TAF Daily
Puzzle #113 was NZCH (Christchurch International Airport).
TAF NZCH 300207Z 3003/3106 21008KT 9999 BKN060 BECMG 3003/3005 18015G25KT TEMPO 3003/3007 6000 SHRA PROB30 TEMPO 3003/3005 20025G40KT 2000 TSRAGR SCT020CB BECMG 3007/3009 24010KT BECMG 3101/3103 08010KT
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- NZCH
- Station NZCH
- 300207Z
- Issued on the 30 at 0207 Zulu (UTC)
- 3003/3106
- Valid from the 30 at 0300 Zulu to the 31 at 0600 Zulu
- 21008KT
- Wind from 210° at 8 knots
- 9999
- Visibility 10 km or more
- BKN060
- Broken clouds at 6,000 ft
- BECMG 3003/3005
- Becoming, gradually over the 30 at 0300 Zulu to the 30 at 0500 Zulu
- 18015G25KT
- Wind from 180° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- TEMPO 3003/3007
- Temporarily, the 30 at 0300 Zulu to the 30 at 0700 Zulu
- 6000
- Visibility 6,000 meters
- SHRA
- Showers of rain
- PROB30 TEMPO 3003/3005
- 30% probability of temporary conditions, the 30 at 0300 Zulu to the 30 at 0500 Zulu
- 20025G40KT
- Wind from 200° at 25 knots, gusting 40
- 2000
- Visibility 2,000 meters
- TSRAGR
- Thunderstorm with rain hail
- SCT020CB
- Scattered clouds at 2,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- BECMG 3007/3009
- Becoming, gradually over the 30 at 0700 Zulu to the 30 at 0900 Zulu
- 24010KT
- Wind from 240° at 10 knots
- BECMG 3101/3103
- Becoming, gradually over the 31 at 0100 Zulu to the 31 at 0300 Zulu
- 08010KT
- Wind from 80° at 10 knots
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 30 at 03:00Z to day 31 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 stays about the same throughout.
- 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 3007/3009" indicate?
- A gradual change, becoming the new conditions across that window.