When you display weather → Ceilings, the values for the lowest altitude cloud level are used, regardless of density. For example, SCT060 would produce ceiling of 60 in this view.
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), ceiling is “the height above ground level (AGL) of the lowest cloud base (bottom of the cloud) that is below 20,000 ft (6,000 m) that is covering more than half the sky”. → Only broken (60%) or overcast (>80%) layers should be factored into ceiling.
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That should not be the case. Looking at the code, it is supposed to work exactly like you describe!
If possible, please provide the METAR report associated with the station that shows up with an incorrect ceiling! There is a potential for the map layer to be a couple of minutes out-of-date, resulting in a disconnect between the METAR report that is shown when you click on the map and the visible ceiling value. This issue is known and a bit hard to work around, unfortunately!
We’ll look into this regardless if you can provide a METAR report that is incorrectly identified.
Kind Regards,
Malte
Malte,
Thanks for your quick reply.
I am attaching a sample of what I’m talking about. The METAR is in the bottom right and specifies FEW070 and BKN250 but 070 is displayed for the ceiling. The problem seems to be when ceilings are very high, but I can’t quite understand the exact issue.
Corrections: The METAR is in the bottom left. The airport shown is KSDF.
