METAR LOWL Linz

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

Current METAR

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LOWLAirfield

The four-letter ICAO code, here for Linz.

Time:: 2. 23:20 UTC
Wind:: 300° at 2 knots
Visibility:: 6 km
Clouds:: FEW at 100 ft
Temperature, dewpoint:: 11 °C / 10 °C
QNH:: 1030 hPa

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 →

Delta, difficult

Visibility6 km → D

Cloud ceilingno closed layer (≥ 5/8) reported → 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 LOWL right now

Runway	Head-/tailwind	Crosswind
0887°	2 kt tailwind	1 kt from the left
26267°likely in use	2 kt headwind	1 kt from the right

Runway data: OurAirports, true headings. The runway that counts is the one tower or ATIS assigns.

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TAF: the forecast

LOWLAirfield

The four-letter ICAO code, here for Linz.

Valid from day 3, 00:00 UTC to day 3, 24:00 UTC · issued day 2, 23:15 UTC

Base forecastday 3, 00:00 UTC to day 3, 24:00 UTC
280° at 3 knots · 10 km or more · no cloud below 5000 ft / CAVOK
28003KT CAVOK TX20/0315Z TN08/0305Z
C
Temporaryday 3, 00:00 UTC to day 3, 02:00 UTC
280° at 3 knots · 1.2 km · patches fog · no cloud below 5000 ft / CAVOK
TEMPO 0300/0302 1200 BCFG
X
Becomingday 3, 02:00 UTC to day 3, 04:00 UTC
280° at 3 knots · 0.3 km · fog · BKN at 100 ft
BECMG 0302/0304 0300 FG BKN001
X
Temporaryday 3, 04:00 UTC to day 3, 07:00 UTC
280° at 3 knots · 4 km · mist · FEW at 100 ft
TEMPO 0304/0307 4000 BR FEW001
M6
Becomingday 3, 07:00 UTC to day 3, 09:00 UTC
80° at 7 knots · 10 km or more · no cloud below 5000 ft / CAVOK
BECMG 0307/0309 08007KT CAVOK
C
Temporaryday 3, 21:00 UTC to day 3, 24:00 UTC
80° at 7 knots · 1.2 km · patches fog · no cloud below 5000 ft / CAVOK
TEMPO 0321/0324 1200 BCFG
X

Linz on the METARMAP

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

Airfield

ICAO identifier	`LOWL`
Country	Austria
Elevation	951 ft (290 m)
Sun today	↑ 07:05 · ↓ 18:38 · night from 19:09
Position	48.239° N, 14.192° E

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