BASE
Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 PM (UTC)
210° · 7 kt
6+ mi · BKN 25000
KPMDIATA PMDUSFlight category: VFR
Palmdale Regional Airport / USAF Plant 42 Airport (PMD/KPMD)
Palmdale764 m
11.7°CTemperature0° · 0 ktWind10+ miVisibility
METAR / TAF
Temperature
11.7°C
Dew point
6.1°C
Wind
0° · 0 kt
Visibility
10+ mi
Altimeter
30 inHg
Current conditions
VFR
Wind on the runway
Runway heading
52°Headwind
0 ktHeadwind
Crosswind
0 ktFrom the right
Cloud ceiling profile
No reported cloud layers
METAR
Oct 28, 2026, 3:53 PM (UTC)
Decoded observation
- Report type
- METAR
- issued
- Oct 28, 2026, 3:53 PM (UTC)
- wind
- calm wind
- visibility
- 10 SM
- temperature
- 12 °C
- dew point
- 6 °C
- altimeter setting
- 30 inHg
- Sea-level pressure
- 1,014.6 hPa
- flight category
- VFR
Remarks and supplementary codes
- Supplementary code
- AO2
- Supplementary code
- SLP146
- Supplementary code
- T01170061
- Supplementary code
- $
TAF
Oct 28, 2026, 11:26 AM (UTC)
Forecast period 1 · base period
- Validity
- Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 PM (UTC) – Oct 28, 2026, 1:00 PM (UTC)
- wind
- 210° · 7 kt
- visibility
- >6 SM
- clouds
- BKN · broken cloud layer · 25,000 ft AGL
Forecast period 2 · from this time
- Validity
- Oct 28, 2026, 1:00 PM (UTC) – Oct 28, 2026, 10:00 PM (UTC)
- wind
- variable wind · 5 kt
- visibility
- >6 SM
- clouds
- BKN · broken cloud layer · 25,000 ft AGL
Forecast period 3 · from this time
- Validity
- Oct 28, 2026, 10:00 PM (UTC) – Oct 29, 2026, 4:00 AM (UTC)
- wind
- 240° · 10 kt
- visibility
- >6 SM
- clouds
- BKN · broken cloud layer · 25,000 ft AGL
Forecast period 4 · from this time
- Validity
- Oct 29, 2026, 4:00 AM (UTC) – Oct 29, 2026, 8:00 AM (UTC)
- wind
- 220° · 6 kt
- visibility
- >6 SM
- clouds
- BKN · broken cloud layer · 25,000 ft AGL
Forecast period 5 · from this time
- Validity
- Oct 29, 2026, 8:00 AM (UTC) – Oct 29, 2026, 12:00 PM (UTC)
- wind
- variable wind · 5 kt
- visibility
- >6 SM
- clouds
- BKN · broken cloud layer · 25,000 ft AGL
Terminal forecast
FM
Oct 28, 2026, 1:00 PM (UTC)
VRB° · 5 kt
6+ mi · BKN 25000
FM
Oct 28, 2026, 10:00 PM (UTC)
240° · 10 kt
6+ mi · BKN 25000
FM
Oct 29, 2026, 4:00 AM (UTC)
220° · 6 kt
6+ mi · BKN 25000
FM
Oct 29, 2026, 8:00 AM (UTC)
VRB° · 5 kt
6+ mi · BKN 25000
Observation history
| UTC | Current conditions | Temperature | Wind | Visibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2026, 3:53 PM (UTC) | VFR | 11.7°C | 0 kt | 10+ mi |
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