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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.

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 3:44 PM PST
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  1. Initial Confirmed

    Official observation reports low cloud or visibility at Sacramento

    The 1:53 PM PST official weather observation (METAR) for Sacramento (SMF) reports light rain; mist, ceiling 3500 ft, visibility 2 mi, wind 0 kt. Coded weather: “-RA BR”. Source: NOAA Aviation Weather Center.

    Evidence for this update
    Latest observationMETAR KSMF 032153Z 00000KT 2SM -RA BR FEW006 BKN035 OVC044 13/11 A3005 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 3 RAB2058 SLP175 P0007 T01280111
    StationKSMF at Tue Nov 3, 1:53 PM PST
    BasisOfficial observation (METAR)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-11-03 22:00 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 2:53 PM PST. The latest, at 3:28 PM PST, reports mist, ceiling 3700 ft, visibility 6 mi, wind 5 kt.

    Evidence for this update
    Latest observationSPECI KSMF 032328Z 34005KT 6SM BR SCT010 BKN037 OVC045 13/12 A3005 RMK AO2 RAE07 P0001 T01330122
    StationKSMF at Tue Nov 3, 3:28 PM PST
    BasisOfficial observation (METAR)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-11-03 23:44 UTC)
    SourcesOfficial weather observation (METAR), NOAA Aviation Weather Center ↗
    Provenanceweather weather-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1
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