// Station · 39m ago
PTRO
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// Interpretation
MVFR — visibility 5.0 SM. Light winds at 150°/5 kt, visibility 5.0 SM, scattered at 1,700 ft, broken at 13,000 ft, and broken at 32,000 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. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.
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METAR PTRO 130150Z 15005KT 5SM HZ SCT017 BKN130 BKN320 32/27 A2991 RMK HZ ALQDS
PTRO · day 13 at 01:50 UTC · wind from 150° at 5 kt · visibility 5.0 SM · scattered layer at 1,700 ft · broken layer at 13,000 ft · broken layer at 32,000 ft · temp 32°C / dewpoint 27°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg · weather: haze (HZ)
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
// Density altitude · ISA +17°C
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.
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