TAF Daily
Puzzle #40 was EPKK (Kraków John Paul II International Airport).
TAF EPKK 112030Z 1121/1221 25006KT CAVOK TEMPO 1201/1212 3000 SHRA BKN009 BKN018CB TEMPO 1212/1218 BKN012 BKN020TCU
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- EPKK
- Station EPKK
- 112030Z
- Issued on the 11 at 2030 Zulu (UTC)
- 1121/1221
- Valid from the 11 at 2100 Zulu to the 12 at 2100 Zulu
- 25006KT
- Wind from 250° at 6 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)
- TEMPO 1201/1212
- Temporarily, the 12 at 0100 Zulu to the 12 at 1200 Zulu
- 3000
- Visibility 3,000 meters
- SHRA
- Showers of rain
- BKN009
- Broken clouds at 900 ft
- BKN018CB
- Broken clouds at 1,800 ft (cumulonimbus)
- TEMPO 1212/1218
- Temporarily, the 12 at 1200 Zulu to the 12 at 1800 Zulu
- BKN012
- Broken clouds at 1,200 ft
- BKN020TCU
- Broken clouds at 2,000 ft (towering cumulus)
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 11 at 21:00Z to day 12 at 21:00Z
- What is the flight category of the initial (base) forecast period?
- VFR
- 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 1212/1218" indicate?
- Temporary fluctuations, each lasting under an hour, within that window.
- What does this forecast say about convective (thunderstorm) weather?
- Thunderstorms or cumulonimbus (CB) clouds are explicitly forecast.