// Station · 53m ago

KVIS

Visalia Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 270° / 3 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 7,500 ft

T/Td 13.9°C / 7.2°C

ALTIM 29.77 inHg

ELEV 295 FT

36.3187°N / 119.3930°W

LOCATION · Visalia, US

WIND

270°3 kt

KVIS · 295 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 08Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

270°/3

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN075

LAYERS

BKN075 OVC100

T / Td

14 / 7

ALTIM

29.77"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 7,500 ft. Light winds at 270°/3 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 7,500 ft, and overcast at 10,000 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 KVIS 270856Z AUTO 27003KT 10SM BKN075 OVC100 14/07 A2977 RMK AO2 SLP079 T01390072 53006 $

KVIS · day 27 at 08:56 UTC · wind from 270° at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 7,500 ft · overcast at 10,000 ft · temp 14°C / dewpoint 7°C · altimeter 29.77" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1007.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 270° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

270°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

12 HDG 120° —CALM —— 6,562'

30 HDG 300° —CALM —— 6,562'

Pattern altitude: 1,295 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 +0°C

400FT

+105 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +0 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV295 FT OAT+14°C ISA DELTA+0°C PRESSURE ALT443 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KBLH (Blythe Airport, Blythe, elev 399 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+4%

-3%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+3%

-2%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-1%

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.

// Cloud layers · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC100

Overcast · base 10,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN075

Broken · base 7,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING7,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL7,315 ft VFR MARGIN+4,500 ft

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

12:44ZSUNRISE

19:56ZSOLAR NOON

03:07ZSUNSET

03:37ZCIVIL END

CURRENT09:49Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 18m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:37Z (17h 48m) DAY LENGTH14h 22m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION82% MOONRISE21:25Z MOONSET11:48Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 100 NM (sparse area)

KNLC

VFR

Lemoore Naval Air Station (Reeves Field) Airport · Lemoore

WIND: 270° / 6 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: FEW075
DIST: 27 NM W
AGE: 53m ago

KFAT

VFR

Fresno Yosemite International Airport · Fresno

WIND: 310° / 11 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN085
DIST: 32 NM NW
AGE: 56m ago

KBFL

VFR

Meadows Field · Bakersfield

WIND: 300° / 10 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: OVC060
DIST: 56 NM S
AGE: 55m ago

KPRB

VFR

Paso Robles Municipal Airport · Paso Robles

WIND: 290° / 4 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 71 NM SW
AGE: 56m ago

KMCE

VFR

Merced Regional Macready Field · Merced

WIND: 260° / 3 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 79 NM NW
AGE: 56m ago

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