tailodds FORECAST
Partly stale · checked FAA NAS status 229 h staleForecast cycle 57 minLightning 229 h staleWeather observations no data staleFAA surface data 6 minFAA flight data 7 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

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Resolved at 8:00 PM CDT
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  1. Initial Observed

    Lightning within 10 nm of New Orleans: 4 flashes in 15 minutes

    Tailodds counted 4 lightning flashes within 10 nautical miles of New Orleans (MSY) in the 15 minutes to 6:41 PM CDT, 0 of them within 5 nm, the nearest 6.7 nm away, in NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data. The latest official observation, at 6:22 PM CDT, reports light rain, ceiling 4500 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 10 kt.

    Evidence for this update
    Latest observationSPECI KMSY 312322Z 05010KT 10SM -RA FEW019 BKN045 BKN075 22/21 A3008 RMK AO2 P0003 T02220211 $
    StationKMSY at Sat Oct 31, 6:22 PM CDT
    Lightning4 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 6:41 PM, nearest 6.7 nm
    BasisSatellite lightning (GOES GLM)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-10-31 23:41 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 7:05 PM CDT. The latest, at 7:44 PM CDT, reports light rain, ceiling 1600 ft, visibility 7 mi, wind 9 kt. NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data shows no flash within 10 nm of New Orleans in the 30 minutes to 8:00 PM CDT.

    Evidence for this update
    Latest observationSPECI KMSY 010044Z 09009KT 7SM -RA SCT009 BKN016 OVC031 23/23 A3009 RMK AO2 RAB01 TSE10 OCNL LTGIC DSNT S CB DSNT S P0001 T02330228 $
    StationKMSY at Sat Oct 31, 7:44 PM CDT
    Lightning0 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 8:00 PM
    BasisOfficial observation (METAR)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-11-01 01:00 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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