TAF Daily
Puzzle #10 was EPKT (Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport).
TAF EPKT 190530Z 1906/2006 VRB02KT CAVOK BECMG 1910/1912 SCT030CB TEMPO 1912/1918 29022G40KT 2000 TSRA BKN030CB BECMG 1918/1920 28010KT CAVOK PROB40 TEMPO 1920/1922 -SHRA BKN040CB TEMPO 2000/2006 1500 BR BKN005
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- EPKT
- Station EPKT
- 190530Z
- Issued on the 19 at 0530 Zulu (UTC)
- 1906/2006
- Valid from the 19 at 0600 Zulu to the 20 at 0600 Zulu
- VRB02KT
- Wind variable at 2 knots
- CAVOK
- Ceiling and visibility OK (visibility 10 km+, no cloud below 5,000 ft or below the highest minimum sector altitude, no significant weather)
- BECMG 1910/1912
- Becoming, gradually over the 19 at 1000 Zulu to the 19 at 1200 Zulu
- SCT030CB
- Scattered clouds at 3,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- TEMPO 1912/1918
- Temporarily, the 19 at 1200 Zulu to the 19 at 1800 Zulu
- 29022G40KT
- Wind from 290° at 22 knots, gusting 40
- 2000
- Visibility 2,000 meters
- TSRA
- Thunderstorm with rain
- BKN030CB
- Broken clouds at 3,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- BECMG 1918/1920
- Becoming, gradually over the 19 at 1800 Zulu to the 19 at 2000 Zulu
- 28010KT
- Wind from 280° at 10 knots
- CAVOK
- Ceiling and visibility OK (visibility 10 km+, no cloud below 5,000 ft or below the highest minimum sector altitude, no significant weather)
- PROB40 TEMPO 1920/1922
- 40% probability of temporary conditions, the 19 at 2000 Zulu to the 19 at 2200 Zulu
- -SHRA
- Light showers of rain
- BKN040CB
- Broken clouds at 4,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- TEMPO 2000/2006
- Temporarily, the 20 at 0000 Zulu to the 20 at 0600 Zulu
- 1500
- Visibility 1,500 meters
- BR
- Mist
- BKN005
- Broken clouds at 500 ft
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 19 at 06:00Z to day 20 at 06:00Z
- What is the flight category of the initial (base) forecast period?
- VFR
- Across the whole forecast, what is the worst (most restrictive) flight category at any point?
- LIFR
- In this forecast, what does the group beginning "TEMPO 2000/2006" indicate?
- Temporary fluctuations, each lasting under an hour, within that window.
- What does this forecast say about convective (thunderstorm) weather?
- Thunderstorms or cumulonimbus (CB) clouds are explicitly forecast.