TAF Daily
Puzzle #16 was CYEG (Edmonton International Airport).
TAF CYEG 250240Z 2503/2524 VRB03KT 2SM FU VV040 TEMPO 2503/2507 6SM FU SCT100 FM250700 VRB03KT P6SM FEW100 TEMPO 2507/2511 4SM FU FM251100 VRB03KT P6SM FEW100 PROB30 2511/2514 3/4SM BR BECMG 2516/2518 14010KT FM252300 16010KT P6SM SCT050 BKN120 PROB30 2523/2524 VRB25G40KT 2SM +TSRAGR OVC030CB RMK NXT FCST BY 250600Z
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- CYEG
- Station CYEG
- 250240Z
- Issued on the 25 at 0240 Zulu (UTC)
- 2503/2524
- Valid from the 25 at 0300 Zulu to the 25 at 2400 Zulu
- VRB03KT
- Wind variable at 3 knots
- 2SM
- Visibility 2 statute miles
- FU
- Smoke
- VV040
- Vertical visibility 4,000 ft (sky obscured)
- TEMPO 2503/2507
- Temporarily, the 25 at 0300 Zulu to the 25 at 0700 Zulu
- 6SM
- Visibility 6 statute miles
- FU
- Smoke
- SCT100
- Scattered clouds at 10,000 ft
- FM250700
- Rapid change from the 25 at 0700 Zulu
- VRB03KT
- Wind variable at 3 knots
- P6SM
- Visibility greater than 6 statute miles
- FEW100
- Few clouds at 10,000 ft
- TEMPO 2507/2511
- Temporarily, the 25 at 0700 Zulu to the 25 at 1100 Zulu
- 4SM
- Visibility 4 statute miles
- FU
- Smoke
- FM251100
- Rapid change from the 25 at 1100 Zulu
- VRB03KT
- Wind variable at 3 knots
- P6SM
- Visibility greater than 6 statute miles
- FEW100
- Few clouds at 10,000 ft
- PROB30 2511/2514
- 30% probability of temporary conditions, the 25 at 1100 Zulu to the 25 at 1400 Zulu
- 3/4SM
- Visibility 3/4 statute miles
- BR
- Mist
- BECMG 2516/2518
- Becoming, gradually over the 25 at 1600 Zulu to the 25 at 1800 Zulu
- 14010KT
- Wind from 140° at 10 knots
- FM252300
- Rapid change from the 25 at 2300 Zulu
- 16010KT
- Wind from 160° at 10 knots
- P6SM
- Visibility greater than 6 statute miles
- SCT050
- Scattered clouds at 5,000 ft
- BKN120
- Broken clouds at 12,000 ft
- PROB30 2523/2524
- 30% probability of temporary conditions, the 25 at 2300 Zulu to the 25 at 2400 Zulu
- VRB25G40KT
- Wind variable at 25 knots, gusting 40
- 2SM
- Visibility 2 statute miles
- +TSRAGR
- Heavy thunderstorm with rain hail
- OVC030CB
- Overcast at 3,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- RMK NXT FCST BY 250600Z
- Remarks (not decoded): NXT FCST BY 250600Z
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 25 at 03:00Z to day 25 at 24:00Z
- What is the flight category of the initial (base) forecast period?
- IFR
- 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?
- LIFR
- In this forecast, what does the group beginning "TEMPO 2507/2511" indicate?
- Temporary fluctuations, each lasting under an hour, within that window.