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Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY/KMSY)

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23.9°CTemperature130° · 8 ktWind10+ miVisibility
METAR / TAF
Temperature
23.9°C
Dew point
22.8°C
Wind
130° · 8 kt
Visibility
10+ mi
Altimeter
29.91 inHg
Current conditions
VFR

Wind on the runway

Runway heading
15°
Headwind
3 kt
Tailwind
Crosswind
7 kt
From the right

Cloud ceiling profile

Ceiling
25,000 ftBKN
BKN25,000 ft AGL

METAR

Nov 4, 2026, 1:53 AM (UTC)

Decoded observation

Report type
METAR
issued
Nov 4, 2026, 1:53 AM (UTC)
wind
130° · 8 kt
visibility
10 SM
clouds
BKN · broken cloud layer · 25,000 ft AGL
temperature
24 °C
dew point
23 °C
altimeter setting
29.91 inHg
Sea-level pressure
1,013.1 hPa
flight category
VFR

Remarks and supplementary codes

Supplementary code
AO2
Supplementary code
SLP131
Supplementary code
T02390228

TAF

Nov 3, 2026, 11:31 PM (UTC)

Forecast period 1 · base period

Validity
Nov 4, 2026, 12:00 AM (UTC) – Nov 4, 2026, 12:00 PM (UTC)
wind
variable wind · 4 kt
visibility
>6 SM
clouds
FEW · few clouds · 2,000 ft AGL SCT · scattered clouds · 25,000 ft AGL

Forecast period 2 · from this time

Validity
Nov 4, 2026, 12:00 PM (UTC) – Nov 4, 2026, 1:00 PM (UTC)
wind
variable wind · 3 kt
visibility
4 SM
weather
mist
clouds
BKN · broken cloud layer · 500 ft AGL BKN · broken cloud layer · 1,500 ft AGL

Forecast period 3 · from this time

Validity
Nov 4, 2026, 1:00 PM (UTC) – Nov 4, 2026, 4:00 PM (UTC)
wind
variable wind · 3 kt
visibility
4 SM
weather
mist
clouds
FEW · few clouds · 400 ft AGL SCT · scattered clouds · 1,500 ft AGL

Forecast period 4 · from this time

Validity
Nov 4, 2026, 4:00 PM (UTC) – Nov 4, 2026, 5:00 PM (UTC)
wind
290° · 5 kt
visibility
>6 SM
clouds
FEW · few clouds · 2,000 ft AGL SCT · scattered clouds · 2,200 ft AGL

Forecast period 5 · from this time

Validity
Nov 4, 2026, 5:00 PM (UTC) – Nov 4, 2026, 6:00 PM (UTC)
wind
300° · 6 kt
visibility
>6 SM
clouds
SCT · scattered clouds · 2,000 ft AGL BKN · broken cloud layer · 2,500 ft AGL

Forecast period 6 · from this time

Validity
Nov 4, 2026, 6:00 PM (UTC) – Nov 5, 2026, 6:00 AM (UTC)
wind
310° · 6 kt
visibility
>6 SM
clouds
FEW · few clouds · 2,000 ft AGL SCT · scattered clouds · 3,500 ft AGL

Forecast period 7 · probability

Validity
Nov 4, 2026, 6:00 PM (UTC) – Nov 4, 2026, 7:00 PM (UTC)
probability
30%
visibility
4 SM
weather
light · showers · rain
clouds
BKN · broken cloud layer · 2,000 ft AGL

Terminal forecast

BASE
Nov 4, 2026, 12:00 AM (UTC)
VRB° · 4 kt
6+ mi · FEW 2000 · SCT 25000
FM
Nov 4, 2026, 12:00 PM (UTC)
VRB° · 3 kt
4 mi · BR
FM
Nov 4, 2026, 1:00 PM (UTC)
VRB° · 3 kt
4 mi · BR
FM
Nov 4, 2026, 4:00 PM (UTC)
290° · 5 kt
6+ mi · FEW 2000 · SCT 2200
FM
Nov 4, 2026, 5:00 PM (UTC)
300° · 6 kt
6+ mi · SCT 2000 · BKN 2500
FM
Nov 4, 2026, 6:00 PM (UTC)
310° · 6 kt
6+ mi · FEW 2000 · SCT 3500
PROB30%
Nov 4, 2026, 6:00 PM (UTC)
VRB° · — kt
4 mi · -SHRA

Observation history

UTCCurrent conditionsTemperatureWindVisibility
Nov 4, 2026, 1:53 AM (UTC)VFR23.9°C8 kt10+ mi

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