TAF Daily
Puzzle #31 was DNMM (Murtala Muhammed International Airport).
TAF DNMM 111700Z 1118/1224 VRB02KT 9999 SCT011 TEMPO 1118/1123 TS SCT011 FEW019CB TEMPO 1205/1208 5000-RA BR BECMG 1208/1210 22010KT BKN013 FEW020CB TEMPO 1213/1218 5000 -TSRA BKN009 FEW019CB BECMG 1218/1220 VRB02KT SCT009
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- DNMM
- Station DNMM
- 111700Z
- Issued on the 11 at 1700 Zulu (UTC)
- 1118/1224
- Valid from the 11 at 1800 Zulu to the 12 at 2400 Zulu
- VRB02KT
- Wind variable at 2 knots
- 9999
- Visibility 10 km or more
- SCT011
- Scattered clouds at 1,100 ft
- TEMPO 1118/1123
- Temporarily, the 11 at 1800 Zulu to the 11 at 2300 Zulu
- TS
- Thunderstorm with
- SCT011
- Scattered clouds at 1,100 ft
- FEW019CB
- Few clouds at 1,900 ft (cumulonimbus)
- TEMPO 1205/1208
- Temporarily, the 12 at 0500 Zulu to the 12 at 0800 Zulu
- 5000-RA
- Unrecognized token - skipped
- BR
- Mist
- BECMG 1208/1210
- Becoming, gradually over the 12 at 0800 Zulu to the 12 at 1000 Zulu
- 22010KT
- Wind from 220° at 10 knots
- BKN013
- Broken clouds at 1,300 ft
- FEW020CB
- Few clouds at 2,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- TEMPO 1213/1218
- Temporarily, the 12 at 1300 Zulu to the 12 at 1800 Zulu
- 5000
- Visibility 5,000 meters
- -TSRA
- Light thunderstorm with rain
- BKN009
- Broken clouds at 900 ft
- FEW019CB
- Few clouds at 1,900 ft (cumulonimbus)
- BECMG 1218/1220
- Becoming, gradually over the 12 at 1800 Zulu to the 12 at 2000 Zulu
- VRB02KT
- Wind variable at 2 knots
- SCT009
- Scattered clouds at 900 ft
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 11 at 18:00Z to day 12 at 24:00Z
- What is the flight category of the initial (base) forecast period?
- VFR
- 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?
- IFR
- In this forecast, what does the group beginning "BECMG 1208/1210" indicate?
- A gradual change, becoming the new conditions across that window.