TAF Daily
Puzzle #35 was FKYS (Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport).
TAF FKYS 111700Z 1118/1218 27005KT 8000 BKN016 TEMPO 1118/1122 4000 TSRA BKN013 FEW020CB BECMG 1122/1124 BKN006 PROB30 1204/1207 4000 -DZ BECMG 1208/1210 BKN013
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- FKYS
- Station FKYS
- 111700Z
- Issued on the 11 at 1700 Zulu (UTC)
- 1118/1218
- Valid from the 11 at 1800 Zulu to the 12 at 1800 Zulu
- 27005KT
- Wind from 270° at 5 knots
- 8000
- Visibility 8,000 meters
- BKN016
- Broken clouds at 1,600 ft
- TEMPO 1118/1122
- Temporarily, the 11 at 1800 Zulu to the 11 at 2200 Zulu
- 4000
- Visibility 4,000 meters
- TSRA
- Thunderstorm with rain
- BKN013
- Broken clouds at 1,300 ft
- FEW020CB
- Few clouds at 2,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- BECMG 1122/1124
- Becoming, gradually over the 11 at 2200 Zulu to the 11 at 2400 Zulu
- BKN006
- Broken clouds at 600 ft
- PROB30 1204/1207
- 30% probability of temporary conditions, the 12 at 0400 Zulu to the 12 at 0700 Zulu
- 4000
- Visibility 4,000 meters
- -DZ
- Light drizzle
- BECMG 1208/1210
- Becoming, gradually over the 12 at 0800 Zulu to the 12 at 1000 Zulu
- BKN013
- Broken clouds at 1,300 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?
- 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?
- IFR
- In this forecast, what does the group beginning "PROB30 1204/1207" indicate?
- A 30% probability of the stated conditions during that window.