ALO Weather: METAR, TAF and Runway Winds

Waterloo Regional Airport, Waterloo, IA · KALO

Current weather at Waterloo Regional Airport in Waterloo, IA (IATA ALO, ICAO KALO): the latest observation puts the airport in MVFR (marginal visual flight rules) conditions, wind 310° at 10 kt. Below are the latest METAR and TAF from the NOAA Aviation Weather Center, decoded into plain English, and the headwind and crosswind on each runway.

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Current conditions (METAR)

MVFRObserved at 12:54Z on Nov 5, 35 minutes ago

Wind: from the northwest (310° true) at 10 knots.
Visibility: 10 miles or more.
Weather: no rain, snow, fog or other weather reported.
Clouds: overcast at 1,100 ft; the ceiling is 1,100 ft above the ground.
Temperature: 10°C (50°F), dew point 9°C (48°F).
Altimeter: 29.71 inHg (1006 hPa).

METAR KALO 051254Z 31010KT 10SM OVC011 10/09 A2971 RMK AO2 SLP062 T01000089

Runway winds

Components for the current wind, 310° at 10 kt. Headings are true, as METAR winds are; the most-headwind runway ends are marked, among runways at least half as long as the longest.

Runway	Heading (true)	Headwind	Crosswind	Length
12	128°	Tailwind 10 kt	0 kt	8,399 ft
30 Most headwind	308°	10 kt	0 kt	8,399 ft
18	188°	Tailwind 5 kt	8 kt from the right	6,003 ft
36	008°	5 kt	8 kt from the left	6,003 ft

Forecast (TAF)

Issued Nov 5 11:41Z, valid Nov 5 12:00Z to Nov 6 12:00Z

TAF KALO 051141Z 0512/0612 30011KT P6SM SCT008 OVC012 TEMPO 0512/0516 3SM -DZ BR OVC009 FM051600 34013G21KT P6SM SCT010 OVC014 FM052200 35011KT P6SM OVC016 FM060500 36007KT P6SM BKN020

Nov 5 12:00Z to 16:00Z
Wind 300° at 11 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; scattered clouds at 800 ft, overcast at 1,200 ft.
Temporarily, Nov 5 12:00Z to 16:00Z
Visibility 3 miles; light drizzle, mist; overcast at 900 ft.
From Nov 5 16:00Z (until 22:00Z)
Wind 340° at 13 kt, gusting 21 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; scattered clouds at 1,000 ft, overcast at 1,400 ft.
From Nov 5 22:00Z (until Nov 6 05:00Z)
Wind 350° at 11 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; overcast at 1,600 ft.
From Nov 6 05:00Z (until 12:00Z)
Wind 360° at 7 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; broken clouds at 2,000 ft.

Airport diagram

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Times are UTC (Z); the time after a slash is the local time at the airport. Weather and runway data come from the NOAA Aviation Weather Center (aviationweather.gov) and are refreshed here every few minutes; the plain-English summaries are generated by cwsi.net and may simplify, so the raw METAR and TAF are authoritative. Runway headings are true, worked out from NOAA's runway alignment. cwsi.net is not affiliated with NOAA or the FAA: get an official weather briefing before flight.