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// Station · 21m ago

PAEL

Elfin Cove Seaplane Base
CAT VFR
WIND VRB / 5 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING BKN at 7,000 ft
T/Td 16°C / 11°C
ALTIM 29.96 inHg
ELEV 0 FT
58.1952°N / 136.3470°W
LOCATION · Elfin Cove, US
N
WIND
VRB5 kt
PAEL · 0 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 00Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
VRB/5
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
BKN070
 
 
 
LAYERS
SCT022 BKN070 BKN220
 
 
 
T / Td
16 / 11
 
 
 
ALTIM
29.96"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 7,000 ft. Light winds at variable/5 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 2,200 ft, broken at 7,000 ft, and broken at 22,000 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 PAEL 290056Z VRB05KT 15SM SCT022 BKN070 BKN220 16/11 A2996 RMK SPB E23012KT SEA 1 SWELL 1 SW NOSPECI

PAEL · day 29 at 00:56 UTC · wind variable at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 2,200 ft · broken layer at 7,000 ft · broken layer at 22,000 ft · temp 16°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 29.96" Hg

// Runway analysis

No runway data on file for PAEL.

// Density altitude · ISA +1°C

100FT
+100 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +400 FT
300 -300 -900
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV0 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+1°C PRESSURE ALT-41 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at PAMD (Middleton Island Airport, Middleton Island, elev 100 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+1%
-1%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+1%
-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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 8,081 FT SCT022 BKN070 · CEILING BKN220 PAEL ELEV · 0 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
BKN220
Broken · base 22,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas
BKN070
Broken · base 7,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas
SCT022
Scattered · base 2,200 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas
// Computed
CEILING7,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER22,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL8,081 ft VFR MARGIN+4,000 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-9)

13:57ZSUNRISE
21:08ZSOLAR NOON
04:18ZSUNSET
05:01ZCIVIL END
CURRENT01:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING3h 01m VFR NIGHT BEGINS05:01Z (3h 44m) DAY LENGTH14h 20m
Waning Gibbous
ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE02:44Z MOONSET17:05Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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