TAF Daily
Puzzle #2 was EPGD (Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport).
TAF EPGD 111730Z 1118/1218 33012KT 9999 SCT030 TEMPO 1118/1123 4500 -RA BKN007 BKN012 PROB40 TEMPO 1118/1120 32015G25KT 3000 SHRA BKN010CB BECMG 1123/1201 OVC006 TEMPO 1201/1206 2000 -DZ BR BKN002 BECMG 1206/1208 03012KT SCT016
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- EPGD
- Station EPGD
- 111730Z
- Issued on the 11 at 1730 Zulu (UTC)
- 1118/1218
- Valid from the 11 at 1800 Zulu to the 12 at 1800 Zulu
- 33012KT
- Wind from 330° at 12 knots
- 9999
- Visibility 10 km or more
- SCT030
- Scattered clouds at 3,000 ft
- TEMPO 1118/1123
- Temporarily, the 11 at 1800 Zulu to the 11 at 2300 Zulu
- 4500
- Visibility 4,500 meters
- -RA
- Light rain
- BKN007
- Broken clouds at 700 ft
- BKN012
- Broken clouds at 1,200 ft
- PROB40 TEMPO 1118/1120
- 40% probability of temporary conditions, the 11 at 1800 Zulu to the 11 at 2000 Zulu
- 32015G25KT
- Wind from 320° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- 3000
- Visibility 3,000 meters
- SHRA
- Showers of rain
- BKN010CB
- Broken clouds at 1,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- BECMG 1123/1201
- Becoming, gradually over the 11 at 2300 Zulu to the 12 at 0100 Zulu
- OVC006
- Overcast at 600 ft
- TEMPO 1201/1206
- Temporarily, the 12 at 0100 Zulu to the 12 at 0600 Zulu
- 2000
- Visibility 2,000 meters
- -DZ
- Light drizzle
- BR
- Mist
- BKN002
- Broken clouds at 200 ft
- BECMG 1206/1208
- Becoming, gradually over the 12 at 0600 Zulu to the 12 at 0800 Zulu
- 03012KT
- Wind from 30° at 12 knots
- SCT016
- Scattered clouds at 1,600 ft
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?
- VFR
- 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 "BECMG 1123/1201" indicate?
- A gradual change, becoming the new conditions across that window.