TAF Daily
Puzzle #25 was EICK (Cork International Airport).
TAF EICK 030500Z 0306/0406 11009KT 9999 SCT010 SCT050 BECMG 0312/0314 14012KT 2000 -RA BR BKN004 TEMPO 0313/0322 0500 RADZ FG BKN001 PROB30 TEMPO 0313/0316 15015G26KT +SHRA SCT040CB BECMG 0318/0320 21008KT TEMPO 0403/0406 6000 BKN007
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- EICK
- Station EICK
- 030500Z
- Issued on the 03 at 0500 Zulu (UTC)
- 0306/0406
- Valid from the 03 at 0600 Zulu to the 04 at 0600 Zulu
- 11009KT
- Wind from 110° at 9 knots
- 9999
- Visibility 10 km or more
- SCT010
- Scattered clouds at 1,000 ft
- SCT050
- Scattered clouds at 5,000 ft
- BECMG 0312/0314
- Becoming, gradually over the 03 at 1200 Zulu to the 03 at 1400 Zulu
- 14012KT
- Wind from 140° at 12 knots
- 2000
- Visibility 2,000 meters
- -RA
- Light rain
- BR
- Mist
- BKN004
- Broken clouds at 400 ft
- TEMPO 0313/0322
- Temporarily, the 03 at 1300 Zulu to the 03 at 2200 Zulu
- 0500
- Visibility 500 meters
- RADZ
- Rain drizzle
- FG
- Fog
- BKN001
- Broken clouds at 100 ft
- PROB30 TEMPO 0313/0316
- 30% probability of temporary conditions, the 03 at 1300 Zulu to the 03 at 1600 Zulu
- 15015G26KT
- Wind from 150° at 15 knots, gusting 26
- +SHRA
- Heavy showers of rain
- SCT040CB
- Scattered clouds at 4,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- BECMG 0318/0320
- Becoming, gradually over the 03 at 1800 Zulu to the 03 at 2000 Zulu
- 21008KT
- Wind from 210° at 8 knots
- TEMPO 0403/0406
- Temporarily, the 04 at 0300 Zulu to the 04 at 0600 Zulu
- 6000
- Visibility 6,000 meters
- BKN007
- Broken clouds at 700 ft
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 03 at 06:00Z to day 04 at 06:00Z
- 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?
- LIFR
- In this forecast, what does the group beginning "PROB30 TEMPO 0313/0316" indicate?
- A 30% probability of the stated conditions during that window.