Powerful Pacific System Impacting the West; First Significant Snow for Portions of the East

Power Pacific system will continue to bring significant impacts for Pacific Northwest into northern California the remainder of the week. Dangerous coastal affects, heavy rain, flooding, strong winds, and higher elevation mountain snow continues. Meanwhile, a storm across the east is set to bring the first accumulating snow to many higher elevations of the Catskills into the central Appalachians. Read More >

CIGS	VSBY	AAR	Type Approaches	Impact
>040	>10	120+	Visuals
012-040	>10	112-116	Instrument
012-040	<10	90-108	Instruments	MIT, TBFM (scheduling/metering)
<012	>1/2	90-98	Instruments	MIT, TBFM (scheduling/metering)
002-009	½ - 3	78-96	Instruments	MIT, TBFM (metering/scheduling)
<002	<1/2	54-60	Instruments	Tower requires additional spacing on arrival runways due to Tower Departure rule (2 increasing to 3). CATII and CATIII ILS approaches; MIT, GDP, Potential GS

Wind Speed/Direction		AAR	Type Approaches	Impact
25-30kts sustained from 280-300	Xwind	84-114	Visuals	MIT, TBFM (metering/scheduling)
>35kts sustained from 280-300	NW Flow Event	24-48	Instrument/Visuals	GDP, MIT, Potential GS
Gusts >45kts from 280-300	Xwind/NW Flow	24	Instrument/Visuals	Potential GS

S4 VMC: 13R (6MIT), 18R, 17C, 17L = 130/90

S4 LVMC: 13R (6MIT), 18R, 17C, 17L= 116/90

S4 IMC: 13R (6MIT), 18R, 17C, 17L= 108/90

S3 IMC: 18R, 17C, 17L = 98/90

S3 LIMC: 18R, 17C, 17L = 90/90

N4 VMC: 36L, 35C, 35R, 31R (6MIT) = 124/90

N4 LVMC: 36L, 35C, 35R, 31R (6MIT) = 112/90

N4 IMC: 36L, 35C, 35R, 31R (6MIT) = 108/90

N3 IMC: 36L, 35C, 35R = 94/90

N3 LIMC: 36L, 35C, 35R = 88/90

NW2VMC/IMC: 31R, 31L = 48/48 (5MIT on ea)

NW2LIMC: 31R = 24 (Single RWY)

Powerful Pacific System Impacting the West; First Significant Snow for Portions of the East

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