tailodds FORECAST
Partly stale · checked FAA NAS status 229 h staleForecast cycle 60 minLightning 229 h staleWeather observations no data staleFAA surface data 4 minFAA flight data 4 min

FAA NAS status is stale (229 h old). No FAA restriction can start or end on the wire until it is fresh again.

Lightning is stale (229 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 MSY arrivals and departures

Official observation no longer reports thunderstorm or nearby lightning at New Orleans

Current state
Resolved at 5:56 PM CDT
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  1. Initial Observed

    Lightning within 10 nm of New Orleans: 3 flashes in 15 minutes

    Tailodds counted 3 lightning flashes within 10 nautical miles of New Orleans (MSY) in the 15 minutes to 4:36 PM CDT, 1 of them within 5 nm, the nearest 4.2 nm away, in NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data. The latest official observation, at 3:53 PM CDT, reports rain; mist, ceiling 1600 ft, visibility 3 mi, wind 5 kt.

    Evidence for this update
    Latest observationMETAR KMSY 312053Z 15005KT 3SM RA BR FEW012 BKN016 OVC030 24/23 A3006 RMK AO2 RAB29 SLP183 P0009 60009 T02440228 56007
    StationKMSY at Sat Oct 31, 3:53 PM CDT
    Lightning3 flashes within 10 nm, 1 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 4:36 PM, nearest 4.2 nm
    BasisSatellite lightning (GOES GLM)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-10-31 21:36 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 New Orleans

    What changed: lightning within 10 nm → no longer reported

    No official weather observation (METAR) for New Orleans (MSY) in the last 50 minutes reports a thunderstorm; it was last reported at 5:06 PM CDT. The latest, at 5:35 PM CDT, reports light rain, ceiling 2500 ft, visibility 7 mi, wind 7 kt. NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data shows no flash within 10 nm of New Orleans in the 30 minutes to 5:56 PM CDT.

    Evidence for this update
    Latest observationSPECI KMSY 312235Z 03007KT 7SM -RA BKN025 OVC036 22/21 A3008 RMK AO2 TSE15 P0030 T02220211 $
    StationKMSY at Sat Oct 31, 5:35 PM CDT
    Lightning0 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 5:56 PM
    BasisOfficial observation (METAR)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-10-31 22:56 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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