Europe Aviation Weather Report for Stornoway Airport (EGPO/SYY)

Decoded TAF & METAR reports Decoded for Stornoway Airport at 15:50 UTC on the 11th

Runways Available 06, 18, 24, 36


Below are the latest METAR & TAF reports for Stornoway Airport, as well as details for the nearest alternates.

The warning and threat levels in the METAR and TAF reports are currently being displayed for an airliner operating as a multi crew, CAT2/3 capable IFR flight, if you wish to change these thresholds to be more suitable for general aviation aircraft operating single crew VFR then use this drop down to select general aviation

METAR data is updated on the hour and half hour, TAF data is updated every few hours inline with its publication schedule.



Weather Decoded for Stornoway Airport at 15:50 UTC on the 11th

The follow is the current weather decoded from the most recently published METAR.


dawn sun  
Almanac for daylight hours at Stornoway Airport, all times in UTC.


Dawn Twilight05:06
Sunrise05:44
Sunset18:59
Evening Twilight        19:37
Wind

Direction: South Westerly

Magnetic: 230°

Speed: 13kts (20mph)

compass windsock
Visibility

Horizontal Visibility: Greater than 10km

Clouds

Few (1 - 2 octas coverage) at 2700ft

Weather Phenomena

No precipitation detected

Temperature

Temperature: 15°

Dewpoint: 09°

Pressure

QNH: 1015

RAW METAR and TAF data for Stornoway Airport with threats highlighted based on your type of flight operation above.

METAR
METAR EGPO 111550Z 23013KT 9999 FEW027 15/09 Q1015
METAR EGPO 111520Z 23012KT 9999 FEW034 15/08 Q1015
METAR EGPO 111450Z 24013KT 9999 FEW034 15/09 Q1015
METAR EGPO 111420Z 24012KT 9999 FEW035 15/08 Q1015
runway
24
windsock
Runway 24
Headwind Crosswind
13 kts 2 kts

Wind favours runway 24 with a crosswind of 2 kts and a headwind of 13 kts


TAF
EGPO 111401Z 1115/1124 23015KT 9999 FEW025
PROB30 TEMPO 1115/1118 25015G25KT
BECMG 1118/1121 19018G30KT
TEMPO 1122/1124 6000 RA -RADZ BKN014

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Both the latest METAR and TAF are decoded into plain text with hour by hour synopsis in the expanded decoded weather tab.
The nearest 4 alternate airport's weather is also avaiable via the Alternates tab.

The following is the forecast presented in hour segments from the most recently published TAF above.

Notes for using the following -
1) BECMG (becoming) assumes the change will occur at the end of the period listed, e.g. BECMG xx10/xx12, the new conditions will be present from 12 noon.
2) PROB30 are listed as Low Probability Temporary Conditions with PROB40 being listed as High Probability Temporary Conditions.
3) TEMPO are listed as Temporary Conditions, these conditions will be present for 50% of the time period.
4) All times are in UTC (zulu).

Forecast for period 15:00-16:00 on the 11th

Wind
230/15Kts
Visiblity
Greater than 10km
Cloud
Few at 2500ft

Low Probability Temporary Conditions
Wind
250/15Kts Gusting 25Kts
Forecast for period 16:00-17:00 on the 11th

Wind
230/15Kts
Visiblity
Greater than 10km
Cloud
Few at 2500ft

Low Probability Temporary Conditions
Wind
250/15Kts Gusting 25Kts
Forecast for period 17:00-18:00 on the 11th

Wind
230/15Kts
Visiblity
Greater than 10km
Cloud
Few at 2500ft

Low Probability Temporary Conditions
Wind
250/15Kts Gusting 25Kts
Forecast for period 18:00-19:00 on the 11th

Wind
230/15Kts
Visiblity
Greater than 10km
Cloud
Few at 2500ft

Forecast for period 19:00-20:00 on the 11th

Wind
230/15Kts
Visiblity
Greater than 10km
Cloud
Few at 2500ft

Forecast for period 20:00-21:00 on the 11th

Wind
230/15Kts
Visiblity
Greater than 10km
Cloud
Few at 2500ft

Forecast for period 21:00-22:00 on the 11th

Wind
190/18Kts Gusting 30Kts
Visiblity
Greater than 10km
Cloud
Few at 2500ft

Forecast for period 22:00-23:00 on the 11th

Wind
190/18Kts Gusting 30Kts
Visiblity
Greater than 10km
Cloud
Few at 2500ft

Temporary Conditions
Visiblity
6000 Meters
Cloud
Broken at 1400ft
Weather
Rain
Light Rain Drizzel

Forecast for period 23:00-00:00 on the 11th

Wind
190/18Kts Gusting 30Kts
Visiblity
Greater than 10km
Cloud
Few at 2500ft

Temporary Conditions
Visiblity
6000 Meters
Cloud
Broken at 1400ft
Weather
Rain
Light Rain Drizzel

* Although every effort has been made to confirm the accuracy of these decode, the raw metar and TAF from above must be used for flight planning purposes.
** These decode are designed for civilian airports only, military decodes will most likely contain omissions or errors.

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Below are the nearest 4 airports (potentially including general aviation or airports with runways shorter than 1600M, as well as military airports) from our database that may also be useful for your planning purposes, sorted in distance from Stornoway Airport.




Benbecula Airport (EGPL/BEB)
Runways Available 06, 17, 24, 35
Distance 63 Nautical Miles

Benbecula Airport is a general aviation airport, or the longest runway is less than 1600M


Clich here to see the full details for Benbecula Airport

runway
24
windsock
Runway 24
Headwind Crosswind
15 kts 9 kts



Inverness Airport (EGPE/INV)
Runways Available 05, 11, 23, 29
Distance 96 Nautical Miles

Clich here to see the full details for Inverness Airport

runway
23
windsock
Runway 23
Headwind Crosswind
11 kts 2 kts



RAF Lossiemouth (EGQS/LMO)
Runways Available 05, 10, 23, 28
Distance 115 Nautical Miles

RAF Lossiemouth is a military airport and may not be available as an alternate


Clich here to see the full details for RAF Lossiemouth

runway
28
windsock
Runway 28
Headwind Crosswind
10 kts 4 kts



Wick Airport (EGPC/WIC)
Runways Available 13, 31
Distance 119 Nautical Miles

Wick Airport is a general aviation airport, or the longest runway is less than 1600M


Clich here to see the full details for Wick Airport

runway
18
windsock
Runway 18
Headwind Crosswind
4 kts 12 kts


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