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Partly stale · checked FAA NAS status 221 h staleForecast cycle 1 hLightning 221 h staleWeather observations no data staleFAA surface data 5 minFAA flight data 6 min

FAA NAS status is stale (221 h old). No FAA restriction can start or end on the wire until it is fresh again.

Lightning is stale (221 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.

ConfirmedObserved Significant Resolved Weather MSP arrivals and departures

Official observation no longer reports thunderstorm or nearby lightning at Minneapolis

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Resolved at 5:35 PM CDT
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  1. Initial Observed

    Lightning within 10 nm of Minneapolis: 7 flashes in 15 minutes

    Tailodds counted 7 lightning flashes within 10 nautical miles of Minneapolis (MSP) in the 15 minutes to 4:45 PM CDT, 0 of them within 5 nm, the nearest 6.5 nm away, in NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data. The latest official observation, at 3:53 PM CDT, reports ceiling 3900 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 9 kt.

    Evidence for this update
    Latest observationMETAR KMSP 282053Z 16009KT 10SM BKN039 BKN048 21/14 A2982 RMK AO2 SLP097 T02110144 56042 $
    StationKMSP at Wed Oct 28, 3:53 PM CDT
    Lightning7 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 4:45 PM, nearest 6.5 nm
    BasisSatellite lightning (GOES GLM)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-10-28 21:45 UTC)
    SourcesNOAA GOES satellite lightning data, flashes counted by Tailodds
    Provenanceweather weather-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1
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  2. Resolution Confirmed

    Official observation no longer reports thunderstorm or nearby lightning at Minneapolis

    What changed: lightning within 10 nm → no longer reported

    No official weather observation (METAR) for Minneapolis (MSP) in the last 50 minutes reports a thunderstorm. The latest, at 4:53 PM CDT, reports ceiling 3500 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 13 kt gusting to 21 kt. NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data shows no flash within 10 nm of Minneapolis in the 30 minutes to 5:35 PM CDT.

    Evidence for this update
    Latest observationMETAR KMSP 282153Z 19013G21KT 10SM BKN035 21/16 A2982 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE-SW RAB31E51 SLP096 CB DSNT SE-SW MOV NE P0001 T02060161 $
    StationKMSP at Wed Oct 28, 4:53 PM CDT
    Lightning0 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 5:35 PM, nearest 12.2 nm
    BasisOfficial observation (METAR)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-10-28 22:35 UTC)
    SourcesOfficial weather observation (METAR), NOAA Aviation Weather Center ↗
    NOAA GOES satellite lightning data, flashes counted by Tailodds (supporting)
    Provenanceweather weather-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1
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