// Station · 7m ago

YMAV

Melbourne Avalon International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 250° / 16 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 4,800 ft

T/Td 14°C / 4°C

ALTIM 30.21 inHg

ELEV 35 FT

38.0403°S / 144.4672°E

LOCATION · Geelong/Melbourne, AU

WIND

250°16 kt

YMAV · 35 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

250°/16

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN048

LAYERS

BKN048 OVC060

T / Td

14 / 4

ALTIM

30.21"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 4,800 ft. Brisk winds at 250°/16 kt, visibility 6+ SM, broken at 4,800 ft, and overcast at 6,000 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 YMAV 130100Z AUTO 25016KT 9999 // BKN048 OVC060 14/04 Q1023

YMAV · day 13 at 01:00 UTC · wind from 250° at 16 kt · visibility 6+ SM · broken layer at 4,800 ft · overcast at 6,000 ft · temp 14°C / dewpoint 4°C · altimeter 30.21" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 250° @ 16 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

250°16 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

18★ HDG 180° H5 kt X15 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 10,000'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

36 HDG 360° T5 kt X15 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,035 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

-400FT

-435 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV35 FT OAT+14°C ISA DELTA-2°C PRESSURE ALT-254 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at YMES (RAAF Base East Sale, elev 23 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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC060

Overcast · base 6,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN048

Broken · base 4,800 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING4,800 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER6,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL7,106 ft VFR MARGIN+1,800 ft

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

19:41ZSUNRISE

02:09ZSOLAR NOON

08:37ZSUNSET

09:04ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 30m VFR NIGHT BEGINS09:04Z (7h 57m) DAY LENGTH12h 56m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE21:02Z MOONSET09:58Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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