TAF Daily
Puzzle #117 was SAEZ (Ezeiza International Airport - Ministro Pistarini).
TAF SAEZ 022300Z 0300/0324 09005KT CAVOK TX22/0318Z TN15/0309Z BECMG 0305/0307 5000 BR BKN007 TEMPO 0308/0311 1000 FG OVC005 BECMG 0312/0314 09010KT 9999 SCT040 BKN060 BECMG 0317/0319 6000 RA SCT020 OVC040 TEMPO 0320/0324 27010G25KT 1500 +TSRA SCT015 OVC035 SCT045CB
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- SAEZ
- Station SAEZ
- 022300Z
- Issued on the 02 at 2300 Zulu (UTC)
- 0300/0324
- Valid from the 03 at 0000 Zulu to the 03 at 2400 Zulu
- 09005KT
- Wind from 90° at 5 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)
- TX22/0318Z
- Maximum temperature 22°C on the 03 at 1800 Zulu
- TN15/0309Z
- Minimum temperature 15°C on the 03 at 0900 Zulu
- BECMG 0305/0307
- Becoming, gradually over the 03 at 0500 Zulu to the 03 at 0700 Zulu
- 5000
- Visibility 5,000 meters
- BR
- Mist
- BKN007
- Broken clouds at 700 ft
- TEMPO 0308/0311
- Temporarily, the 03 at 0800 Zulu to the 03 at 1100 Zulu
- 1000
- Visibility 1,000 meters
- FG
- Fog
- OVC005
- Overcast at 500 ft
- BECMG 0312/0314
- Becoming, gradually over the 03 at 1200 Zulu to the 03 at 1400 Zulu
- 09010KT
- Wind from 90° at 10 knots
- 9999
- Visibility 10 km or more
- SCT040
- Scattered clouds at 4,000 ft
- BKN060
- Broken clouds at 6,000 ft
- BECMG 0317/0319
- Becoming, gradually over the 03 at 1700 Zulu to the 03 at 1900 Zulu
- 6000
- Visibility 6,000 meters
- RA
- Rain
- SCT020
- Scattered clouds at 2,000 ft
- OVC040
- Overcast at 4,000 ft
- TEMPO 0320/0324
- Temporarily, the 03 at 2000 Zulu to the 03 at 2400 Zulu
- 27010G25KT
- Wind from 270° at 10 knots, gusting 25
- 1500
- Visibility 1,500 meters
- +TSRA
- Heavy thunderstorm with rain
- SCT015
- Scattered clouds at 1,500 ft
- OVC035
- Overcast at 3,500 ft
- SCT045CB
- Scattered clouds at 4,500 ft (cumulonimbus)
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 03 at 00:00Z to day 03 at 24:00Z
- What is the flight category of the initial (base) forecast period?
- VFR
- 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 "TEMPO 0320/0324" indicate?
- Temporary fluctuations, each lasting under an hour, within that window.