TAF Daily
Puzzle #37 was LBSF (Sofia Airport).
TAF LBSF 111700Z 1118/1218 27010KT CAVOK BECMG 1118/1120 VRB04KT SCT050 BKN070 BECMG 1207/1209 30010KT TEMPO 1209/1215 VRB16G26KT 5000 TSRA FEW030CB BKN060
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- LBSF
- Station LBSF
- 111700Z
- Issued on the 11 at 1700 Zulu (UTC)
- 1118/1218
- Valid from the 11 at 1800 Zulu to the 12 at 1800 Zulu
- 27010KT
- Wind from 270° at 10 knots
- CAVOK
- Ceiling and visibility OK (visibility 10 km+, no cloud below 5,000 ft or below the highest minimum sector altitude, no significant weather)
- BECMG 1118/1120
- Becoming, gradually over the 11 at 1800 Zulu to the 11 at 2000 Zulu
- VRB04KT
- Wind variable at 4 knots
- SCT050
- Scattered clouds at 5,000 ft
- BKN070
- Broken clouds at 7,000 ft
- BECMG 1207/1209
- Becoming, gradually over the 12 at 0700 Zulu to the 12 at 0900 Zulu
- 30010KT
- Wind from 300° at 10 knots
- TEMPO 1209/1215
- Temporarily, the 12 at 0900 Zulu to the 12 at 1500 Zulu
- VRB16G26KT
- Wind variable at 16 knots, gusting 26
- 5000
- Visibility 5,000 meters
- TSRA
- Thunderstorm with rain
- FEW030CB
- Few clouds at 3,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- BKN060
- Broken clouds at 6,000 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 "BECMG 1118/1120" indicate?
- A gradual change, becoming the new conditions across that window.