TAF Daily
Puzzle #13 was EYPA (Palanga International Airport).
TAF AMD EYPA 111851Z 1118/1218 VRB03KT 8000 SCT005 BKN020 TEMPO 1118/1121 3000 SHRA BKN005 BKN015CB PROB40 TEMPO 1118/1121 TS TEMPO 1121/1205 1500 BR BKN002 BECMG 1207/1209 01010KT
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- AMD
- Amended forecast
- EYPA
- Station EYPA
- 111851Z
- Issued on the 11 at 1851 Zulu (UTC)
- 1118/1218
- Valid from the 11 at 1800 Zulu to the 12 at 1800 Zulu
- VRB03KT
- Wind variable at 3 knots
- 8000
- Visibility 8,000 meters
- SCT005
- Scattered clouds at 500 ft
- BKN020
- Broken clouds at 2,000 ft
- TEMPO 1118/1121
- Temporarily, the 11 at 1800 Zulu to the 11 at 2100 Zulu
- 3000
- Visibility 3,000 meters
- SHRA
- Showers of rain
- BKN005
- Broken clouds at 500 ft
- BKN015CB
- Broken clouds at 1,500 ft (cumulonimbus)
- PROB40 TEMPO 1118/1121
- 40% probability of temporary conditions, the 11 at 1800 Zulu to the 11 at 2100 Zulu
- TS
- Thunderstorm with
- TEMPO 1121/1205
- Temporarily, the 11 at 2100 Zulu to the 12 at 0500 Zulu
- 1500
- Visibility 1,500 meters
- BR
- Mist
- BKN002
- Broken clouds at 200 ft
- BECMG 1207/1209
- Becoming, gradually over the 12 at 0700 Zulu to the 12 at 0900 Zulu
- 01010KT
- Wind from 10° at 10 knots
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 11 at 18:00Z to day 12 at 18:00Z
- What is the flight category of the initial (base) forecast period?
- MVFR
- 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 "PROB40 TEMPO 1118/1121" indicate?
- A 40% probability of the stated conditions during that window.