TAF Daily
Puzzle #107 was EHAM (Amsterdam Airport Schiphol).
TAF EHAM 232321Z 2400/2506 28025G37KT 9999 SCT018 BKN040 PROB40 TEMPO 2400/2403 6000 SHRA BKN014 SCT020CB BECMG 2402/2405 27020G30KT PROB40 TEMPO 2403/2411 7000 -SHRA BKN022 SCT025CB BECMG 2410/2413 24016KT BECMG 2415/2418 18020G32KT 6000 RA SCT012 BKN018 BECMG 2418/2421 18025G38KT 4000 BKN006 BECMG 2500/2503 26022G34KT 9999 NSW SCT025 PROB40 TEMPO 2500/2502 20032G47KT 2000 +RA
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- EHAM
- Station EHAM
- 232321Z
- Issued on the 23 at 2321 Zulu (UTC)
- 2400/2506
- Valid from the 24 at 0000 Zulu to the 25 at 0600 Zulu
- 28025G37KT
- Wind from 280° at 25 knots, gusting 37
- 9999
- Visibility 10 km or more
- SCT018
- Scattered clouds at 1,800 ft
- BKN040
- Broken clouds at 4,000 ft
- PROB40 TEMPO 2400/2403
- 40% probability of temporary conditions, the 24 at 0000 Zulu to the 24 at 0300 Zulu
- 6000
- Visibility 6,000 meters
- SHRA
- Showers of rain
- BKN014
- Broken clouds at 1,400 ft
- SCT020CB
- Scattered clouds at 2,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- BECMG 2402/2405
- Becoming, gradually over the 24 at 0200 Zulu to the 24 at 0500 Zulu
- 27020G30KT
- Wind from 270° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- PROB40 TEMPO 2403/2411
- 40% probability of temporary conditions, the 24 at 0300 Zulu to the 24 at 1100 Zulu
- 7000
- Visibility 7,000 meters
- -SHRA
- Light showers of rain
- BKN022
- Broken clouds at 2,200 ft
- SCT025CB
- Scattered clouds at 2,500 ft (cumulonimbus)
- BECMG 2410/2413
- Becoming, gradually over the 24 at 1000 Zulu to the 24 at 1300 Zulu
- 24016KT
- Wind from 240° at 16 knots
- BECMG 2415/2418
- Becoming, gradually over the 24 at 1500 Zulu to the 24 at 1800 Zulu
- 18020G32KT
- Wind from 180° at 20 knots, gusting 32
- 6000
- Visibility 6,000 meters
- RA
- Rain
- SCT012
- Scattered clouds at 1,200 ft
- BKN018
- Broken clouds at 1,800 ft
- BECMG 2418/2421
- Becoming, gradually over the 24 at 1800 Zulu to the 24 at 2100 Zulu
- 18025G38KT
- Wind from 180° at 25 knots, gusting 38
- 4000
- Visibility 4,000 meters
- BKN006
- Broken clouds at 600 ft
- BECMG 2500/2503
- Becoming, gradually over the 25 at 0000 Zulu to the 25 at 0300 Zulu
- 26022G34KT
- Wind from 260° at 22 knots, gusting 34
- 9999
- Visibility 10 km or more
- NSW
- No significant weather
- SCT025
- Scattered clouds at 2,500 ft
- PROB40 TEMPO 2500/2502
- 40% probability of temporary conditions, the 25 at 0000 Zulu to the 25 at 0200 Zulu
- 20032G47KT
- Wind from 200° at 32 knots, gusting 47
- 2000
- Visibility 2,000 meters
- +RA
- Heavy rain
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 24 at 00:00Z to day 25 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 lifts (improves) 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 "PROB40 TEMPO 2500/2502" indicate?
- A 40% probability of the stated conditions during that window.