Partly stale · checked FAA NAS status 222 h staleForecast cycle 74 minLightning 222 h staleWeather observations no data staleFAA surface data 5 minFAA flight data 7 min

FAA NAS status is stale (222 h old). No FAA restriction can start or end on the wire until it is fresh again.

Lightning is stale (222 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 MIA arrivals and departures

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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  1. 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 observationMETAR KMIA 031053Z 10010KT 10SM SCT025 SCT030 BKN150 BKN250 27/23 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP145 OCNL LTGIC DSNT N CB DSNT N T02670233 $
    StationKMIA at Tue Nov 3, 5:53 AM EST
    Lightning3 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 6:47 AM, nearest 7.8 nm
    BasisSatellite lightning (GOES GLM)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-11-03 11:47 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 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 observationMETAR KMIA 031253Z 09014G21KT 10SM SCT025 BKN055 BKN120 BKN250 27/23 A3000 RMK AO2 TSB01E47 SLP158 T02720233
    StationKMIA at Tue Nov 3, 7:53 AM EST
    Lightning0 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 8:01 AM
    BasisOfficial observation (METAR)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-11-03 13:01 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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