// Station · 14m ago

YSRI

RAAF Base Richmond

CAT VFR

WIND 060° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING OVC at 12,000 ft

T/Td 10°C / 7°C

ALTIM 29.85 inHg

ELEV 67 FT

33.6046°S / 150.7831°E

LOCATION · Richmond, AU

WIND

060°8 kt

YSRI · 67 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

060°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

OVC120

LAYERS

OVC120

T / Td

10 / 7

ALTIM

29.85"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 12,000 ft. Moderate winds at 060°/8 kt, visibility 6+ SM, overcast at 12,000 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 YSRI 111600Z AUTO 06008KT 9999 // OVC120 10/07 Q1011

YSRI · day 11 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 060° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · overcast at 12,000 ft · temp 10°C / dewpoint 7°C · altimeter 29.85" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 060° @ 8 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

060°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

10★ HDG 100° H6 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 7,001'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

28 HDG 280° T6 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,067 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 -5°C

-400FT

-467 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +1,000 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV67 FT OAT+10°C ISA DELTA-5°C PRESSURE ALT132 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at YLHI (Lord Howe Island Airport, Lord Howe Island, elev 5 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

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.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC120

Overcast · base 12,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING12,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER12,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL5,118 ft VFR MARGIN+9,000 ft

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

21:01ZSUNRISE

02:03ZSOLAR NOON

07:05ZSUNSET

07:32ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:14Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 50m VFR NIGHT BEGINS07:32Z (15h 17m) DAY LENGTH10h 04m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE18:29Z MOONSET04:33Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of YSRI.

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