TAF Daily
Puzzle #52 was ZSPD (Shanghai Pudong International Airport).
TAF ZSPD 111522Z 1118/1224 10017G25MPS 6000 SHRA BKN013 TX30/1206Z TN26/1121Z TN27/1221Z TEMPO 1118/1122 2800 +SHRA BKN009 FEW030CB TEMPO 1122/1202 +SHRA BKN009 FEW030CB BECMG 1202/1204 16018G27MPS -SHRA BKN016 TEMPO 1207/1211 SHRA BKN013 FEW030CB BECMG 1213/1215 16012G21MPS
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- ZSPD
- Station ZSPD
- 111522Z
- Issued on the 11 at 1522 Zulu (UTC)
- 1118/1224
- Valid from the 11 at 1800 Zulu to the 12 at 2400 Zulu
- 10017G25MPS
- Wind from 100° at 17 meters per second, gusting 25
- 6000
- Visibility 6,000 meters
- SHRA
- Showers of rain
- BKN013
- Broken clouds at 1,300 ft
- TX30/1206Z
- Maximum temperature 30°C on the 12 at 0600 Zulu
- TN26/1121Z
- Minimum temperature 26°C on the 11 at 2100 Zulu
- TN27/1221Z
- Minimum temperature 27°C on the 12 at 2100 Zulu
- TEMPO 1118/1122
- Temporarily, the 11 at 1800 Zulu to the 11 at 2200 Zulu
- 2800
- Visibility 2,800 meters
- +SHRA
- Heavy showers of rain
- BKN009
- Broken clouds at 900 ft
- FEW030CB
- Few clouds at 3,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- TEMPO 1122/1202
- Temporarily, the 11 at 2200 Zulu to the 12 at 0200 Zulu
- +SHRA
- Heavy showers of rain
- BKN009
- Broken clouds at 900 ft
- FEW030CB
- Few clouds at 3,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- BECMG 1202/1204
- Becoming, gradually over the 12 at 0200 Zulu to the 12 at 0400 Zulu
- 16018G27MPS
- Wind from 160° at 18 meters per second, gusting 27
- -SHRA
- Light showers of rain
- BKN016
- Broken clouds at 1,600 ft
- TEMPO 1207/1211
- Temporarily, the 12 at 0700 Zulu to the 12 at 1100 Zulu
- SHRA
- Showers of rain
- BKN013
- Broken clouds at 1,300 ft
- FEW030CB
- Few clouds at 3,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- BECMG 1213/1215
- Becoming, gradually over the 12 at 1300 Zulu to the 12 at 1500 Zulu
- 16012G21MPS
- Wind from 160° at 12 meters per second, gusting 21
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?
- MVFR
- Across the whole forecast, how does the ceiling change?
- The ceiling lifts (improves) later in the forecast.
- 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 1207/1211" indicate?
- Temporary fluctuations, each lasting under an hour, within that window.