// Station · 30m ago

KTCL

Tuscaloosa National Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 350° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 35.6°C / 17.2°C

ALTIM 29.98 inHg

ELEV 170 FT

33.2206°N / 87.6114°W

LOCATION · Tuscaloosa, US

WIND

350°6 kt

KTCL · 170 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 19Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

350°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW070

T / Td

36 / 17

ALTIM

29.98"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 350°/6 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few 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 KTCL 251953Z 35006KT 10SM FEW070 36/17 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP151 T03560172

KTCL · day 25 at 19:53 UTC · wind from 350° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 7,000 ft · temp 36°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 29.98" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1015.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 350° @ 6 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

350°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

04★ HDG 040° H4 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,498'

30 HDG 300° H4 kt X5 kt RIGHT 4,000'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

22 HDG 220° T4 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

12 HDG 120° T4 kt X5 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,170 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 +21°C

2,600FT

+2,430 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV170 FT OAT+36°C ISA DELTA+21°C PRESSURE ALT108 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KJFZ (Tazewell County Airport, Cedar Bluff, elev 2,653 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+26%

-18%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+18%

-12%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW070

Few · base 7,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER7,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL18,150 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:21ZSUNRISE

17:54ZSOLAR NOON

00:26ZSUNSET

00:52ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:23Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING4h 02m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:52Z (4h 28m) DAY LENGTH13h 05m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:32Z MOONSET10:37Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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