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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 Significant Resolved Weather FLL arrivals and departures

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

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  1. Initial Observed

    Lightning within 10 nm of Fort Lauderdale: 4 flashes in 15 minutes

    Tailodds counted 4 lightning flashes within 10 nautical miles of Fort Lauderdale (FLL) in the 15 minutes to 4:45 PM EST, 2 of them within 5 nm, the nearest 4.4 nm away, in NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data. The latest official observation, at 3:53 PM EST, reports rain, ceiling 5000 ft, visibility 4 mi, wind 13 kt.

    Evidence for this update
    Latest observationMETAR KFLL 022053Z 13013KT 4SM RA SCT023 BKN050 OVC070 27/23 A2993 RMK AO2 RAB39 SLP132 CB DSNT ALQDS MOV NW P0000 60000 T02720233 56012
    StationKFLL at Mon Nov 2, 3:53 PM EST
    Lightning4 flashes within 10 nm, 2 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 4:45 PM, nearest 4.4 nm
    BasisSatellite lightning (GOES GLM)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-11-02 21:45 UTC)
    SourcesNOAA GOES satellite lightning data, flashes counted by Tailodds
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  2. Escalation Observed

    Lightning now within 5 nm of Fort Lauderdale: 10 flashes in 15 minutes

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

    Tailodds counted 22 lightning flashes within 10 nautical miles of Fort Lauderdale (FLL) in the 15 minutes to 5:05 PM EST, 10 of them within 5 nm, the nearest 2.4 nm away, in NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data. The latest official observation, at 4:53 PM EST, reports light thunderstorm with rain, ceiling 2500 ft, visibility 8 mi, wind 10 kt.

    Evidence for this update
    Latest observationMETAR KFLL 022153Z COR 27010KT 8SM -TSRA FEW018 BKN025CB BKN047 24/21 A2997 RMK AO2 RAE05B41 TSB43 PRESRR SLP147 OCNL LTGICCG E-SE AND SW TS E-SE AND SW MOV NW CB DSNT ALQDS P0002 T02440206
    StationKFLL at Mon Nov 2, 4:53 PM EST
    Lightning22 flashes within 10 nm, 10 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 5:05 PM, nearest 2.4 nm
    BasisSatellite lightning (GOES GLM)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-11-02 22:05 UTC)
    SourcesNOAA GOES satellite lightning data, flashes counted by Tailodds
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  3. De-escalation Confirmed

    Official observation now reports thunderstorm with rain at Fort Lauderdale

    What changed: lightning within 5 nm → thunderstorm with rain

    The 5:24 PM EST official weather observation (METAR) for Fort Lauderdale (FLL) reports thunderstorm with rain; mist, ceiling 1600 ft, visibility 3 mi, wind 11 kt. Coded weather: “TSRA BR”. NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data, counted by Tailodds, shows 1 flashes within 10 nm of the airport in the 15 minutes to 6:05 PM EST, the nearest 9.0 nm away. Source: NOAA Aviation Weather Center.

    Evidence for this update
    Latest observationMETAR KFLL 022253Z 35007KT 10SM -RA FEW016 BKN022 OVC048 22/21 A2997 RMK AO2 TSE13B14E53 SLP146 CB DSNT SW AND NW-NE P0040 T02170206
    StationKFLL at Mon Nov 2, 5:53 PM EST
    Lightning1 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 6:05 PM, nearest 9.0 nm
    BasisOfficial observation (METAR)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-11-02 23:05 UTC)
    SourcesOfficial weather observation (METAR), NOAA Aviation Weather Center ↗
    NOAA GOES satellite lightning data, flashes counted by Tailodds (supporting)
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  4. Resolution Confirmed

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

    What changed: thunderstorm with rain → 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 5:24 PM EST. The latest, at 6:00 PM EST, reports light rain, ceiling 1900 ft, visibility 9 mi, wind 5 kt. NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data shows no flash within 10 nm of Fort Lauderdale in the 30 minutes to 6:41 PM EST.

    Evidence for this update
    Latest observationSPECI KFLL 022300Z 01005KT 9SM -RA FEW004 BKN019 OVC048 22/21 A2997 RMK AO2 CB DSNT SW AND NW-NE P0001 T02170206
    StationKFLL at Mon Nov 2, 6:00 PM EST
    Lightning0 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 6:41 PM, nearest 18.1 nm
    BasisOfficial observation (METAR)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-11-02 23:41 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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