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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 7 minFAA flight data 2 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 STL arrivals and departures

Official observation no longer reports thunderstorm or nearby lightning at St Louis

Current state
Resolved at 7:56 PM CDT
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  1. Initial Observed

    Lightning within 10 nm of St Louis: 9 flashes in 15 minutes

    Tailodds counted 9 lightning flashes within 10 nautical miles of St Louis (STL) in the 15 minutes to 6:06 PM CDT, 0 of them within 5 nm, the nearest 7.4 nm away, in NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data. The latest official observation, at 5:51 PM CDT, reports ceiling 12000 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 3 kt.

    Evidence for this update
    Latest observationMETAR KSTL 292251Z COR 25003KT 10SM SCT046 BKN120 BKN250 26/16 A3013 RMK AO2 CB DSNT NW MOV SE SLP197 T02560156 $
    StationKSTL at Thu Oct 29, 5:51 PM CDT
    Lightning9 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 6:06 PM, nearest 7.4 nm
    BasisSatellite lightning (GOES GLM)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-10-29 23:06 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 St Louis

    What changed: lightning within 10 nm → no longer reported

    No official weather observation (METAR) for St Louis (STL) in the last 50 minutes reports a thunderstorm; it was last reported at 6:21 PM CDT. The latest, at 7:46 PM CDT, reports ceiling 5000 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 5 kt. NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data shows no flash within 10 nm of St Louis in the 30 minutes to 7:56 PM CDT.

    Evidence for this update
    Latest observationSPECI KSTL 300046Z COR 36005KT 10SM BKN050 OVC110 22/18 A3015 RMK AO2 RAE05 P0002 T02220178
    StationKSTL at Thu Oct 29, 7:46 PM CDT
    Lightning0 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 7:56 PM, nearest 13.1 nm
    BasisOfficial observation (METAR)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-10-30 00:56 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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