tailodds FORECAST
Partly stale · checked FAA NAS status 223 h staleForecast cycle 1 hLightning 223 h staleWeather observations no data staleFAA surface data 2 minFAA flight data 2 min

FAA NAS status is stale (223 h old). No FAA restriction can start or end on the wire until it is fresh again.

Lightning is stale (223 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 Significant Resolved Weather SMF arrivals and departures

Official observation no longer reports thunderstorm or nearby lightning at Sacramento

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Resolved at 7:44 AM PDT
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  1. Initial Confirmed

    Official observation reports thunderstorm at Sacramento

    The 6:40 AM PDT official weather observation (METAR) for Sacramento (SMF) reports thunderstorm, ceiling 10000 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 3 kt. Coded weather: “TS”. NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data, counted by Tailodds, shows 0 flashes within 10 nm of the airport in the 15 minutes to 6:48 AM PDT. Source: NOAA Aviation Weather Center.

    Evidence for this update
    Latest observationSPECI KSMF 211340Z 09003KT 10SM TS BKN100CB OVC150 15/08 A2980 RMK AO2 TSB34 OCNL LTGIC VC SE TS VC SE MOV N T01500078
    StationKSMF at Wed Oct 21, 6:40 AM PDT
    Lightning0 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 6:48 AM, nearest 13.3 nm
    BasisOfficial observation (METAR)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-10-21 13:48 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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  2. Resolution Confirmed

    Official observation no longer reports thunderstorm or nearby lightning at Sacramento

    What changed: thunderstorm → no longer reported

    No official weather observation (METAR) for Sacramento (SMF) in the last 50 minutes reports a thunderstorm; it was last reported at 6:53 AM PDT. The latest, at 7:06 AM PDT, reports ceiling 10000 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 5 kt. NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data shows no flash within 10 nm of Sacramento in the 30 minutes to 7:43 AM PDT.

    Evidence for this update
    Latest observationSPECI KSMF 211406Z 10005KT 10SM BKN100 BKN150 15/08 A2981 RMK AO2 TSE06 OCNL LTG DSNT NE CB DSNT NE T01500078
    StationKSMF at Wed Oct 21, 7:06 AM PDT
    Lightning0 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 7:43 AM
    BasisOfficial observation (METAR)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-10-21 14:44 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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