TAF Daily
Puzzle #38 was EFIV (Ivalo Airport).
TAF AMD EFIV 111845Z 1118/1121 03011KT 9999 BKN040 TEMPO 1118/1121 4000 SHRA BKN008 FEW040CB
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- AMD
- Amended forecast
- EFIV
- Station EFIV
- 111845Z
- Issued on the 11 at 1845 Zulu (UTC)
- 1118/1121
- Valid from the 11 at 1800 Zulu to the 11 at 2100 Zulu
- 03011KT
- Wind from 30° at 11 knots
- 9999
- Visibility 10 km or more
- BKN040
- Broken clouds at 4,000 ft
- TEMPO 1118/1121
- Temporarily, the 11 at 1800 Zulu to the 11 at 2100 Zulu
- 4000
- Visibility 4,000 meters
- SHRA
- Showers of rain
- BKN008
- Broken clouds at 800 ft
- FEW040CB
- Few clouds at 4,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 11 at 18:00Z to day 11 at 21:00Z
- 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 "TEMPO 1118/1121" indicate?
- Temporary fluctuations, each lasting under an hour, within that window.