TAF Daily
Puzzle #57 was BIKF (Keflavik International Airport).
TAF AMD BIKF 112055Z 1121/1221 19018KT 4000 -DZ BR OVC004 TX11/1215Z TN09/1203Z TEMPO 1121/1208 0400 -DZ FG VV002 BECMG 1204/1206 18025G35KT BECMG 1217/1219 2000 RADZ
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- AMD
- Amended forecast
- BIKF
- Station BIKF
- 112055Z
- Issued on the 11 at 2055 Zulu (UTC)
- 1121/1221
- Valid from the 11 at 2100 Zulu to the 12 at 2100 Zulu
- 19018KT
- Wind from 190° at 18 knots
- 4000
- Visibility 4,000 meters
- -DZ
- Light drizzle
- BR
- Mist
- OVC004
- Overcast at 400 ft
- TX11/1215Z
- Maximum temperature 11°C on the 12 at 1500 Zulu
- TN09/1203Z
- Minimum temperature 9°C on the 12 at 0300 Zulu
- TEMPO 1121/1208
- Temporarily, the 11 at 2100 Zulu to the 12 at 0800 Zulu
- 0400
- Visibility 400 meters
- -DZ
- Light drizzle
- FG
- Fog
- VV002
- Vertical visibility 200 ft (sky obscured)
- BECMG 1204/1206
- Becoming, gradually over the 12 at 0400 Zulu to the 12 at 0600 Zulu
- 18025G35KT
- Wind from 180° at 25 knots, gusting 35
- BECMG 1217/1219
- Becoming, gradually over the 12 at 1700 Zulu to the 12 at 1900 Zulu
- 2000
- Visibility 2,000 meters
- RADZ
- Rain drizzle
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?
- LIFR
- Across the whole forecast, how does the ceiling change?
- The ceiling stays about the same throughout.
- In this forecast, what does the group beginning "BECMG 1204/1206" indicate?
- A gradual change, becoming the new conditions across that window.
- What does this forecast say about convective (thunderstorm) weather?
- No thunderstorms or CB clouds are forecast.