TAF Daily
Puzzle #28 was EYKA (Kaunas International Airport).
TAF EYKA 060500Z 0606/0706 VRB03KT 9000 BKN030 TEMPO 0606/0612 VRB15G25KT 3000 TSRA SCT005 BKN020CB TEMPO 0612/0615 BKN020CB TEMPO 0615/0621 VRB15G35KT 1500 TSRA BKN005 BKN015CB BECMG 0621/0622 5000 BR SCT005 TEMPO 0622/0703 1500 MIFG
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- EYKA
- Station EYKA
- 060500Z
- Issued on the 06 at 0500 Zulu (UTC)
- 0606/0706
- Valid from the 06 at 0600 Zulu to the 07 at 0600 Zulu
- VRB03KT
- Wind variable at 3 knots
- 9000
- Visibility 9,000 meters
- BKN030
- Broken clouds at 3,000 ft
- TEMPO 0606/0612
- Temporarily, the 06 at 0600 Zulu to the 06 at 1200 Zulu
- VRB15G25KT
- Wind variable at 15 knots, gusting 25
- 3000
- Visibility 3,000 meters
- TSRA
- Thunderstorm with rain
- SCT005
- Scattered clouds at 500 ft
- BKN020CB
- Broken clouds at 2,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- TEMPO 0612/0615
- Temporarily, the 06 at 1200 Zulu to the 06 at 1500 Zulu
- BKN020CB
- Broken clouds at 2,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- TEMPO 0615/0621
- Temporarily, the 06 at 1500 Zulu to the 06 at 2100 Zulu
- VRB15G35KT
- Wind variable at 15 knots, gusting 35
- 1500
- Visibility 1,500 meters
- TSRA
- Thunderstorm with rain
- BKN005
- Broken clouds at 500 ft
- BKN015CB
- Broken clouds at 1,500 ft (cumulonimbus)
- BECMG 0621/0622
- Becoming, gradually over the 06 at 2100 Zulu to the 06 at 2200 Zulu
- 5000
- Visibility 5,000 meters
- BR
- Mist
- SCT005
- Scattered clouds at 500 ft
- TEMPO 0622/0703
- Temporarily, the 06 at 2200 Zulu to the 07 at 0300 Zulu
- 1500
- Visibility 1,500 meters
- MIFG
- Shallow fog
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 06 at 06:00Z to day 07 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 lifts (improves) 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 "TEMPO 0622/0703" indicate?
- Temporary fluctuations, each lasting under an hour, within that window.