TAF Daily
Puzzle #116 was KDEN (Denver International Airport).
TAF KDEN 020330Z 0204/0306 18006KT 5SM BR FEW050 BKN090 OVC120 FM020500 23007KT P6SM SCT070 BKN120 FM021000 30007KT P6SM VCFG FEW002 BKN120 TEMPO 0212/0215 1/4SM FG VV002 FM021500 36020G32KT P6SM VCSH SCT020 BKN050 OVC080 TEMPO 0215/0219 5SM -SHRA BR BKN020 FM021900 36020G32KT P6SM VCSH SCT030 BKN060 PROB30 0219/0301 -SHRA
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- KDEN
- Station KDEN
- 020330Z
- Issued on the 02 at 0330 Zulu (UTC)
- 0204/0306
- Valid from the 02 at 0400 Zulu to the 03 at 0600 Zulu
- 18006KT
- Wind from 180° at 6 knots
- 5SM
- Visibility 5 statute miles
- BR
- Mist
- FEW050
- Few clouds at 5,000 ft
- BKN090
- Broken clouds at 9,000 ft
- OVC120
- Overcast at 12,000 ft
- FM020500
- Rapid change from the 02 at 0500 Zulu
- 23007KT
- Wind from 230° at 7 knots
- P6SM
- Visibility greater than 6 statute miles
- SCT070
- Scattered clouds at 7,000 ft
- BKN120
- Broken clouds at 12,000 ft
- FM021000
- Rapid change from the 02 at 1000 Zulu
- 30007KT
- Wind from 300° at 7 knots
- P6SM
- Visibility greater than 6 statute miles
- VCFG
- Fog in the vicinity
- FEW002
- Few clouds at 200 ft
- BKN120
- Broken clouds at 12,000 ft
- TEMPO 0212/0215
- Temporarily, the 02 at 1200 Zulu to the 02 at 1500 Zulu
- 1/4SM
- Visibility 1/4 statute miles
- FG
- Fog
- VV002
- Vertical visibility 200 ft (sky obscured)
- FM021500
- Rapid change from the 02 at 1500 Zulu
- 36020G32KT
- Wind from 360° at 20 knots, gusting 32
- P6SM
- Visibility greater than 6 statute miles
- VCSH
- Showers of in the vicinity
- SCT020
- Scattered clouds at 2,000 ft
- BKN050
- Broken clouds at 5,000 ft
- OVC080
- Overcast at 8,000 ft
- TEMPO 0215/0219
- Temporarily, the 02 at 1500 Zulu to the 02 at 1900 Zulu
- 5SM
- Visibility 5 statute miles
- -SHRA
- Light showers of rain
- BR
- Mist
- BKN020
- Broken clouds at 2,000 ft
- FM021900
- Rapid change from the 02 at 1900 Zulu
- 36020G32KT
- Wind from 360° at 20 knots, gusting 32
- P6SM
- Visibility greater than 6 statute miles
- VCSH
- Showers of in the vicinity
- SCT030
- Scattered clouds at 3,000 ft
- BKN060
- Broken clouds at 6,000 ft
- PROB30 0219/0301
- 30% probability of temporary conditions, the 02 at 1900 Zulu to the 03 at 0100 Zulu
- -SHRA
- Light showers of rain
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 02 at 04:00Z to day 03 at 06:00Z
- What is the flight category of the initial (base) forecast period?
- MVFR
- 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?
- LIFR
- In this forecast, what does the group beginning "FM021000" indicate?
- A rapid, complete change to new prevailing conditions from that time onward.