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Lightning is stale (226 h old). Lightning items are paused; thunderstorm items still come from official observations.

Weather observations is stale. Weather items are paused until it is fresh again; missing observations never end a weather event.

Confirmed Informational Resolved Weather MDW arrivals and departures

Official observation no longer reports low cloud or visibility at Midway

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Resolved at 7:44 AM CDT
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  1. Initial Confirmed

    Official observation reports low cloud or visibility at Midway

    The 6:38 AM CDT official weather observation (METAR) for Midway (MDW) reports ceiling 700 ft, visibility 9 mi, wind 7 kt. Source: NOAA Aviation Weather Center.

    Evidence for this update
    Latest observationSPECI KMDW 261138Z 02007KT 9SM BKN007 BKN250 14/13 A3034 RMK AO2 T01390128
    StationKMDW at Mon Oct 26, 6:38 AM CDT
    BasisOfficial observation (METAR)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-10-26 11:42 UTC)
    SourcesOfficial weather observation (METAR), NOAA Aviation Weather Center ↗
    Provenanceweather weather-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1
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  2. Resolution Confirmed

    Official observation no longer reports low cloud or visibility at Midway

    What changed: low cloud or visibility → no longer reported

    No official weather observation (METAR) for Midway (MDW) in the last 50 minutes reports low cloud or visibility; it was last reported at 6:53 AM CDT. The latest, at 7:09 AM CDT, reports ceiling 1000 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 6 kt.

    Evidence for this update
    Latest observationSPECI KMDW 261209Z 02006KT 10SM OVC010 14/13 A3035 RMK AO2 T01440128
    StationKMDW at Mon Oct 26, 7:09 AM CDT
    BasisOfficial observation (METAR)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-10-26 12:44 UTC)
    SourcesOfficial weather observation (METAR), NOAA Aviation Weather Center ↗
    Provenanceweather weather-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1
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