// Station · 6m ago

PFCL

Clarks Point Airport

CAT LIFR

WIND 210° / 13 kt G18

VIS 6.0 SM

CEILING OVC at 400 ft

T/Td 10.6°C / —

ALTIM 29.90 inHg

WX HZ

ELEV 80 FT

58.8337°N / 158.5290°W

LOCATION · Clarks Point, US

WIND

210°13 kt

PFCL · 80 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

210°/13G18

VIS

6.0 SM

CEILING

OVC004

LAYERS

OVC004

T / Td

—

ALTIM

29.90"

// Interpretation

LIFR — ceiling 400 ft. Brisk winds at 210°/13 kt, gusting 18, visibility 6.0 SM, overcast at 400 ft. Reported weather: haze (HZ). Haze is fine dust, salt, or pollution particles suspended in dry air — it reduces visibility and washes out contrast, a dry particulate obscuration rather than a moisture one. Note that automated stations can't chemically tell smoke from haze — during a regional smoke event, this may in fact be drifting wildfire smoke reported as haze. LIFR is the lowest standard category. Would improve to IFR above 500 ft and 1 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR PFCL 251656Z AUTO 21013G18KT 6SM HZ OVC004 11/ A2990 RMK AO2 RAE09 SLP119 P0000 T0106

PFCL · day 25 at 16:56 UTC · wind from 210° at 13 kt, gusts to 18 kt · visibility 6.0 SM · overcast at 400 ft · altimeter 29.90" Hg · weather: haze (HZ) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1011.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 210° @ 13 ktG18

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

210°13G18 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

18★ HDG 180° H11 kt X6 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 3,200'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

36 HDG 360° T11 kt X6 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,080 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

-400FT

-480 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV80 FT OAT+11°C ISA DELTA-4°C PRESSURE ALT98 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)

OVC004

Overcast · base 400 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING400 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER400 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL5,434 ft VFR MARGIN-2,600 ft

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

15:18ZSUNRISE

22:37ZSOLAR NOON

05:57ZSUNSET

06:42ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:02Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING12h 55m VFR NIGHT BEGINS06:42Z (13h 40m) DAY LENGTH14h 38m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE01:22Z MOONSET16:01Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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