TAF Daily
Puzzle #114 was YSSY (Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport).
TAF AMD YSSY 310423Z 3104/0106 35018KT 9999 -SHRA NSC FM311200 32010KT CAVOK FM311900 18018KT 9999 SCT010 BKN025 FM312200 15014KT 9999 SCT025 TEMPO 3105/3107 VRB30G45KT 0500 +TSRAGR BKN006 SCT060CB TEMPO 3107/3112 26020G30KT 3000 +SHRA BKN012 SCT060TCU PROB30 TEMPO 3107/3114 VRB30G45KT 0500 +TSRAGR BKN006 SCT060CB PROB30 TEMPO 0103/0106 VRB25G40KT 0500 +TSRAGR BKN006 SCT060CB
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- AMD
- Amended forecast
- YSSY
- Station YSSY
- 310423Z
- Issued on the 31 at 0423 Zulu (UTC)
- 3104/0106
- Valid from the 31 at 0400 Zulu to the 01 at 0600 Zulu
- 35018KT
- Wind from 350° at 18 knots
- 9999
- Visibility 10 km or more
- -SHRA
- Light showers of rain
- NSC
- No significant cloud
- FM311200
- Rapid change from the 31 at 1200 Zulu
- 32010KT
- Wind from 320° at 10 knots
- CAVOK
- Ceiling and visibility OK (visibility 10 km+, no cloud below 5,000 ft or below the highest minimum sector altitude, no significant weather)
- FM311900
- Rapid change from the 31 at 1900 Zulu
- 18018KT
- Wind from 180° at 18 knots
- 9999
- Visibility 10 km or more
- SCT010
- Scattered clouds at 1,000 ft
- BKN025
- Broken clouds at 2,500 ft
- FM312200
- Rapid change from the 31 at 2200 Zulu
- 15014KT
- Wind from 150° at 14 knots
- 9999
- Visibility 10 km or more
- SCT025
- Scattered clouds at 2,500 ft
- TEMPO 3105/3107
- Temporarily, the 31 at 0500 Zulu to the 31 at 0700 Zulu
- VRB30G45KT
- Wind variable at 30 knots, gusting 45
- 0500
- Visibility 500 meters
- +TSRAGR
- Heavy thunderstorm with rain hail
- BKN006
- Broken clouds at 600 ft
- SCT060CB
- Scattered clouds at 6,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- TEMPO 3107/3112
- Temporarily, the 31 at 0700 Zulu to the 31 at 1200 Zulu
- 26020G30KT
- Wind from 260° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- 3000
- Visibility 3,000 meters
- +SHRA
- Heavy showers of rain
- BKN012
- Broken clouds at 1,200 ft
- SCT060TCU
- Scattered clouds at 6,000 ft (towering cumulus)
- PROB30 TEMPO 3107/3114
- 30% probability of temporary conditions, the 31 at 0700 Zulu to the 31 at 1400 Zulu
- VRB30G45KT
- Wind variable at 30 knots, gusting 45
- 0500
- Visibility 500 meters
- +TSRAGR
- Heavy thunderstorm with rain hail
- BKN006
- Broken clouds at 600 ft
- SCT060CB
- Scattered clouds at 6,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- PROB30 TEMPO 0103/0106
- 30% probability of temporary conditions, the 01 at 0300 Zulu to the 01 at 0600 Zulu
- VRB25G40KT
- Wind variable at 25 knots, gusting 40
- 0500
- Visibility 500 meters
- +TSRAGR
- Heavy thunderstorm with rain hail
- BKN006
- Broken clouds at 600 ft
- SCT060CB
- Scattered clouds at 6,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 31 at 04:00Z to day 01 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?
- LIFR
- In this forecast, what does the group beginning "TEMPO 3105/3107" indicate?
- Temporary fluctuations, each lasting under an hour, within that window.