Prestwick Live Conditions · Prism Intelligence

Conditions.

Real-time derived weather intelligence for Glasgow Prestwick — fused from METAR, upper-air ADS-B wind solving, pressure gradients, and anchored-vessel signals. Refreshed every 45 seconds.

Active runway
Glasgow Prestwick · EGPK / PIK
VFR
RWY
30
290°/11kt
Δ 10° from runway heading
NSWE20023012290° 11ktEGPKPIKXW 2HW 11
2ktCALM
Crosswind
11kt
Headwind
98% of wind vector
Temperature
18°C
Dew 13°C
QNH
1019 hPa
Normal
Visibility
10+ km
EGPK reported
Wind source
290° / 11kt
Steady
Runway by aircraft category
30
Light
<7t
30
Medium
7-136t
30
Heavy
>136t
Vertical wind profile
Surface → cruise, solved from ADS-B
937
aircraft in solve
5k10k20k30k40k290° 11ktSurface226° 33kt20-50kEGPK SURFACEVERTICAL WIND PROFILE
Surface
11kt290°
Mid (5–20k ft)
Not enough spread
Cruise (20–50k ft)
n=288
33kt226°
Implied TAS @ cruise ≈ 446kt

When enough aircraft at an altitude band have varied headings, the wind vector pops out of a linear system solving TAS² = (GS + W)² across them.

Wind Atlas · EGPK profile

ADS-B inverse-solve upper-air wind per flight level

t_+550_-060
FL050–080
19kt
258°
FL080–150
67kt
264°
interp
FL150–240
43kt
256°
FL240–300
95kt
241°
FL300–400
37kt
107°
Per-runway (low level)
RWY 0330°
HW -13ktXW 14kt
RWY 12120°
HW -14ktXW 13kt
RWY 21210°
HW +13ktXW 14kt
RWY 30300°
HW +14ktXW 13kt
Storm watch
Settled
1%SETTLED

No storm indicators

+0.0hPa
Pressure Δ3h
-3°
Wind rot
0
Anchors
Visibility
10+
km
01km5km10km+
Cross-check

No low-visibility indicators

0 aircraft observed in region

Region

Nearby airports

EGPH
RWY
24
Wind260°/11kt
Headwind10kt
Crosswind4kt
EGPF
RWY
23
Wind270°/10kt
Headwind8kt
Crosswind6kt
EGPA
RWY
27
Wind280°/15kt
Headwind15kt
Crosswind3kt
EGPB
RWY
24
Wind220°/7kt
Headwind7kt
Crosswind2kt
EGPD
RWY
34
Wind330°/13kt
Headwind13kt
Crosswind2kt
EGPE
RWY
23
Wind250°/8kt
Headwind8kt
Crosswind3kt
EGPO
RWY
24
Wind260°/13kt
Headwind12kt
Crosswind4kt
EGEO
RWY
Wind280°/12kt
Headwindkt
Crosswind

METAR Decode

Parsed from raw observation

Wind
NSWE
11 kt
290°
Visibility
10+ km
9999 metres
Temperature / Dewpoint
18°C
Temperature
13°C
Dewpoint
Spread
QNH (Pressure)
1019 hPa
Normal atmospheric pressure
Cloud Layers
3,700 ft
Broken
2,600 ft
Few
Predicted Runway in Use
RWY 30
Landing from SE, departing NW
Inactive: RWY 12|Primary (12/30)|Crosswind component: Present

TAF Decode

Terminal Aerodrome Forecast — broken into periods

BASE
Day 14 12:00Z → Day 15 12:00Z
Wind: 30013KT
Vis: 9999m
30013KT 9999 SCT035
TEMPO
Day 14 12:00Z → Day 14 14:00Z
BKN008
PROB 30%
Day 14 12:00Z → Day 15 02:00Z
Vis: 7000m
7000 SHRA -DZ
PROB 40%
Day 14 18:00Z → Day 15 02:00Z
BKN012
Data flows: METAR via siphon · Upper-air from ADS-B inverse solve · Storm watch fuses pressure tendency, wind rotation, and anchor delta from live AIS vessels. Sources are cross-verified so a single dodgy station won't skew the picture.