SBY Weather: METAR, TAF and Runway Winds

Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport, Salisbury, MD · KSBY

Current weather at Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport in Salisbury, MD (IATA SBY, ICAO KSBY): the latest observation puts the airport in VFR (visual flight rules) conditions, wind 170° at 6 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)

VFRObserved at 12:54Z on Nov 5, 36 minutes ago

Wind: from the south (170° true) at 6 knots.
Visibility: 10 miles or more.
Weather: no rain, snow, fog or other weather reported.
Clouds: none reported; no ceiling.
Temperature: 18°C (65°F), dew point 17°C (63°F).
Altimeter: 30.01 inHg (1016 hPa).

METAR KSBY 051254Z 17006KT 10SM CLR 18/17 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP162 T01830172

Runway winds

Components for the current wind, 170° at 6 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
05	037°	Tailwind 4 kt	4 kt from the right	5,000 ft
23	217°	4 kt	4 kt from the left	5,000 ft
14 Most headwind	127°	4 kt	4 kt from the right	7,600 ft
32	307°	Tailwind 4 kt	4 kt from the left	7,600 ft

Forecast (TAF)

Issued Nov 5 11:20Z, valid Nov 5 12:00Z to Nov 6 12:00Z

TAF KSBY 051120Z 0512/0612 18008KT P6SM FEW060 BKN120 FM051600 20013G20KT P6SM SCT060 OVC100 FM052200 17008KT P6SM BKN050 FM060600 18009KT P6SM VCSH OVC030

Nov 5 12:00Z to 16:00Z
Wind 180° at 8 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; few clouds at 6,000 ft, broken clouds at 12,000 ft.
From Nov 5 16:00Z (until 22:00Z)
Wind 200° at 13 kt, gusting 20 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; scattered clouds at 6,000 ft, overcast at 10,000 ft.
From Nov 5 22:00Z (until Nov 6 06:00Z)
Wind 170° at 8 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; broken clouds at 5,000 ft.
From Nov 6 06:00Z (until 12:00Z)
Wind 180° at 9 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; showers in the vicinity; overcast at 3,000 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.