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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 Major Resolved Weather FLL arrivals and departures

Official observation no longer reports thunderstorm or nearby lightning at Fort Lauderdale

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Resolved at 12:41 PM EST
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  1. Initial Observed

    Lightning within 10 nm of Fort Lauderdale: 6 flashes in 15 minutes

    Tailodds counted 6 lightning flashes within 10 nautical miles of Fort Lauderdale (FLL) in the 15 minutes to 6:36 AM EST, 0 of them within 5 nm, the nearest 6.1 nm away, in NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data. The latest official observation, at 6:09 AM EST, reports light rain, ceiling 2000 ft, visibility 9 mi, wind 9 kt gusting to 26 kt.

    Evidence for this update
    Latest observationSPECI KFLL 011109Z 08009G26KT 9SM R10L/2800VP6000FT -RA FEW010 BKN020 OVC030 25/23 A3002 RMK AO2 PK WND 09026/1100 P0038 T02500233
    StationKFLL at Sun Nov 1, 6:09 AM EST
    Lightning6 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 6:36 AM, nearest 6.1 nm
    BasisSatellite lightning (GOES GLM)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-11-01 11:36 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. Escalation Observed

    Lightning now within 5 nm of Fort Lauderdale: 13 flashes in 15 minutes

    What changed: lightning within 10 nm → lightning within 5 nm

    Tailodds counted 77 lightning flashes within 10 nautical miles of Fort Lauderdale (FLL) in the 15 minutes to 10:35 AM EST, 13 of them within 5 nm, the nearest 2.1 nm away, in NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data. The latest official observation, at 9:53 AM EST, reports light thunderstorm with rain, ceiling 2000 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 16 kt.

    Evidence for this update
    Latest observationMETAR KFLL 011453Z 09016KT 10SM -TSRA BKN020CB BKN095 BKN150 27/23 A3008 RMK AO2 PK WND 10026/1438 RAE00B10 TSE00B36 SLP184 OCNL LTGICCG W-N-E AND DSNT S-SW TS W-N-E MOV W CB DSNT S-SW MOV W P0002 60003 T02670233 51017
    StationKFLL at Sun Nov 1, 9:53 AM EST
    Lightning77 flashes within 10 nm, 13 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 10:35 AM, nearest 2.1 nm
    BasisSatellite lightning (GOES GLM)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-11-01 15:35 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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  3. Resolution Confirmed

    Official observation no longer reports thunderstorm or nearby lightning at Fort Lauderdale

    What changed: lightning within 5 nm → no longer reported

    No official weather observation (METAR) for Fort Lauderdale (FLL) in the last 50 minutes reports a thunderstorm; it was last reported at 11:15 AM EST. The latest, at 11:53 AM EST, reports light rain, ceiling 8500 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 14 kt. NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data shows no flash within 10 nm of Fort Lauderdale in the 30 minutes to 12:41 PM EST.

    Evidence for this update
    Latest observationMETAR KFLL 011653Z 14014KT 10SM -RA SCT020 BKN085 OVC150 26/23 A3007 RMK AO2 TSE52 SLP181 OCNL LTGICCG DSNT S-W-N CB DSTN S-W-N MOV W P0033 T02560233
    StationKFLL at Sun Nov 1, 11:53 AM EST
    Lightning0 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 12:41 PM, nearest 16.2 nm
    BasisOfficial observation (METAR)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-11-01 17:41 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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