TAF Daily
Puzzle #17 was VHHH (Hong Kong International Airport).
TAF VHHH 260500Z 2606/2712 24015KT 9999 FEW015 SCT025 TX29/2606Z TX30/2706Z TN26/2622Z TEMPO 2606/2614 24030G45KT 1500 TSRA +SHRA FEW008CB SCT015 TEMPO 2614/2620 20020G30KT 2500 TSRA SHRA FEW010CB SCT020 BECMG 2616/2618 16010KT TEMPO 2700/2706 3000 SHRA FEW010CB SCT020
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- VHHH
- Station VHHH
- 260500Z
- Issued on the 26 at 0500 Zulu (UTC)
- 2606/2712
- Valid from the 26 at 0600 Zulu to the 27 at 1200 Zulu
- 24015KT
- Wind from 240° at 15 knots
- 9999
- Visibility 10 km or more
- FEW015
- Few clouds at 1,500 ft
- SCT025
- Scattered clouds at 2,500 ft
- TX29/2606Z
- Maximum temperature 29°C on the 26 at 0600 Zulu
- TX30/2706Z
- Maximum temperature 30°C on the 27 at 0600 Zulu
- TN26/2622Z
- Minimum temperature 26°C on the 26 at 2200 Zulu
- TEMPO 2606/2614
- Temporarily, the 26 at 0600 Zulu to the 26 at 1400 Zulu
- 24030G45KT
- Wind from 240° at 30 knots, gusting 45
- 1500
- Visibility 1,500 meters
- TSRA
- Thunderstorm with rain
- +SHRA
- Heavy showers of rain
- FEW008CB
- Few clouds at 800 ft (cumulonimbus)
- SCT015
- Scattered clouds at 1,500 ft
- TEMPO 2614/2620
- Temporarily, the 26 at 1400 Zulu to the 26 at 2000 Zulu
- 20020G30KT
- Wind from 200° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- 2500
- Visibility 2,500 meters
- TSRA
- Thunderstorm with rain
- SHRA
- Showers of rain
- FEW010CB
- Few clouds at 1,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- SCT020
- Scattered clouds at 2,000 ft
- BECMG 2616/2618
- Becoming, gradually over the 26 at 1600 Zulu to the 26 at 1800 Zulu
- 16010KT
- Wind from 160° at 10 knots
- TEMPO 2700/2706
- Temporarily, the 27 at 0000 Zulu to the 27 at 0600 Zulu
- 3000
- Visibility 3,000 meters
- SHRA
- Showers of rain
- FEW010CB
- Few clouds at 1,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- SCT020
- Scattered clouds at 2,000 ft
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 26 at 06:00Z to day 27 at 12:00Z
- What is the flight category of the initial (base) forecast period?
- VFR
- Across the whole forecast, what is the worst (most restrictive) flight category at any point?
- LIFR
- In this forecast, what does the group beginning "BECMG 2616/2618" indicate?
- A gradual change, becoming the new conditions across that window.
- What does this forecast say about convective (thunderstorm) weather?
- Thunderstorms or cumulonimbus (CB) clouds are explicitly forecast.