Official observation no longer reports thunderstorm or nearby lightning at Miami
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- Resolved at 8:01 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 6:47 AM EST, 0 of them within 5 nm, the nearest 7.8 nm away, in NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data. The latest official observation, at 5:53 AM EST, reports ceiling 15000 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 10 kt.
Evidence for this update
Latest observation METAR KMIA 031053Z 10010KT 10SM SCT025 SCT030 BKN150 BKN250 27/23 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP145 OCNL LTGIC DSNT N CB DSNT N T02670233 $ Station KMIA at Tue Nov 3, 5:53 AM EST Lightning 3 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 6:47 AM, nearest 7.8 nm Basis Satellite lightning (GOES GLM) Source event time Ingested Published here (2026-11-03 11:47 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 7:05 AM EST. The latest, at 7:53 AM EST, reports ceiling 5500 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 14 kt gusting to 21 kt. NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data shows no flash within 10 nm of Miami in the 30 minutes to 8:01 AM EST.
Evidence for this update
Latest observation METAR KMIA 031253Z 09014G21KT 10SM SCT025 BKN055 BKN120 BKN250 27/23 A3000 RMK AO2 TSB01E47 SLP158 T02720233 Station KMIA at Tue Nov 3, 7:53 AM EST Lightning 0 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 8:01 AM Basis Official observation (METAR) Source event time Ingested Published here (2026-11-03 13:01 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?