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// Station · 23m ago

PALH

Lake Hood Seaplane Base
CAT VFR
WIND 170° / 18 kt G33
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING Few/scattered only
T/Td 16.1°C / 8.3°C
ALTIM 29.65 inHg
ELEV 71 FT
61.1800°N / 149.9720°W
LOCATION · Anchorage, US
N
WIND
170°18 kt
PALH · 71 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 00Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
170°/18G33
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
 
 
 
LAYERS
FEW042 SCT110
 
 
 
T / Td
16 / 8
 
 
 
ALTIM
29.65"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 170°/18 kt, gusting 33. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 4,200 ft, and scattered at 11,000 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 290053Z 17018G33KT 10SM FEW042 SCT110 16/08 A2965 RMK AO2 PK WND 16037/0038 SLP041 T01610083

PALH · day 29 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 170° at 18 kt, gusts to 33 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 4,200 ft · scattered layer at 11,000 ft · temp 16°C / dewpoint 8°C · altimeter 29.65" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1004.1 mb

// Runway analysis

No runway data on file for PALH.

// Density altitude · ISA +2°C

600FT
+529 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV71 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+2°C PRESSURE ALT340 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at PACR (Circle City (New) Airport, Circle, elev 613 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+6%
-4%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+4%
-3%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+2%
-2%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 8,202 FT FEW042 SCT110 PALH ELEV · 71 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
SCT110
Scattered · base 11,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas
FEW042
Few · base 4,200 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas
// Computed
CEILING HIGHEST LAYER11,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL8,202 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

14:43ZSUNRISE
22:02ZSOLAR NOON
05:21ZSUNSET
06:10ZCIVIL END
CURRENT01:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING4h 05m VFR NIGHT BEGINS06:10Z (4h 53m) DAY LENGTH14h 38m
Waning Gibbous
ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE03:30Z MOONSET18:08Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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