// Station · 22m ago

YBSU

Sunshine Coast Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 240° / 9 kt

VIS 5.0 SM

CEILING BKN at 3,000 ft

T/Td 17°C / 15°C

ALTIM 30.15 inHg

WX -RA

ELEV 15 FT

26.5933°S / 153.0832°E

LOCATION · Maroochydore, AU

WIND

240°9 kt

YBSU · 15 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 20Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

240°/9

VIS

5.0 SM

CEILING

BKN030

LAYERS

FEW019 BKN030 BKN041

T / Td

17 / 15

ALTIM

30.15"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 3,000 ft. Moderate winds at 240°/9 kt, visibility 5.0 SM, a few at 1,900 ft, broken at 3,000 ft, and broken at 4,100 ft. Reported weather: light rain (-RA). 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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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

SPECI YBSU 252003Z AUTO 24009KT 8000 -RA FEW019 BKN030 BKN041 17/15 Q1021

YBSU · day 25 at 20:03 UTC · wind from 240° at 9 kt · visibility 5.0 SM · a few clouds at 1,900 ft · broken layer at 3,000 ft · broken layer at 4,100 ft · temp 17°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 30.15" Hg · weather: light rain (-RA)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 240° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

240°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

31★ HDG 310° H3 kt X8 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 9,186'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

13 HDG 130° T3 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,015 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 +2°C

-0FT

-15 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV15 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+2°C PRESSURE ALT-215 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at YCCT (Coconut Island Airport, elev 3 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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN041

Broken · base 4,100 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN030

Broken · base 3,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW019

Few · base 1,900 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING3,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER4,100 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL8,601 ft VFR MARGIN+0 ft

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

20:08ZSUNRISE

01:51ZSOLAR NOON

07:33ZSUNSET

07:56ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:25Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING11h 07m VFR NIGHT BEGINS07:56Z (11h 31m) DAY LENGTH11h 24m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE06:19Z MOONSET17:44Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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