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Townsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville (TSV/YBTL)

Townsville4 m

27°CTemperature50° · 10 ktWind6+ miVisibility
METAR / TAF
Temperature
27°C
Dew point
18°C
Wind
50° · 10 kt
Visibility
6+ mi
Altimeter
30.03 inHg
Current conditions
VFR

Wind on the runway

Runway heading
24°
Headwind
9 kt
Headwind
Crosswind
4 kt
From the right

Cloud ceiling profile

No reported cloud layers

METAR

Sep 8, 2026, 1:30 AM (UTC)

Decoded observation

Report type
METAR
issued
Sep 8, 2026, 1:30 AM (UTC)
wind
50° · 10 kt
visibility
>10 km
temperature
27 °C
dew point
18 °C
altimeter setting
1,017 hPa
flight category
VFR

TAF

Sep 7, 2026, 11:23 PM (UTC)

Forecast period 1 · base period

Validity
Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM (UTC) – Sep 8, 2026, 8:00 AM (UTC)
wind
60° · 13 kt
visibility
>10 km
clouds
SCT · scattered clouds · 3,000 ft AGL

Forecast period 2 · from this time

Validity
Sep 8, 2026, 8:00 AM (UTC) – Sep 8, 2026, 2:00 PM (UTC)
wind
40° · 8 kt
visibility
>10 km
clouds
SCT · scattered clouds · 1,700 ft AGL

Forecast period 3 · from this time

Validity
Sep 8, 2026, 2:00 PM (UTC) – Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM (UTC)
wind
80° · 5 kt
visibility
>10 km
weather
light · drizzle
clouds
SCT · scattered clouds · 1,400 ft AGL BKN · broken cloud layer · 2,000 ft AGL

Forecast period 4 · temporary conditions

Validity
Sep 8, 2026, 11:00 AM (UTC) – Sep 8, 2026, 3:00 PM (UTC)
visibility
>10 km
clouds
BKN · broken cloud layer · 1,400 ft AGL

Forecast period 5 · intermittent conditions

Validity
Sep 8, 2026, 3:00 PM (UTC) – Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM (UTC)
visibility
5 km
weather
showers · rain
clouds
BKN · broken cloud layer · 1,200 ft AGL

Terminal forecast

TEMPO
Sep 8, 2026, 3:00 PM (UTC)
VRB° · kt
3.11 mi · SHRA
TEMPO
Sep 8, 2026, 11:00 AM (UTC)
VRB° · kt
6+ mi · BKN 1400
FM
Sep 8, 2026, 2:00 PM (UTC)
80° · 5 kt
6+ mi · -DZ
FM
Sep 8, 2026, 8:00 AM (UTC)
40° · 8 kt
6+ mi · SCT 1700
BASE
Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM (UTC)
60° · 13 kt
6+ mi · SCT 3000

Observation history

UTCCurrent conditionsTemperatureWindVisibility
Sep 8, 2026, 1:30 AM (UTC)VFR27°C10 kt6+ mi

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