// Station · 20m ago

PALG

Kalskag Airport

CAT IFR

WIND VRB / 6 kt G14

VIS 1.8 SM

CEILING OVC at 800 ft

T/Td 10.6°C / 10.6°C

ALTIM 29.72 inHg

WX -RA BR

ELEV 55 FT

61.5363°N / 160.3410°W

LOCATION · Kalskag, US

WIND

VRB6 kt

PALG · 55 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/6G14

VIS

1.8 SM

CEILING

OVC008

LAYERS

OVC008

T / Td

11 / 11

ALTIM

29.72"

// Interpretation

IFR conditions — ceiling 800 ft. Light winds at variable/6 kt, gusting 14, visibility 1.8 SM, overcast at 800 ft. Reported weather: light rain and mist (-RA BR). Mist is water droplets thinning visibility to between 5/8 and 6 SM — the moist, lighter cousin of fog. Would deteriorate to LIFR below 500 ft ceiling or 1 SM, or improve to MVFR above 1,000 ft and 3 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR PALG 251556Z AUTO VRB06G14KT 1 3/4SM -RA BR OVC008 11/11 A2972 RMK AO2 CIG 004V011 SLP064 P0002 T01060106

PALG · day 25 at 15:56 UTC · wind variable at 6 kt · visibility 1.8 SM · overcast at 800 ft · temp 11°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 29.72" Hg · weather: light rain and mist (-RA BR) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1006.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind VRB @ 6 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

VRB6G14 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

07 HDG 070° —CALM —— 3,198'

25 HDG 250° —CALM —— 3,198'

Pattern altitude: 1,055 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 -4°C

-200FT

-255 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV55 FT OAT+11°C ISA DELTA-4°C PRESSURE ALT253 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at PAEL (Elfin Cove Seaplane Base, Elfin Cove, elev 0 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)

OVC008

Overcast · base 800 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING800 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER800 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL5,409 ft VFR MARGIN-2,200 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-11)

15:16ZSUNRISE

22:44ZSOLAR NOON

06:13ZSUNSET

07:04ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING13h 57m VFR NIGHT BEGINS07:04Z (14h 47m) DAY LENGTH14h 57m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE01:18Z MOONSET16:16Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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