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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 5 minFAA flight data 4 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

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Resolved at 6:36 AM 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 5:41 AM EST, 0 of them within 5 nm, the nearest 8.3 nm away, in NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data. The latest official observation, at 4:53 AM EST, reports no ceiling, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 14 kt gusting to 20 kt.

    Evidence for this update
    Latest observationMETAR KFLL 030953Z 12014G20KT 10SM FEW022 SCT032 SCT055 27/23 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP139 T02720228 $
    StationKFLL at Tue Nov 3, 4:53 AM EST
    Lightning3 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 5:41 AM, nearest 8.3 nm
    BasisSatellite lightning (GOES GLM)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-11-03 10:42 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. The latest, at 5:53 AM EST, reports ceiling 7000 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 18 kt gusting to 24 kt. NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data shows no flash within 10 nm of Fort Lauderdale in the 30 minutes to 6:36 AM EST.

    Evidence for this update
    Latest observationMETAR KFLL 031053Z COR 10018G24KT 10SM SCT025 BKN070 BKN100 26/23 A2996 RMK AO2 PK WND 12033/1012 RAB12E32 SLP145 P0014 T02610233 $
    StationKFLL at Tue Nov 3, 5:53 AM EST
    Lightning0 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 6:36 AM, nearest 10.4 nm
    BasisOfficial observation (METAR)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-11-03 11:36 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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