TAF Daily
Puzzle #26 was EGAA (Belfast International Airport).
TAF EGAA 040459Z 0406/0506 13009KT 9999 SCT008 TEMPO 0406/0409 6000 RA BKN008 PROB40 TEMPO 0406/0409 2000 +RA BR BKN004 BECMG 0407/0410 21010KT TEMPO 0409/0424 6000 SHRA PROB30 TEMPO 0412/0420 23015G25KT 3000 +SHRA +TSGR BKN012 BKN022CB
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- EGAA
- Station EGAA
- 040459Z
- Issued on the 04 at 0459 Zulu (UTC)
- 0406/0506
- Valid from the 04 at 0600 Zulu to the 05 at 0600 Zulu
- 13009KT
- Wind from 130° at 9 knots
- 9999
- Visibility 10 km or more
- SCT008
- Scattered clouds at 800 ft
- TEMPO 0406/0409
- Temporarily, the 04 at 0600 Zulu to the 04 at 0900 Zulu
- 6000
- Visibility 6,000 meters
- RA
- Rain
- BKN008
- Broken clouds at 800 ft
- PROB40 TEMPO 0406/0409
- 40% probability of temporary conditions, the 04 at 0600 Zulu to the 04 at 0900 Zulu
- 2000
- Visibility 2,000 meters
- +RA
- Heavy rain
- BR
- Mist
- BKN004
- Broken clouds at 400 ft
- BECMG 0407/0410
- Becoming, gradually over the 04 at 0700 Zulu to the 04 at 1000 Zulu
- 21010KT
- Wind from 210° at 10 knots
- TEMPO 0409/0424
- Temporarily, the 04 at 0900 Zulu to the 04 at 2400 Zulu
- 6000
- Visibility 6,000 meters
- SHRA
- Showers of rain
- PROB30 TEMPO 0412/0420
- 30% probability of temporary conditions, the 04 at 1200 Zulu to the 04 at 2000 Zulu
- 23015G25KT
- Wind from 230° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- 3000
- Visibility 3,000 meters
- +SHRA
- Heavy showers of rain
- +TSGR
- Heavy thunderstorm with hail
- BKN012
- Broken clouds at 1,200 ft
- BKN022CB
- Broken clouds at 2,200 ft (cumulonimbus)
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 04 at 06:00Z to day 05 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 "PROB30 TEMPO 0412/0420" indicate?
- A 30% probability of the stated conditions during that window.
- What does this forecast say about convective (thunderstorm) weather?
- Thunderstorms or cumulonimbus (CB) clouds are explicitly forecast.