TAF Daily
Puzzle #23 was EPKK (Kraków John Paul II International Airport).
TAF EPKK 010530Z 0106/0206 VRB02KT CAVOK BECMG 0109/0112 24010KT TEMPO 0112/0121 VRB22G32KT 2000 TSRA BKN040CB PROB30 TEMPO 0114/0119 VRB32G45KT 0600 +TSRAGR BKN010 BKN020CB BECMG 0118/0121 30005KT TEMPO 0121/0206 SHRA BKN020CB PROB40 TEMPO 0121/0206 4000 TSRA BKN012 BKN018CB
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- EPKK
- Station EPKK
- 010530Z
- Issued on the 01 at 0530 Zulu (UTC)
- 0106/0206
- Valid from the 01 at 0600 Zulu to the 02 at 0600 Zulu
- VRB02KT
- Wind variable at 2 knots
- CAVOK
- Ceiling and visibility OK (visibility 10 km+, no cloud below 5,000 ft or below the highest minimum sector altitude, no significant weather)
- BECMG 0109/0112
- Becoming, gradually over the 01 at 0900 Zulu to the 01 at 1200 Zulu
- 24010KT
- Wind from 240° at 10 knots
- TEMPO 0112/0121
- Temporarily, the 01 at 1200 Zulu to the 01 at 2100 Zulu
- VRB22G32KT
- Wind variable at 22 knots, gusting 32
- 2000
- Visibility 2,000 meters
- TSRA
- Thunderstorm with rain
- BKN040CB
- Broken clouds at 4,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- PROB30 TEMPO 0114/0119
- 30% probability of temporary conditions, the 01 at 1400 Zulu to the 01 at 1900 Zulu
- VRB32G45KT
- Wind variable at 32 knots, gusting 45
- 0600
- Visibility 600 meters
- +TSRAGR
- Heavy thunderstorm with rain hail
- BKN010
- Broken clouds at 1,000 ft
- BKN020CB
- Broken clouds at 2,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- BECMG 0118/0121
- Becoming, gradually over the 01 at 1800 Zulu to the 01 at 2100 Zulu
- 30005KT
- Wind from 300° at 5 knots
- TEMPO 0121/0206
- Temporarily, the 01 at 2100 Zulu to the 02 at 0600 Zulu
- SHRA
- Showers of rain
- BKN020CB
- Broken clouds at 2,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- PROB40 TEMPO 0121/0206
- 40% probability of temporary conditions, the 01 at 2100 Zulu to the 02 at 0600 Zulu
- 4000
- Visibility 4,000 meters
- TSRA
- Thunderstorm with rain
- BKN012
- Broken clouds at 1,200 ft
- BKN018CB
- Broken clouds at 1,800 ft (cumulonimbus)
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 01 at 06:00Z to day 02 at 06:00Z
- 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 0109/0112" 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.