Official observation no longer reports thunderstorm or nearby lightning at Miami
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- Resolved at 7:45 PM 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 6:22 PM EST, 0 of them within 5 nm, the nearest 7.1 nm away, in NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data. The latest official observation, at 5:53 PM EST, reports rain, ceiling 2500 ft, visibility 7 mi, wind 13 kt gusting to 23 kt.
Evidence for this update
Latest observation METAR KMIA 032253Z 10013G23KT 7SM RA SCT018CB BKN025 BKN060 BKN250 26/23 A2997 RMK AO2 RAE12B46 SLP147 CB OHD MOV W P0000 T02560233 $ Station KMIA at Tue Nov 3, 5:53 PM EST Lightning 3 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 6:22 PM, nearest 7.1 nm Basis Satellite lightning (GOES GLM) Source event time Ingested Published here (2026-11-03 23:22 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 6:53 PM EST. The latest, at 7:10 PM EST, reports ceiling 25000 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 8 kt. NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data shows no flash within 10 nm of Miami in the 30 minutes to 7:45 PM EST.
Evidence for this update
Latest observation SPECI KMIA 040010Z 08008KT 10SM SCT025 SCT048 BKN250 26/23 A2997 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NW-NE TSE09 CONS LTGIC DSNT NE FRQ LTGICCC DSNT NW TS MOV NW CB DSNT NE AND NW MOV NW T02560233 $ Station KMIA at Tue Nov 3, 7:10 PM EST Lightning 0 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 7:45 PM, nearest 15.8 nm Basis Official observation (METAR) Source event time Ingested Published here (2026-11-04 00:45 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?