BRW Weather: METAR, TAF and Runway Winds

Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport, Barrow, AK · PABR

Current weather at Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport in Barrow, AK (IATA BRW, ICAO PABR): the latest observation puts the airport in IFR (instrument flight rules) conditions, wind 070° at 25 kt, gusting 32 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)

IFRObserved at 13:20Z on Nov 5, 7 minutes ago

Wind: from the east-northeast (070° true) at 25 knots, gusting 32 knots.
Visibility: 1 1/2 miles.
Weather: light snow, mist.
Clouds: overcast at 1,400 ft; the ceiling is 1,400 ft above the ground.
Temperature: -4°C (25°F), dew point -5°C (23°F).
Altimeter: 29.50 inHg (999 hPa).

SPECI PABR 051320Z AUTO 07025G32KT 1 1/2SM -SN BR OVC014 M04/M05 A2950 RMK AO2 PK WND 07032/1313 P0000 T10391050 TSNO $

Runway winds

Components for the current wind, 070° at 25 kt, gusting 32 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
08 Most headwind	090°	23 kt (gusts 30)	9 kt from the left (gusts 11)	7,100 ft
26	270°	Tailwind 23 kt (gusts tail 30)	9 kt from the right (gusts 11)	7,100 ft

Forecast (TAF)

Issued Nov 5 11:35Z, valid Nov 5 12:00Z to Nov 6 12:00Z

TAF PABR 051135Z 0512/0612 06025G35KT 6SM -SN BR BKN015 BKN035 FM051800 08020G30KT 2SM -SHSN BR OVC015 FM060300 08025G35KT 1 1/2SM -SN BLSN BR OVC006

Nov 5 12:00Z to 18:00Z
Wind 060° at 25 kt, gusting 35 kt; visibility 6 miles; light snow, mist; broken clouds at 1,500 ft, broken clouds at 3,500 ft.
From Nov 5 18:00Z (until Nov 6 03:00Z)
Wind 080° at 20 kt, gusting 30 kt; visibility 2 miles; light snow showers, mist; overcast at 1,500 ft.
From Nov 6 03:00Z (until 12:00Z)
Wind 080° at 25 kt, gusting 35 kt; visibility 1 1/2 miles; light snow, blowing snow, mist; overcast at 600 ft.

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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.