TAF Daily
Puzzle #111 was NZWN (Wellington International Airport).
TAF NZWN 280205Z 2803/2906 34025G40KT 9999 FEW030 BECMG 2806/2808 35015G25KT BECMG 2819/2821 34018G35KT TEMPO 2822/2904 6000 SHRA PROB30 TEMPO 2822/2902 3000 SHRA SCT020TCU BECMG 2902/2904 32010KT
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- NZWN
- Station NZWN
- 280205Z
- Issued on the 28 at 0205 Zulu (UTC)
- 2803/2906
- Valid from the 28 at 0300 Zulu to the 29 at 0600 Zulu
- 34025G40KT
- Wind from 340° at 25 knots, gusting 40
- 9999
- Visibility 10 km or more
- FEW030
- Few clouds at 3,000 ft
- BECMG 2806/2808
- Becoming, gradually over the 28 at 0600 Zulu to the 28 at 0800 Zulu
- 35015G25KT
- Wind from 350° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- BECMG 2819/2821
- Becoming, gradually over the 28 at 1900 Zulu to the 28 at 2100 Zulu
- 34018G35KT
- Wind from 340° at 18 knots, gusting 35
- TEMPO 2822/2904
- Temporarily, the 28 at 2200 Zulu to the 29 at 0400 Zulu
- 6000
- Visibility 6,000 meters
- SHRA
- Showers of rain
- PROB30 TEMPO 2822/2902
- 30% probability of temporary conditions, the 28 at 2200 Zulu to the 29 at 0200 Zulu
- 3000
- Visibility 3,000 meters
- SHRA
- Showers of rain
- SCT020TCU
- Scattered clouds at 2,000 ft (towering cumulus)
- BECMG 2902/2904
- Becoming, gradually over the 29 at 0200 Zulu to the 29 at 0400 Zulu
- 32010KT
- Wind from 320° at 10 knots
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 28 at 03:00Z to day 29 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?
- IFR
- In this forecast, what does the group beginning "TEMPO 2822/2904" 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.