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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 3 minFAA flight data 2 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 FLL arrivals and departures

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

Current state
Resolved at 3:58 PM EST
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  1. Initial Observed

    Lightning within 10 nm of Fort Lauderdale: 3 flashes in 15 minutes

    Tailodds counted 3 lightning flashes within 10 nautical miles of Fort Lauderdale (FLL) in the 15 minutes to 1:20 PM EST, 2 of them within 5 nm, the nearest 3.8 nm away, in NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data. The latest official observation, at 12:53 PM EST, reports heavy rain; mist, ceiling 1500 ft, visibility 6 mi, wind 17 kt gusting to 21 kt.

    Evidence for this update
    Latest observationMETAR KFLL 011753Z 10017G21KT 6SM R10L/4000VP6000FT +RA BR BKN015CB OVC100 26/24 A3004 RMK AO2 PK WND 12026/1740 SLP172 CB NW AND NE MOV W P0018 60083 T02610239 10267 20222 58018 $
    StationKFLL at Sun Nov 1, 12:53 PM EST
    Lightning3 flashes within 10 nm, 2 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 1:20 PM, nearest 3.8 nm
    BasisSatellite lightning (GOES GLM)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-11-01 18:20 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 Fort Lauderdale

    What changed: lightning within 10 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 2:53 PM EST. The latest, at 3:53 PM EST, reports heavy rain, ceiling 3000 ft, visibility 7 mi, wind 7 kt. NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data shows no flash within 10 nm of Fort Lauderdale in the 30 minutes to 3:58 PM EST.

    Evidence for this update
    Latest observationMETAR KFLL 012053Z 10007KT 7SM R10L/5000VP6000FT +RA SCT015CB BKN030 OVC040 25/22 A3003 RMK AO2 TSE47B48E49 SLP169 CB E-S-W MOV N AND DSNT SE-SW MOV N P0007 60045 T02500222 55003 $
    StationKFLL at Sun Nov 1, 3:53 PM EST
    Lightning0 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 3:58 PM, nearest 13.4 nm
    BasisOfficial observation (METAR)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-11-01 20:58 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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