0 SM · overcast at 300 ft · temp 14°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 30.05" Hg · weather: mist (BR) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 140° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

140°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

08 HDG 080° —CALM —— 6,004'

26 HDG 260° —CALM —— 6,004'

13 HDG 130° —CALM —— 4,825'

31 HDG 310° —CALM —— 4,825'

Pattern altitude: 1,085 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 -1°C

-100FT

-185 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV85 FT OAT+14°C ISA DELTA-1°C PRESSURE ALT-48 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KTRM (Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport, Palm Springs, elev -115 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+0%

-0%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+0%

-0%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+0%

-0%

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)

OVC003

Overcast · base 300 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING300 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER300 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL7,358 ft VFR MARGIN-2,700 ft

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

13:33ZSUNRISE

20:10ZSOLAR NOON

02:46ZSUNSET

03:13ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING10h 27m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:13Z (10h 54m) DAY LENGTH13h 13m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE23:35Z MOONSET12:49Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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