Official observation no longer reports thunderstorm or nearby lightning at Miami
- Current state
- Resolved at 11:44 PM 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 10:11 PM EST, 0 of them within 5 nm, the nearest 6.5 nm away, in NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data. The latest official observation, at 10:05 PM EST, reports rain; mist, ceiling 1300 ft, visibility 3 mi, wind 0 kt.
Evidence for this update
Latest observation SPECI KMIA 030305Z 00000KT 3SM RA BR BKN013CB OVC025 24/23 A3000 RMK AO2 CB OHD MOV N P0021 T02390233 $ Station KMIA at Mon Nov 2, 10:05 PM EST Lightning 3 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 10:11 PM, nearest 6.5 nm Basis Satellite lightning (GOES GLM) Source event time Ingested Published here (2026-11-03 03:11 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; it was last reported at 10:53 PM EST. The latest, at 11:14 PM EST, reports ceiling 11000 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 6 kt. NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data shows no flash within 10 nm of Miami in the 30 minutes to 11:44 PM EST.
Evidence for this update
Latest observation SPECI KMIA 030414Z 36006KT 10SM FEW025 BKN110 OVC250 24/23 A2998 RMK AO2 TSE14 OCNL LTGIC DSNT NW-N CB DSNT NW-N MOV N T02390228 $ Station KMIA at Mon Nov 2, 11:14 PM EST Lightning 0 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 11:44 PM Basis Official observation (METAR) Source event time Ingested Published here (2026-11-03 04:44 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?