TAF Daily
Puzzle #106 was EBOS (Ostend-Bruges International Airport).
TAF EBOS 222300Z 2300/2406 16010KT 9999 SCT020 SCT040 TEMPO 2301/2306 RA BKN014 BECMG 2302/2304 17020G30KT BECMG 2310/2312 17025G40KT RA BKN014 BECMG 2312/2314 27030G52KT TEMPO 2312/2317 4000 SHRA BKN013CB PROB30 TEMPO 2312/2315 3000 TSRA BKN013CB BECMG 2322/2324 30025G40KT NSW BKN020 BECMG 2404/2406 28020G30KT
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- EBOS
- Station EBOS
- 222300Z
- Issued on the 22 at 2300 Zulu (UTC)
- 2300/2406
- Valid from the 23 at 0000 Zulu to the 24 at 0600 Zulu
- 16010KT
- Wind from 160° at 10 knots
- 9999
- Visibility 10 km or more
- SCT020
- Scattered clouds at 2,000 ft
- SCT040
- Scattered clouds at 4,000 ft
- TEMPO 2301/2306
- Temporarily, the 23 at 0100 Zulu to the 23 at 0600 Zulu
- RA
- Rain
- BKN014
- Broken clouds at 1,400 ft
- BECMG 2302/2304
- Becoming, gradually over the 23 at 0200 Zulu to the 23 at 0400 Zulu
- 17020G30KT
- Wind from 170° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- BECMG 2310/2312
- Becoming, gradually over the 23 at 1000 Zulu to the 23 at 1200 Zulu
- 17025G40KT
- Wind from 170° at 25 knots, gusting 40
- RA
- Rain
- BKN014
- Broken clouds at 1,400 ft
- BECMG 2312/2314
- Becoming, gradually over the 23 at 1200 Zulu to the 23 at 1400 Zulu
- 27030G52KT
- Wind from 270° at 30 knots, gusting 52
- TEMPO 2312/2317
- Temporarily, the 23 at 1200 Zulu to the 23 at 1700 Zulu
- 4000
- Visibility 4,000 meters
- SHRA
- Showers of rain
- BKN013CB
- Broken clouds at 1,300 ft (cumulonimbus)
- PROB30 TEMPO 2312/2315
- 30% probability of temporary conditions, the 23 at 1200 Zulu to the 23 at 1500 Zulu
- 3000
- Visibility 3,000 meters
- TSRA
- Thunderstorm with rain
- BKN013CB
- Broken clouds at 1,300 ft (cumulonimbus)
- BECMG 2322/2324
- Becoming, gradually over the 23 at 2200 Zulu to the 23 at 2400 Zulu
- 30025G40KT
- Wind from 300° at 25 knots, gusting 40
- NSW
- No significant weather
- BKN020
- Broken clouds at 2,000 ft
- BECMG 2404/2406
- Becoming, gradually over the 24 at 0400 Zulu to the 24 at 0600 Zulu
- 28020G30KT
- Wind from 280° at 20 knots, gusting 30
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 23 at 00:00Z to day 24 at 06:00Z
- What is the flight category of the initial (base) forecast period?
- VFR
- Across the whole forecast, how does the ceiling change?
- The ceiling lowers (deteriorates) later in the forecast.
- Across the whole forecast, what is the worst (most restrictive) flight category at any point?
- IFR
- In this forecast, what does the group beginning "BECMG 2302/2304" indicate?
- A gradual change, becoming the new conditions across that window.