Sourced developments at US airports: what the FAA reports at every airport, and what we measure and our model forecasts at the busiest ones.
Partly stale · checked FAA NAS status 223 hstaleForecast cycle 1 hLightning 223 hstaleWeather observations no datastaleFAA surface data 7 minFAA flight data 6 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.
What changed: low cloud or visibility → no longer reported
No official weather observation (METAR) for Orange County (SNA) in the last 50 minutes reports low cloud or visibility; it was last reported at 4:06 AM PST. The latest, at 4:13 AM PST, reports light rain; mist, ceiling 1500 ft, visibility 6 mi, wind 4 kt.
What changed: thunderstorm in the vicinity → no longer reported
No official weather observation (METAR) for Orange County (SNA) in the last 50 minutes reports a thunderstorm; it was last reported at 7:53 PM PDT. The latest, at 8:07 PM PDT, reports light rain, ceiling 7500 ft, visibility 8 mi, wind 3 kt.
What changed: low cloud or visibility → no longer reported
No official weather observation (METAR) for Orange County (SNA) in the last 50 minutes reports low cloud or visibility; it was last reported at 9:22 PM PDT. The latest, at 9:53 PM PDT, reports ceiling 3300 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 3 kt.
What changed: low cloud or visibility → no longer reported
No official weather observation (METAR) for Orange County (SNA) in the last 50 minutes reports low cloud or visibility; it was last reported at 3:53 AM PDT. The latest, at 4:31 AM PDT, reports ceiling 5000 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 0 kt.