TAF Daily
Puzzle #34 was MMMX (Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport).
TAF COR MMMX 112054Z 1118/1218 04020KT P6SM VC SH BKN02CB TX25/1121Z TN16/1209Z TEMPO 1121/1201 VRB15G25KT 4SM TSRA FM120300 18005KT P6SM SCT020 BKN080 TEMPO 1210/1214 3SM BR HZ BKN015
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- COR
- Corrected forecast
- MMMX
- Station MMMX
- 112054Z
- Issued on the 11 at 2054 Zulu (UTC)
- 1118/1218
- Valid from the 11 at 1800 Zulu to the 12 at 1800 Zulu
- 04020KT
- Wind from 40° at 20 knots
- P6SM
- Visibility greater than 6 statute miles
- VC
- Unrecognized token - skipped
- SH
- Showers of
- BKN02CB
- Unrecognized token - skipped
- TX25/1121Z
- Maximum temperature 25°C on the 11 at 2100 Zulu
- TN16/1209Z
- Minimum temperature 16°C on the 12 at 0900 Zulu
- TEMPO 1121/1201
- Temporarily, the 11 at 2100 Zulu to the 12 at 0100 Zulu
- VRB15G25KT
- Wind variable at 15 knots, gusting 25
- 4SM
- Visibility 4 statute miles
- TSRA
- Thunderstorm with rain
- FM120300
- Rapid change from the 12 at 0300 Zulu
- 18005KT
- Wind from 180° at 5 knots
- P6SM
- Visibility greater than 6 statute miles
- SCT020
- Scattered clouds at 2,000 ft
- BKN080
- Broken clouds at 8,000 ft
- TEMPO 1210/1214
- Temporarily, the 12 at 1000 Zulu to the 12 at 1400 Zulu
- 3SM
- Visibility 3 statute miles
- BR
- Mist
- HZ
- Haze
- BKN015
- Broken clouds at 1,500 ft
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 11 at 18:00Z to day 12 at 18:00Z
- 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?
- MVFR
- In this forecast, what does the group beginning "TEMPO 1121/1201" indicate?
- Temporary fluctuations, each lasting under an hour, within that window.