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Lightning is stale (222 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 SNA arrivals and departures

Official observation no longer reports low cloud or visibility at Orange County

Current state: Resolved at 4:43 AM PDT
Started: Thu Oct 22, 3:37 AM PDT
Latest activity: Thu Oct 22, 4:43 AM PDT
Updates: 4

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Initial Confirmed Thu Oct 22, 3:45 AM PDT

Official observation reports low cloud or visibility at Orange County

The 3:37 AM PDT official weather observation (METAR) for Orange County (SNA) reports light rain, ceiling 2400 ft, visibility 2 mi, wind 0 kt. Coded weather: “-RA”. Source: NOAA Aviation Weather Center.

Evidence for this update

Latest observation	SPECI KSNA 221037Z AUTO 00000KT 2SM R20R/3500VP6000FT -RA SCT019 BKN024 OVC050 19/16 A2988 RMK AO2 P0012 T01890161
Station	KSNA at Thu Oct 22, 3:37 AM PDT
Basis	Official observation (METAR)
Source event time	Thu Oct 22, 3:37 AM PDT
Ingested	Thu Oct 22, 3:45 AM PDT
Published here	Thu Oct 22, 3:45 AM PDT (2026-10-22 10:45 UTC)
Sources	Official weather observation (METAR), NOAA Aviation Weather Center ↗
Provenance	weather weather-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1

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Escalation Confirmed Thu Oct 22, 3:49 AM PDT

Official observation now reports very low cloud or visibility at Orange County

What changed: low cloud or visibility → very low cloud or visibility

The 3:42 AM PDT official weather observation (METAR) for Orange County (SNA) reports heavy rain; mist, ceiling 2100 ft, visibility 0.75 mi, wind 7 kt. Coded weather: “+RA BR”. Source: NOAA Aviation Weather Center.

Evidence for this update

Latest observation	SPECI KSNA 221042Z AUTO 13007KT 3/4SM R20R/2000VP6000FT +RA BR SCT016 BKN021 OVC055 18/16 A2988 RMK AO2 P0027 T01780156
Station	KSNA at Thu Oct 22, 3:42 AM PDT
Basis	Official observation (METAR)
Source event time	Thu Oct 22, 3:42 AM PDT
Ingested	Thu Oct 22, 3:49 AM PDT
Published here	Thu Oct 22, 3:49 AM PDT (2026-10-22 10:49 UTC)
Sources	Official weather observation (METAR), NOAA Aviation Weather Center ↗
Provenance	weather weather-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1

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De-escalation Confirmed Thu Oct 22, 4:32 AM PDT

Official observation now reports low cloud or visibility at Orange County

What changed: very low cloud or visibility → low cloud or visibility

The 3:53 AM PDT official weather observation (METAR) for Orange County (SNA) reports heavy rain; mist, ceiling 2100 ft, visibility 1.5 mi, wind 8 kt. Coded weather: “+RA BR”. Source: NOAA Aviation Weather Center.

Evidence for this update

Latest observation	SPECI KSNA 221059Z AUTO 13004KT 3SM -RA BR OVC021 18/16 A2988 RMK AO2 P0002 T01780161
Station	KSNA at Thu Oct 22, 3:59 AM PDT
Basis	Official observation (METAR)
Source event time	Thu Oct 22, 3:53 AM PDT
Ingested	Thu Oct 22, 4:32 AM PDT
Published here	Thu Oct 22, 4:32 AM PDT (2026-10-22 11:32 UTC)
Sources	Official weather observation (METAR), NOAA Aviation Weather Center ↗
Provenance	weather weather-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1

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Resolution Confirmed Thu Oct 22, 4:43 AM PDT