TAF Daily
Puzzle #14 was KIAH (George Bush Intercontinental Airport).
TAF KIAH 112105Z 1121/1224 09004KT P6SM VCSH SCT035 SCT160 BKN250 TEMPO 1122/1124 VRB20KT 5SM TSRA BR BKN035CB FM120000 14007KT P6SM FEW035 SCT150 FM120300 VRB03KT P6SM SCT025 FM121700 VRB05KT P6SM VCSH FEW040 PROB30 1217/1222 VRB10G15KT P6SM TS BKN040CB
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- KIAH
- Station KIAH
- 112105Z
- Issued on the 11 at 2105 Zulu (UTC)
- 1121/1224
- Valid from the 11 at 2100 Zulu to the 12 at 2400 Zulu
- 09004KT
- Wind from 90° at 4 knots
- P6SM
- Visibility greater than 6 statute miles
- VCSH
- Showers of in the vicinity
- SCT035
- Scattered clouds at 3,500 ft
- SCT160
- Scattered clouds at 16,000 ft
- BKN250
- Broken clouds at 25,000 ft
- TEMPO 1122/1124
- Temporarily, the 11 at 2200 Zulu to the 11 at 2400 Zulu
- VRB20KT
- Wind variable at 20 knots
- 5SM
- Visibility 5 statute miles
- TSRA
- Thunderstorm with rain
- BR
- Mist
- BKN035CB
- Broken clouds at 3,500 ft (cumulonimbus)
- FM120000
- Rapid change from the 12 at 0000 Zulu
- 14007KT
- Wind from 140° at 7 knots
- P6SM
- Visibility greater than 6 statute miles
- FEW035
- Few clouds at 3,500 ft
- SCT150
- Scattered clouds at 15,000 ft
- FM120300
- Rapid change from the 12 at 0300 Zulu
- VRB03KT
- Wind variable at 3 knots
- P6SM
- Visibility greater than 6 statute miles
- SCT025
- Scattered clouds at 2,500 ft
- FM121700
- Rapid change from the 12 at 1700 Zulu
- VRB05KT
- Wind variable at 5 knots
- P6SM
- Visibility greater than 6 statute miles
- VCSH
- Showers of in the vicinity
- FEW040
- Few clouds at 4,000 ft
- PROB30 1217/1222
- 30% probability of temporary conditions, the 12 at 1700 Zulu to the 12 at 2200 Zulu
- VRB10G15KT
- Wind variable at 10 knots, gusting 15
- P6SM
- Visibility greater than 6 statute miles
- TS
- Thunderstorm with
- BKN040CB
- Broken clouds at 4,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 11 at 21:00Z to day 12 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 lifts (improves) later in the forecast.
- Across the whole forecast, what is the worst (most restrictive) flight category at any point?
- MVFR
- In this forecast, what does the group beginning "FM121700" indicate?
- A rapid, complete change to new prevailing conditions from that time onward.