METAR LFSB Basel-Mulhouse

The current aviation weather for Basel-Mulhouse, decoded and with its GAFOR category. The data comes live from aviationweather.gov.

Current METAR

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LFSBAirfield

The four-letter ICAO code, here for Basel-Mulhouse.

Time:: 2. 23:30 UTC
Wind:: variable, 1 knots
Visibility:: 10 km or more
Clouds:: no cloud below 5000 ft / CAVOK
Temperature, dewpoint:: 13 °C / 13 °C
QNH:: 1030 hPa
Trend:: TEMPO 3000 BR

How the METARMAP shows this airfield

From every METAR, the METARMAP and the METARMAP Mini work out the GAFOR category and light the airfield's LED in its colour. The worse of the two values always decides: visibility or cloud ceiling. See the maps →

Charlie, clear

Visibility10 km or more → C

Cloud ceilingno cloud below 5000 ft / CAVOK → C

Visibility ↓ / Cloud ceiling →	500 to 1000 ft	1000 to 2000 ft	2000 to 5000 ft	above 5000 ft, no cloud
over 10 km	M2	D1	O	C
8 to 10 km	M2	D1	O	O
5 to 8 km	M5	D4	D3	D3
1.5 to 5 km	M8	M7	M6	M6
below 1.5 km	X	X	X	X

Calculated from the observation itself. The official GAFOR by the DWD is a forecast for areas.

Crosswind at LFSB right now

The wind is variable (VRB) at 1 kt. Without a direction there is no component to work out; at worst the full 1 kt comes from the side.

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TAF: the forecast

LFSBAirfield

The four-letter ICAO code, here for Basel-Mulhouse.

Valid from day 3, 00:00 UTC to day 3, 24:00 UTC · issued day 2, 23:00 UTC

Base forecastday 3, 00:00 UTC to day 3, 24:00 UTC
variable, 3 knots · 10 km or more · no cloud below 5000 ft / CAVOK
VRB03KT CAVOK
C
Temporary, 40 %day 3, 00:00 UTC to day 3, 06:00 UTC
variable, 3 knots · 3 km · mist · no cloud below 5000 ft / CAVOK
PROB40 TEMPO 0300/0306 3000 BR
M6
Temporary, 30 %day 3, 03:00 UTC to day 3, 06:00 UTC
variable, 3 knots · 0.3 km · fog · no cloud below 5000 ft / CAVOK
PROB30 TEMPO 0303/0306 0300 FG VV///
X
Temporary, 30 %day 3, 06:00 UTC to day 3, 08:00 UTC
variable, 3 knots · 4 km · mist · BKN at 200 ft
PROB30 TEMPO 0306/0308 4000 BR BKN002
X

Basel-Mulhouse on the METARMAP

On the METARMAP, Basel-Mulhouse is one of 82 LEDs. It glows in the GAFOR colour shown above and fetches the new METAR every five minutes.

Airfield

ICAO identifier	`LFSB`
Country	France
Elevation	860 ft (262 m)
Sun today	↑ 07:31 · ↓ 19:05 · night from 19:36
Position	47.597° N, 7.526° E

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