TAF Daily
Puzzle #100 was LEBL (Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport).
TAF LEBL 162300Z 1700/1724 33005KT 9999 FEW010 TX24/1712Z TN17/1706Z PROB30 TEMPO 1700/1706 3000 BR BKN014 BECMG 1710/1712 22010KT BECMG 1718/1720 07010KT TEMPO 1718/1724 VRB15G25KT 3000 TSRA FEW020CB PROB30 TEMPO 1720/1723 1500 +TSRAGR SCT020CB
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- LEBL
- Station LEBL
- 162300Z
- Issued on the 16 at 2300 Zulu (UTC)
- 1700/1724
- Valid from the 17 at 0000 Zulu to the 17 at 2400 Zulu
- 33005KT
- Wind from 330° at 5 knots
- 9999
- Visibility 10 km or more
- FEW010
- Few clouds at 1,000 ft
- TX24/1712Z
- Maximum temperature 24°C on the 17 at 1200 Zulu
- TN17/1706Z
- Minimum temperature 17°C on the 17 at 0600 Zulu
- PROB30 TEMPO 1700/1706
- 30% probability of temporary conditions, the 17 at 0000 Zulu to the 17 at 0600 Zulu
- 3000
- Visibility 3,000 meters
- BR
- Mist
- BKN014
- Broken clouds at 1,400 ft
- BECMG 1710/1712
- Becoming, gradually over the 17 at 1000 Zulu to the 17 at 1200 Zulu
- 22010KT
- Wind from 220° at 10 knots
- BECMG 1718/1720
- Becoming, gradually over the 17 at 1800 Zulu to the 17 at 2000 Zulu
- 07010KT
- Wind from 70° at 10 knots
- TEMPO 1718/1724
- Temporarily, the 17 at 1800 Zulu to the 17 at 2400 Zulu
- VRB15G25KT
- Wind variable at 15 knots, gusting 25
- 3000
- Visibility 3,000 meters
- TSRA
- Thunderstorm with rain
- FEW020CB
- Few clouds at 2,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- PROB30 TEMPO 1720/1723
- 30% probability of temporary conditions, the 17 at 2000 Zulu to the 17 at 2300 Zulu
- 1500
- Visibility 1,500 meters
- +TSRAGR
- Heavy thunderstorm with rain hail
- SCT020CB
- Scattered clouds at 2,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 17 at 00:00Z to day 17 at 24:00Z
- 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 "BECMG 1718/1720" indicate?
- A gradual change, becoming the new conditions across that window.
- What does this forecast say about convective (thunderstorm) weather?
- Thunderstorms or cumulonimbus (CB) clouds are explicitly forecast.