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Partly stale · checked FAA NAS status 224 h staleForecast cycle 1 hLightning 224 h staleWeather observations no data staleFAA surface data 6 minFAA flight data 6 min

FAA NAS status is stale (224 h old). No FAA restriction can start or end on the wire until it is fresh again.

Lightning is stale (224 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 PHX arrivals and departures

Official observation no longer reports thunderstorm or nearby lightning at Phoenix

Current state
Resolved at 11:41 PM MST
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  1. Initial Observed

    Lightning within 10 nm of Phoenix: 6 flashes in 15 minutes

    Tailodds counted 6 lightning flashes within 10 nautical miles of Phoenix (PHX) in the 15 minutes to 9:51 PM MST, 0 of them within 5 nm, the nearest 8.8 nm away, in NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data. The latest official observation, at 8:51 PM MST, reports ceiling 20000 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 5 kt.

    Evidence for this update
    Latest observationMETAR KPHX 210351Z COR 09005KT 10SM FEW110 SCT140 BKN200 29/15 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP094 T02940150 $
    StationKPHX at Tue Oct 20, 8:51 PM MST
    Lightning6 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 9:51 PM, nearest 8.8 nm
    BasisSatellite lightning (GOES GLM)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-10-21 04:51 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 Phoenix

    What changed: lightning within 10 nm → no longer reported

    No official weather observation (METAR) for Phoenix (PHX) in the last 50 minutes reports a thunderstorm; it was last reported at 10:51 PM MST. The latest, at 11:16 PM MST, reports ceiling 11000 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 7 kt. NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data shows no flash within 10 nm of Phoenix in the 30 minutes to 11:41 PM MST.

    Evidence for this update
    Latest observationSPECI KPHX 210616Z 09007KT 10SM SCT090 BKN110 BKN140 26/18 A2986 RMK AO2 TSE16 CONS LTGIC DSNT NE CB DSNT NE T02560178 $
    StationKPHX at Tue Oct 20, 11:16 PM MST
    Lightning0 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 11:41 PM, nearest 16.2 nm
    BasisOfficial observation (METAR)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-10-21 06:41 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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