TAF Daily
Puzzle #53 was GABS (Modibo Keita International Airport).
TAF GABS 111725Z 1118/1224 22010KT 9999 FEW020 TEMPO 1118/1122 VRB20G35KT 4000 TSRA BKN020 SCT030CB PROB40 TEMPO 1122/1124 4500 TS SHRA BKN020 FEW030CB PROB40 TEMPO 1201/1207 06020G30KT 4000 TSRA BKN020 FEW030CB PROB40 TEMPO 1214/1218 TS BKN020 FEW030CB
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- GABS
- Station GABS
- 111725Z
- Issued on the 11 at 1725 Zulu (UTC)
- 1118/1224
- Valid from the 11 at 1800 Zulu to the 12 at 2400 Zulu
- 22010KT
- Wind from 220° at 10 knots
- 9999
- Visibility 10 km or more
- FEW020
- Few clouds at 2,000 ft
- TEMPO 1118/1122
- Temporarily, the 11 at 1800 Zulu to the 11 at 2200 Zulu
- VRB20G35KT
- Wind variable at 20 knots, gusting 35
- 4000
- Visibility 4,000 meters
- TSRA
- Thunderstorm with rain
- BKN020
- Broken clouds at 2,000 ft
- SCT030CB
- Scattered clouds at 3,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- PROB40 TEMPO 1122/1124
- 40% probability of temporary conditions, the 11 at 2200 Zulu to the 11 at 2400 Zulu
- 4500
- Visibility 4,500 meters
- TS
- Thunderstorm with
- SHRA
- Showers of rain
- BKN020
- Broken clouds at 2,000 ft
- FEW030CB
- Few clouds at 3,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- PROB40 TEMPO 1201/1207
- 40% probability of temporary conditions, the 12 at 0100 Zulu to the 12 at 0700 Zulu
- 06020G30KT
- Wind from 60° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- 4000
- Visibility 4,000 meters
- TSRA
- Thunderstorm with rain
- BKN020
- Broken clouds at 2,000 ft
- FEW030CB
- Few clouds at 3,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- PROB40 TEMPO 1214/1218
- 40% probability of temporary conditions, the 12 at 1400 Zulu to the 12 at 1800 Zulu
- TS
- Thunderstorm with
- BKN020
- Broken clouds at 2,000 ft
- FEW030CB
- Few clouds at 3,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
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, what is the worst (most restrictive) flight category at any point?
- IFR
- In this forecast, what does the group beginning "PROB40 TEMPO 1214/1218" 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.