TAF Daily
Puzzle #119 was KJFK (John F. Kennedy International Airport).
TAF KJFK 050409Z 0504/0606 18010KT P6SM BKN250 TEMPO 0504/0506 1SM BR BKN004 FM050700 19006KT P6SM FEW010 SCT040 BKN150 FM051500 19010KT 6SM BR SCT015 BKN080 PROB30 0515/0518 -SHRA FM051800 18014KT P6SM BKN025 BKN080 PROB30 0518/0524 -SHRA FM060000 18010KT 6SM -SHRA SCT015 OVC025
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- KJFK
- Station KJFK
- 050409Z
- Issued on the 05 at 0409 Zulu (UTC)
- 0504/0606
- Valid from the 05 at 0400 Zulu to the 06 at 0600 Zulu
- 18010KT
- Wind from 180° at 10 knots
- P6SM
- Visibility greater than 6 statute miles
- BKN250
- Broken clouds at 25,000 ft
- TEMPO 0504/0506
- Temporarily, the 05 at 0400 Zulu to the 05 at 0600 Zulu
- 1SM
- Visibility 1 statute miles
- BR
- Mist
- BKN004
- Broken clouds at 400 ft
- FM050700
- Rapid change from the 05 at 0700 Zulu
- 19006KT
- Wind from 190° at 6 knots
- P6SM
- Visibility greater than 6 statute miles
- FEW010
- Few clouds at 1,000 ft
- SCT040
- Scattered clouds at 4,000 ft
- BKN150
- Broken clouds at 15,000 ft
- FM051500
- Rapid change from the 05 at 1500 Zulu
- 19010KT
- Wind from 190° at 10 knots
- 6SM
- Visibility 6 statute miles
- BR
- Mist
- SCT015
- Scattered clouds at 1,500 ft
- BKN080
- Broken clouds at 8,000 ft
- PROB30 0515/0518
- 30% probability of temporary conditions, the 05 at 1500 Zulu to the 05 at 1800 Zulu
- -SHRA
- Light showers of rain
- FM051800
- Rapid change from the 05 at 1800 Zulu
- 18014KT
- Wind from 180° at 14 knots
- P6SM
- Visibility greater than 6 statute miles
- BKN025
- Broken clouds at 2,500 ft
- BKN080
- Broken clouds at 8,000 ft
- PROB30 0518/0524
- 30% probability of temporary conditions, the 05 at 1800 Zulu to the 05 at 2400 Zulu
- -SHRA
- Light showers of rain
- FM060000
- Rapid change from the 06 at 0000 Zulu
- 18010KT
- Wind from 180° at 10 knots
- 6SM
- Visibility 6 statute miles
- -SHRA
- Light showers of rain
- SCT015
- Scattered clouds at 1,500 ft
- OVC025
- Overcast at 2,500 ft
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 05 at 04:00Z to day 06 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 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 "PROB30 0515/0518" indicate?
- A 30% probability of the stated conditions during that window.