// Station · 22m ago

TIST

Cyril E. King Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 130° / 9 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 30°C / 6.7°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 23 FT

18.3371°N / 64.9772°W

LOCATION · Charlotte Amalie, VI

WIND

130°9 kt

TIST · 23 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

130°/9

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT025

T / Td

30 / 7

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 130°/9 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 2,500 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 TIST 251553Z 13009KT 10SM SCT025 30/07 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP169 T03000067 $

TIST · day 25 at 15:53 UTC · wind from 130° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 2,500 ft · temp 30°C / dewpoint 7°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1016.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 130° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

130°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

10★ HDG 100° H8 kt X4 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 7,000'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

28 HDG 280° T8 kt X4 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,023 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 +15°C

1,700FT

+1,677 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV23 FT OAT+30°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT-89 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 1,700 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,677 ft above TIST's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+17%

-12%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+12%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-5%

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)

SCT025

Scattered · base 2,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL15,175 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-4)

10:05ZSUNRISE

16:23ZSOLAR NOON

22:41ZSUNSET

23:03ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 26m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:03Z (6h 48m) DAY LENGTH12h 36m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:07Z MOONSET08:43Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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