// 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
20
estimated from wind
160°/7kt
Δ 44° from runway heading
NSWE02201230160° 7ktEGPKPIKXW 5HW 5
5ktLIGHT
Crosswind
5kt
Headwind
71% of wind vector
Temperature
11°C
Dew 10°C
QNH
1011 hPa
Slightly low
Visibility
10+ km
EGPK reported
Wind source
160° / 7kt
Steady
Wind-favoured runway by aircraft category

What the wind alone would suggest for each size of aircraft (Prism estimate).

20
Light
<7t
20
Medium
7-136t
12
Heavy
>136t
Vertical wind profile
Surface → cruise, solved from ADS-B
116
aircraft in solve
5k10k20k30k40k160° 7ktSurface229° 62kt5-20k198° 43kt20-50kEGPK SURFACEVERTICAL WIND PROFILE
Surface
7kt160°
Mid (5–20k ft)
n=10
62kt229°
Cruise (20–50k ft)
n=54
43kt198°
Implied TAS @ cruise ≈ 465kt

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. These solves can be noisy; implausible values are hidden: over 100 kt below FL100 (150 kt if gusting), more than 40 kt off the METAR in the lowest band, or aloft over 250 kt or far faster than the rest of the profile.

t_+550_-060
FL000–050
implausible solve hidden
FL300–400
65kt
120°
Per-runway components · from METAR surface wind
RWY 12121°T
HW +5ktXW 4kt
RWY 30301°T
HW -5ktXW 4kt
RWY 0224°T
HW -5ktXW 5kt
RWY 20204°T
HW +5ktXW 5kt
Storm watch
Settled
0%SETTLED

No storm indicators

+1.0hPa
Pressure Δ3h
1°
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
Wind220°/4kt
Headwind4kt
Crosswind1kt
EGPF
RWY
23
Wind190°/6kt
Headwind5kt
Crosswind4kt
EGPA
RWY
17
Wind160°/12kt
Headwind12kt
Crosswind2kt
EGPB
RWY
15
Wind150°/14kt
Headwind14kt
Crosswind0kt
EGPE
RWY
05/23
calm — preferential
Wind0°/0kt
Headwind0kt
Crosswind0kt
EGPO
RWY
19
Wind190°/23kt
Headwind23kt
Crosswind0kt
EGEO
RWY
—
Wind180°/22kt
Headwind—kt
Crosswind—

METAR Decode

Parsed from raw observation

Wind
NSWE
7 kt
160°
Visibility
10+ km
CAVOK — Ceiling and visibility OK
Temperature / Dewpoint
11°C
Temperature
10°C
Dewpoint
1°
Spread
Frost/fog risk — temperature–dewpoint spread below 3°C
QNH (Pressure)
1011 hPa
Normal atmospheric pressure
Predicted Runway in Use
RWY 20
Crosswind runway: landing from NNE, departing SSW
estimated from wind
Inactive: RWY 02|Crosswind (02/20)|Crosswind component: Present
Estimated from live wind and runway rules, not from ATC

TAF Decode

Terminal Aerodrome Forecast — broken into periods

BASE
Day 01 00:00Z → Day 01 24:00Z
Wind: 16009KT
16009KT CAVOK
BECMG
Day 01 07:00Z → Day 01 10:00Z
Wind: 22010KT
22010KT
TEMPO
Day 01 20:00Z → Day 01 24:00Z
Wind: 19015G25KT
19015G25KT
TEMPO
Day 01 23:00Z → Day 01 24:00Z
Vis: 7000m
7000 RA SHRA BKN014
PROB 30%
Day 01 23:00Z → Day 01 24:00Z
Vis: 4000m
4000 +SHRA
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.