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Partly stale · checked FAA NAS status 225 h staleForecast cycle 1 hLightning 225 h staleWeather observations no data staleFAA surface data 6 minFAA flight data 2 min

FAA NAS status is stale (225 h old). No FAA restriction can start or end on the wire until it is fresh again.

Lightning is stale (225 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 LAS arrivals and departures

Official observation no longer reports thunderstorm or nearby lightning at Las Vegas

Current state
Resolved at 5:46 PM PDT
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  1. Initial Observed

    Lightning within 10 nm of Las Vegas: 3 flashes in 15 minutes

    Tailodds counted 3 lightning flashes within 10 nautical miles of Las Vegas (LAS) in the 15 minutes to 4:06 PM PDT, 0 of them within 5 nm, the nearest 8.2 nm away, in NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data. The latest official observation, at 3:56 PM PDT, reports ceiling 12000 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 13 kt gusting to 22 kt.

    Evidence for this update
    Latest observationMETAR KLAS 222256Z 21013G22KT 10SM FEW040 SCT090 BKN120 23/02 A2979 RMK AO2 PK WND 22040/2218 RAB21E33 SLP069 VCSH DSNT N AND SE-SW CB DSNT N AND SE-SW P0000 T02280022
    StationKLAS at Thu Oct 22, 3:56 PM PDT
    Lightning3 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 4:06 PM, nearest 8.2 nm
    BasisSatellite lightning (GOES GLM)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-10-22 23:06 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 Las Vegas

    What changed: lightning within 10 nm → no longer reported

    No official weather observation (METAR) for Las Vegas (LAS) in the last 50 minutes reports a thunderstorm; it was last reported at 4:56 PM PDT. The latest, at 5:16 PM PDT, reports ceiling 6500 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 19 kt gusting to 31 kt. NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data shows no flash within 10 nm of Las Vegas in the 30 minutes to 5:46 PM PDT.

    Evidence for this update
    Latest observationSPECI KLAS 230016Z 24019G31KT 10SM BKN065CB BKN085 BKN120 18/06 A2986 RMK AO2 PK WND 27031/0009 TSE16 CB SW-NW-NE MOV N TS MOV N T01830056
    StationKLAS at Thu Oct 22, 5:16 PM PDT
    Lightning0 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 5:46 PM
    BasisOfficial observation (METAR)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-10-23 00:46 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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