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// Station · 36m ago

PALH

Lake Hood Seaplane Base
CAT VFR
WIND 090° / 5 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING OVC at 6,000 ft
T/Td 4.4°C / 3.9°C
ALTIM 29.68 inHg
ELEV 71 FT
61.1800°N / 149.9720°W
LOCATION · Anchorage, US
N
WIND
090°5 kt
PALH · 71 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC
NOW · 05Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
090°/5
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
OVC060
 
 
 
LAYERS
OVC060
 
 
 
T / Td
4 / 4
 
 
 
ALTIM
29.68"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 6,000 ft. Light winds at 090°/5 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, overcast at 6,000 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 PALH 130553Z 09005KT 10SM OVC060 04/04 A2968 RMK AO2 RAE14 SLP051 P0001 60012 T00440039 10083 20044 50007

PALH · day 13 at 05:53 UTC · wind from 090° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · overcast at 6,000 ft · temp 4°C / dewpoint 4°C · altimeter 29.68" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1005.1 mb

// Runway analysis

No runway data on file for PALH.

// Density altitude · ISA -10°C

-900FT
-971 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV71 FT OAT+4°C ISA DELTA-10°C PRESSURE ALT307 FT
// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field -900 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's -971 ft above PALH's actual elevation.
// 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

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 2,293 FT OVC060 · CEILING PALH ELEV · 71 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
OVC060
Overcast · base 6,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas
// Computed
CEILING6,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER6,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL2,293 ft VFR MARGIN+3,000 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-10)

16:35ZSUNRISE
21:47ZSOLAR NOON
02:59ZSUNSET
03:42ZCIVIL END
CURRENT06:29Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:42Z (past) DAY LENGTH10h 23m
Waxing Crescent
ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE18:07Z MOONSET04:31Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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