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Cyril E. King Airport, St. Thomas, VI · TIST

Current weather at Cyril E. King Airport in St. Thomas, VI (IATA STT, ICAO TIST): the latest observation puts the airport in VFR (visual flight rules) conditions, wind 130° 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.

Current conditions (METAR)

VFRObserved at 21:53Z on Oct 27, 29 minutes ago
  • Wind: from the southeast (130° true) at 10 knots.
  • Visibility: 10 miles or more.
  • Weather: no rain, snow, fog or other weather reported.
  • Clouds: few clouds at 3,000 ft; no ceiling.
  • Temperature: 29°C (85°F), dew point 25°C (77°F).
  • Altimeter: 29.94 inHg (1014 hPa).
METAR TIST 272153Z 13010KT 10SM FEW030 29/25 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP138 T02940250 $

Runway winds

Components for the current wind, 130° at 10 kt. Headings are true, as METAR winds are; the most-headwind runway ends are marked.

RunwayHeading (true)HeadwindCrosswindLength
10 Most headwind087°7 kt7 kt from the right7,000 ft
28267°Tailwind 7 kt7 kt from the left7,000 ft

Forecast (TAF)

Issued Oct 27 17:22Z, valid Oct 27 18:00Z to Oct 28 18:00Z

TAF TIST 271722Z 2718/2818 14013G20KT P6SM VCSH FEW025 SCT040 FM272200 11008KT P6SM VCSH FEW030 SCT050 FM281100 10005KT P6SM VCSH FEW030 FM281700 09010KT P6SM SCT050
  1. Oct 27 18:00Z to 22:00Z
    Wind 140° at 13 kt, gusting 20 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; showers in the vicinity; few clouds at 2,500 ft, scattered clouds at 4,000 ft.
  2. From Oct 27 22:00Z (until Oct 28 11:00Z)
    Wind 110° at 8 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; showers in the vicinity; few clouds at 3,000 ft, scattered clouds at 5,000 ft.
  3. From Oct 28 11:00Z (until 17:00Z)
    Wind 100° at 5 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; showers in the vicinity; few clouds at 3,000 ft.
  4. From Oct 28 17:00Z (until 18:00Z)
    Wind 090° at 10 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; scattered clouds at 5,000 ft.

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Times are UTC (Z). 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.