TAF Daily
Puzzle #42 was KLAX (Los Angeles International Airport).
TAF KLAX 111740Z 1118/1224 18005KT P6SM SCT018 BKN250 FM111900 25010KT P6SM SCT018 BKN250 FM120600 25006KT P6SM BKN015 FM121100 25004KT P6SM OVC009 FM121400 VRB03KT P6SM OVC012 FM121800 26005KT P6SM OVC020 FM122000 26010KT P6SM BKN250
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- KLAX
- Station KLAX
- 111740Z
- Issued on the 11 at 1740 Zulu (UTC)
- 1118/1224
- Valid from the 11 at 1800 Zulu to the 12 at 2400 Zulu
- 18005KT
- Wind from 180° at 5 knots
- P6SM
- Visibility greater than 6 statute miles
- SCT018
- Scattered clouds at 1,800 ft
- BKN250
- Broken clouds at 25,000 ft
- FM111900
- Rapid change from the 11 at 1900 Zulu
- 25010KT
- Wind from 250° at 10 knots
- P6SM
- Visibility greater than 6 statute miles
- SCT018
- Scattered clouds at 1,800 ft
- BKN250
- Broken clouds at 25,000 ft
- FM120600
- Rapid change from the 12 at 0600 Zulu
- 25006KT
- Wind from 250° at 6 knots
- P6SM
- Visibility greater than 6 statute miles
- BKN015
- Broken clouds at 1,500 ft
- FM121100
- Rapid change from the 12 at 1100 Zulu
- 25004KT
- Wind from 250° at 4 knots
- P6SM
- Visibility greater than 6 statute miles
- OVC009
- Overcast at 900 ft
- FM121400
- Rapid change from the 12 at 1400 Zulu
- VRB03KT
- Wind variable at 3 knots
- P6SM
- Visibility greater than 6 statute miles
- OVC012
- Overcast at 1,200 ft
- FM121800
- Rapid change from the 12 at 1800 Zulu
- 26005KT
- Wind from 260° at 5 knots
- P6SM
- Visibility greater than 6 statute miles
- OVC020
- Overcast at 2,000 ft
- FM122000
- Rapid change from the 12 at 2000 Zulu
- 26010KT
- Wind from 260° at 10 knots
- P6SM
- Visibility greater than 6 statute miles
- BKN250
- Broken clouds at 25,000 ft
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 11 at 18:00Z to day 12 at 24:00Z
- 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 "FM121800" indicate?
- A rapid, complete change to new prevailing conditions from that time onward.