TAF Daily
Puzzle #44 was EKCH (Copenhagen Kastrup Airport).
TAF EKCH 112027Z 1121/1221 35005KT CAVOK TEMPO 1211/1221 SHRA SCT040CB PROB40 TEMPO 1214/1221 2000 +TSRAGR
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- EKCH
- Station EKCH
- 112027Z
- Issued on the 11 at 2027 Zulu (UTC)
- 1121/1221
- Valid from the 11 at 2100 Zulu to the 12 at 2100 Zulu
- 35005KT
- Wind from 350° at 5 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 1211/1221
- Temporarily, the 12 at 1100 Zulu to the 12 at 2100 Zulu
- SHRA
- Showers of rain
- SCT040CB
- Scattered clouds at 4,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- PROB40 TEMPO 1214/1221
- 40% probability of temporary conditions, the 12 at 1400 Zulu to the 12 at 2100 Zulu
- 2000
- Visibility 2,000 meters
- +TSRAGR
- Heavy thunderstorm with rain hail
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 "PROB40 TEMPO 1214/1221" indicate?
- A 40% probability of the stated conditions during that window.
- What does this forecast say about convective (thunderstorm) weather?
- Thunderstorms or cumulonimbus (CB) clouds are explicitly forecast.