KLW Weather: METAR, TAF and Runway Winds

Klawock Airport, Klawock, AK · PAKW

Current weather at Klawock Airport in Klawock, AK (IATA KLW, ICAO PAKW): the latest observation puts the airport in VFR (visual flight rules) conditions, wind 150° at 9 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.

KLW airport info KLW NOTAMs

Current conditions (METAR)

VFRObserved at 12:53Z on Nov 5, 36 minutes ago

Wind: from the south-southeast (150° true) at 9 knots.
Visibility: 10 miles or more.
Weather: no rain, snow, fog or other weather reported.
Clouds: few clouds at 1,900 ft, scattered clouds at 3,300 ft; no ceiling.
Temperature: 10°C (50°F), dew point 6°C (43°F).
Altimeter: 29.57 inHg (1001 hPa).

METAR PAKW 051253Z AUTO 15009KT 10SM FEW019 SCT033 10/06 A2957 RMK AO2 RAE07B28E46 SLP012 T01000061 TSNO PNO $

Runway winds

Components for the current wind, 150° at 9 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
02	039°	Tailwind 3 kt	8 kt from the right	5,000 ft
20 Most headwind	219°	3 kt	8 kt from the left	5,000 ft

Forecast (TAF)

Issued Nov 5 11:34Z, valid Nov 5 12:00Z to Nov 6 12:00Z

TAF PAKW 051134Z 0512/0612 14008KT P6SM -SHRA FEW020 BKN040 OVC050 FM051700 12015G35KT 6SM -RA BR BKN025 OVC030 WS020/15050KT FM052100 13025G45KT 4SM -RA BR BKN025 OVC035 WS020/17050KT FM060000 15020G40KT 5SM -RA BR BKN025 OVC040 WS020/15045KT FM060300 15015G30KT 6SM -RA BR BKN025 OVC040 WS020/18045KT FM060600 18019G28KT 6SM -RA BR OVC025 WS015/20050KT AMD LTD TO CLD VIS AND WIND

Nov 5 12:00Z to 17:00Z
Wind 140° at 8 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; light rain showers; few clouds at 2,000 ft, broken clouds at 4,000 ft, overcast at 5,000 ft.
From Nov 5 17:00Z (until 21:00Z)
Wind 120° at 15 kt, gusting 35 kt; visibility 6 miles; light rain, mist; broken clouds at 2,500 ft, overcast at 3,000 ft; wind shear at 2,000 ft, 150° at 50 kt.
From Nov 5 21:00Z (until Nov 6 00:00Z)
Wind 130° at 25 kt, gusting 45 kt; visibility 4 miles; light rain, mist; broken clouds at 2,500 ft, overcast at 3,500 ft; wind shear at 2,000 ft, 170° at 50 kt.
From Nov 6 00:00Z (until 03:00Z)
Wind 150° at 20 kt, gusting 40 kt; visibility 5 miles; light rain, mist; broken clouds at 2,500 ft, overcast at 4,000 ft; wind shear at 2,000 ft, 150° at 45 kt.
From Nov 6 03:00Z (until 06:00Z)
Wind 150° at 15 kt, gusting 30 kt; visibility 6 miles; light rain, mist; broken clouds at 2,500 ft, overcast at 4,000 ft; wind shear at 2,000 ft, 180° at 45 kt.
From Nov 6 06:00Z (until 12:00Z)
Wind 180° at 19 kt, gusting 28 kt; visibility 6 miles; light rain, mist; overcast at 2,500 ft; wind shear at 1,500 ft, 200° at 50 kt.

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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.