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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.

Confirmed Informational Resolved Weather SMF arrivals and departures

Official observation no longer reports low cloud or visibility at Sacramento

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Resolved at 11:44 AM PST
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  1. Initial Confirmed

    Official observation reports low cloud or visibility at Sacramento

    The 10:14 AM PST official weather observation (METAR) for Sacramento (SMF) reports rain; mist, ceiling 6000 ft, visibility 2.5 mi, wind 6 kt. Coded weather: “RA BR”. Source: NOAA Aviation Weather Center.

    Evidence for this update
    Latest observationSPECI KSMF 031814Z 02006KT 2 1/2SM RA BR FEW037 BKN060 OVC075 12/09 A3006 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 4 P0004 T01170094
    StationKSMF at Tue Nov 3, 10:14 AM PST
    BasisOfficial observation (METAR)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-11-03 18:21 UTC)
    SourcesOfficial weather observation (METAR), NOAA Aviation Weather Center ↗
    Provenanceweather weather-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1
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  2. Resolution Confirmed

    Official observation no longer reports low cloud or visibility at Sacramento

    What changed: low cloud or visibility → no longer reported

    No official weather observation (METAR) for Sacramento (SMF) in the last 50 minutes reports low cloud or visibility; it was last reported at 10:53 AM PST. The latest, at 11:26 AM PST, reports haze, ceiling 6500 ft, visibility 6 mi, wind 0 kt.

    Evidence for this update
    Latest observationSPECI KSMF 031926Z 00000KT 6SM HZ FEW032 OVC065 12/09 A3008 RMK AO2 RAE12 P0001 T01220094
    StationKSMF at Tue Nov 3, 11:26 AM PST
    BasisOfficial observation (METAR)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-11-03 19:44 UTC)
    SourcesOfficial weather observation (METAR), NOAA Aviation Weather Center ↗
    Provenanceweather weather-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1
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