TAF Daily
Puzzle #24 was KBOS (Boston Logan International Airport).
TAF KBOS 020520Z 0206/0312 20010KT P6SM SCT060 BKN250 TEMPO 0208/0212 BKN015 FM021700 18011G18KT P6SM BKN110 FM030300 18006KT P6SM VCSH OVC008 FM031100 18012G18KT 3SM -SHRA OVC008
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- KBOS
- Station KBOS
- 020520Z
- Issued on the 02 at 0520 Zulu (UTC)
- 0206/0312
- Valid from the 02 at 0600 Zulu to the 03 at 1200 Zulu
- 20010KT
- Wind from 200° at 10 knots
- P6SM
- Visibility greater than 6 statute miles
- SCT060
- Scattered clouds at 6,000 ft
- BKN250
- Broken clouds at 25,000 ft
- TEMPO 0208/0212
- Temporarily, the 02 at 0800 Zulu to the 02 at 1200 Zulu
- BKN015
- Broken clouds at 1,500 ft
- FM021700
- Rapid change from the 02 at 1700 Zulu
- 18011G18KT
- Wind from 180° at 11 knots, gusting 18
- P6SM
- Visibility greater than 6 statute miles
- BKN110
- Broken clouds at 11,000 ft
- FM030300
- Rapid change from the 03 at 0300 Zulu
- 18006KT
- Wind from 180° at 6 knots
- P6SM
- Visibility greater than 6 statute miles
- VCSH
- Showers of in the vicinity
- OVC008
- Overcast at 800 ft
- FM031100
- Rapid change from the 03 at 1100 Zulu
- 18012G18KT
- Wind from 180° at 12 knots, gusting 18
- 3SM
- Visibility 3 statute miles
- -SHRA
- Light showers of rain
- OVC008
- Overcast at 800 ft
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 02 at 06:00Z to day 03 at 12:00Z
- What is the flight category of the initial (base) forecast period?
- VFR
- Across the whole forecast, how does the ceiling change?
- The ceiling lowers (deteriorates) later in the forecast.
- Across the whole forecast, what is the worst (most restrictive) flight category at any point?
- IFR
- In this forecast, what does the group beginning "TEMPO 0208/0212" indicate?
- Temporary fluctuations, each lasting under an hour, within that window.