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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 1 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 9:20 PM CDT
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  1. Initial Observed

    Lightning within 10 nm of St Louis: 4 flashes in 15 minutes

    Tailodds counted 4 lightning flashes within 10 nautical miles of St Louis (STL) in the 15 minutes to 8:26 PM CDT, 0 of them within 5 nm, the nearest 9.2 nm away, in NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data. The latest official observation, at 8:01 PM CDT, reports ceiling 11000 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 6 kt.

    Evidence for this update
    Latest observationSPECI KSTL 300101Z COR 05006KT 10SM SCT055 BKN110 OVC200 22/18 A3016 RMK AO2 T02170183 $
    StationKSTL at Thu Oct 29, 8:01 PM CDT
    Lightning4 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 8:26 PM, nearest 9.2 nm
    BasisSatellite lightning (GOES GLM)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-10-30 01:26 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 8:30 PM CDT. The latest, at 8:51 PM CDT, reports ceiling 11000 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 3 kt. NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data shows no flash within 10 nm of St Louis in the 30 minutes to 9:20 PM CDT.

    Evidence for this update
    Latest observationMETAR KSTL 300151Z COR 02003KT 10SM FEW055 BKN110 OVC200 21/18 A3018 RMK AO2 OCNL LTGIC DSNT S-SW CB DSNT S-SW MOV SE AO2 SLP212 T02110178 $
    StationKSTL at Thu Oct 29, 8:51 PM CDT
    Lightning0 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 9:20 PM
    BasisOfficial observation (METAR)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-10-30 02:20 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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