Official observation no longer reports thunderstorm or nearby lightning at Miami
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- Resolved at 9:06 AM EST
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Initial Observed
Lightning within 10 nm of Miami: 3 flashes in 15 minutes
Tailodds counted 3 lightning flashes within 10 nautical miles of Miami (MIA) in the 15 minutes to 7:21 AM EST, 0 of them within 5 nm, the nearest 9.2 nm away, in NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data. The latest official observation, at 6:53 AM EST, reports ceiling 3000 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 16 kt gusting to 20 kt.
Evidence for this update
Latest observation METAR KMIA 011153Z COR 08016G20KT 10SM SCT018 BKN030 26/24 A3003 RMK AO2 RAE23 SLP169 CB DSNT NW-N MOV W P0020 60028 70032 T02610239 10272 20250 51007 $ Station KMIA at Sun Nov 1, 6:53 AM EST Lightning 3 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 7:21 AM, nearest 9.2 nm Basis Satellite lightning (GOES GLM) Source event time Ingested Published here (2026-11-01 12:21 UTC) Sources NOAA GOES satellite lightning data, flashes counted by Tailodds Provenance weather weather-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1 Was this useful? -
Resolution Confirmed
Official observation no longer reports thunderstorm or nearby lightning at Miami
What changed: lightning within 10 nm → no longer reported
No official weather observation (METAR) for Miami (MIA) in the last 50 minutes reports a thunderstorm. The latest, at 8:53 AM EST, reports ceiling 3500 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 13 kt. NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data shows no flash within 10 nm of Miami in the 30 minutes to 9:06 AM EST.
Evidence for this update
Latest observation METAR KMIA 011353Z COR 09013KT 10SM SCT020 BKN035 BKN130 OVC180 27/24 A3007 RMK AO2 PK WND 11026/1318 SLP182 CB DSNT E-S AND NW-N MOV W T02720239 $ Station KMIA at Sun Nov 1, 8:53 AM EST Lightning 0 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 9:06 AM, nearest 10.7 nm Basis Official observation (METAR) Source event time Ingested Published here (2026-11-01 14:06 UTC) Sources Official weather observation (METAR), NOAA Aviation Weather Center ↗
NOAA GOES satellite lightning data, flashes counted by Tailodds (supporting)Provenance weather weather-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1 Was this useful?