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YSWS

[Duplicate] Western Sydney International Airport
CAT IFR
WIND 290° / 5 kt
VIS 3.0 SM
CEILING Few/scattered only
T/Td 12°C / 12°C
ALTIM 30.00 inHg
WX BR
ELEV 260 FT
33.8881°S / 150.7147°E
LOCATION · Sydney, AU
N
WIND
290°5 kt
YSWS · 260 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 18Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
290°/5
 
 
 
VIS
3.0 SM
 
 
 
CEILING
 
 
 
LAYERS
FEW049
 
 
 
T / Td
12 / 12
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.00"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

IFR conditions — visibility 3.0 SM. Light winds at 290°/5 kt, visibility 3.0 SM, a few at 4,900 ft. Reported weather: mist (BR). Mist is water droplets thinning visibility to between 5/8 and 6 SM — the moist, lighter cousin of fog. Would deteriorate to LIFR below 500 ft ceiling or 1 SM, or improve to MVFR above 1,000 ft and 3 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

SPECI YSWS 251810Z AUTO 29005KT 4800 BR FEW049 12/12 Q1016

YSWS · day 25 at 18:10 UTC · wind from 290° at 5 kt · visibility 3.0 SM · a few clouds at 4,900 ft · temp 12°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 30.00" Hg · weather: mist (BR)

// Runway analysis

No runway data on file for YSWS.

// Density altitude · ISA -3°C

-100FT
-360 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV260 FT OAT+12°C ISA DELTA-3°C PRESSURE ALT178 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 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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 6,321 FT FEW049 YSWS ELEV · 260 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
FEW049
Few · base 4,900 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas
// Computed
CEILING HIGHEST LAYER4,900 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL6,321 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

20:25ZSUNRISE
02:00ZSOLAR NOON
07:35ZSUNSET
08:01ZCIVIL END
CURRENT18:12Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING13h 23m VFR NIGHT BEGINS08:01Z (13h 48m) DAY LENGTH11h 10m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE06:31Z MOONSET17:42Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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