TAF Daily
Puzzle #27 was EGYP (Mount Pleasant Airport / RAF Mount Pleasant).
TAF EGYP 050444Z 0506/0606 11016KT 9999 BKN010 TEMPO 0506/0512 3000 -RADZ BKN004 PROB40 TEMPO 0506/0512 1500 RADZ BKN002 TEMPO 0512/0606 4000 -RADZ BKN006 PROB30 TEMPO 0512/0520 2000 SHRASN -SHSN BKN004 PROB30 TEMPO 0520/0606 1200 SHSN BKN002 BECMG 0522/0601 12006KT
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- EGYP
- Station EGYP
- 050444Z
- Issued on the 05 at 0444 Zulu (UTC)
- 0506/0606
- Valid from the 05 at 0600 Zulu to the 06 at 0600 Zulu
- 11016KT
- Wind from 110° at 16 knots
- 9999
- Visibility 10 km or more
- BKN010
- Broken clouds at 1,000 ft
- TEMPO 0506/0512
- Temporarily, the 05 at 0600 Zulu to the 05 at 1200 Zulu
- 3000
- Visibility 3,000 meters
- -RADZ
- Light rain drizzle
- BKN004
- Broken clouds at 400 ft
- PROB40 TEMPO 0506/0512
- 40% probability of temporary conditions, the 05 at 0600 Zulu to the 05 at 1200 Zulu
- 1500
- Visibility 1,500 meters
- RADZ
- Rain drizzle
- BKN002
- Broken clouds at 200 ft
- TEMPO 0512/0606
- Temporarily, the 05 at 1200 Zulu to the 06 at 0600 Zulu
- 4000
- Visibility 4,000 meters
- -RADZ
- Light rain drizzle
- BKN006
- Broken clouds at 600 ft
- PROB30 TEMPO 0512/0520
- 30% probability of temporary conditions, the 05 at 1200 Zulu to the 05 at 2000 Zulu
- 2000
- Visibility 2,000 meters
- SHRASN
- Showers of rain snow
- -SHSN
- Light showers of snow
- BKN004
- Broken clouds at 400 ft
- PROB30 TEMPO 0520/0606
- 30% probability of temporary conditions, the 05 at 2000 Zulu to the 06 at 0600 Zulu
- 1200
- Visibility 1,200 meters
- SHSN
- Showers of snow
- BKN002
- Broken clouds at 200 ft
- BECMG 0522/0601
- Becoming, gradually over the 05 at 2200 Zulu to the 06 at 0100 Zulu
- 12006KT
- Wind from 120° at 6 knots
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 05 at 06:00Z to day 06 at 06:00Z
- What is the flight category of the initial (base) forecast period?
- MVFR
- Across the whole forecast, how does the ceiling change?
- The ceiling stays about the same throughout.
- Across the whole forecast, what is the worst (most restrictive) flight category at any point?
- LIFR
- In this forecast, what does the group beginning "TEMPO 0512/0606" indicate?
- Temporary fluctuations, each lasting under an hour, within that window.