TAF Daily
Puzzle #21 was DAAT (Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport).
TAF DAAT 292300Z 3000/3024 16015KT 0200 SA NSC BECMG 3001/3004 09010KT 1000 BECMG 3004/3006 4000 BECMG 3006/3008 6000 NSW PROB40 TEMPO 3008/3011 08015G25KT BECMG 3013/3015 18010KT
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- DAAT
- Station DAAT
- 292300Z
- Issued on the 29 at 2300 Zulu (UTC)
- 3000/3024
- Valid from the 30 at 0000 Zulu to the 30 at 2400 Zulu
- 16015KT
- Wind from 160° at 15 knots
- 0200
- Visibility 200 meters
- SA
- Sand
- NSC
- No significant cloud
- BECMG 3001/3004
- Becoming, gradually over the 30 at 0100 Zulu to the 30 at 0400 Zulu
- 09010KT
- Wind from 90° at 10 knots
- 1000
- Visibility 1,000 meters
- BECMG 3004/3006
- Becoming, gradually over the 30 at 0400 Zulu to the 30 at 0600 Zulu
- 4000
- Visibility 4,000 meters
- BECMG 3006/3008
- Becoming, gradually over the 30 at 0600 Zulu to the 30 at 0800 Zulu
- 6000
- Visibility 6,000 meters
- NSW
- No significant weather
- PROB40 TEMPO 3008/3011
- 40% probability of temporary conditions, the 30 at 0800 Zulu to the 30 at 1100 Zulu
- 08015G25KT
- Wind from 80° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- BECMG 3013/3015
- Becoming, gradually over the 30 at 1300 Zulu to the 30 at 1500 Zulu
- 18010KT
- Wind from 180° at 10 knots
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 30 at 00:00Z to day 30 at 24:00Z
- What is the flight category of the initial (base) forecast period?
- LIFR
- In this forecast, what does the group beginning "BECMG 3013/3015" indicate?
- A gradual change, becoming the new conditions across that window.
- What does this forecast say about convective (thunderstorm) weather?
- No thunderstorms or CB clouds are forecast.
- What is the lowest visibility forecast at any point in this TAF?
- 0.25 SM