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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 7:49 PM PST
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  1. Initial Confirmed

    Official observation reports low cloud or visibility at Sacramento

    The 6:53 PM PST official weather observation (METAR) for Sacramento (SMF) reports ceiling 900 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 7 kt. Source: NOAA Aviation Weather Center.

    Evidence for this update
    Latest observationMETAR KSMF 040253Z 34007KT 10SM BKN009 BKN033 OVC095 12/11 A3006 RMK AO2 RAB14E46 SLP180 P0000 60000 T01220111 53005
    StationKSMF at Tue Nov 3, 6:53 PM PST
    BasisOfficial observation (METAR)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-11-04 03:01 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 6:53 PM PST. The latest, at 7:39 PM PST, reports ceiling 8500 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 9 kt.

    Evidence for this update
    Latest observationSPECI KSMF 040339Z 34009KT 10SM SCT007 OVC085 12/11 A3007 RMK AO2 T01170111
    StationKSMF at Tue Nov 3, 7:39 PM PST
    BasisOfficial observation (METAR)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-11-04 03:49 UTC)
    SourcesOfficial weather observation (METAR), NOAA Aviation Weather Center ↗
    Provenanceweather weather-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1
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