TAF Daily
Puzzle #6 was NZCH (Christchurch International Airport).
TAF NZCH 150506Z 1506/1612 18008KT 9999 BKN050 BECMG 1506/1507 24010KT TEMPO 1506/1509 6000 SHRA BKN012 BECMG 1509/1511 VRB02KT PROB30 1509/1515 0500 FG BKN004 BECMG 1519/1521 24010KT BECMG 1601/1603 06010KT BECMG 1606/1608 VRB02KT
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- NZCH
- Station NZCH
- 150506Z
- Issued on the 15 at 0506 Zulu (UTC)
- 1506/1612
- Valid from the 15 at 0600 Zulu to the 16 at 1200 Zulu
- 18008KT
- Wind from 180° at 8 knots
- 9999
- Visibility 10 km or more
- BKN050
- Broken clouds at 5,000 ft
- BECMG 1506/1507
- Becoming, gradually over the 15 at 0600 Zulu to the 15 at 0700 Zulu
- 24010KT
- Wind from 240° at 10 knots
- TEMPO 1506/1509
- Temporarily, the 15 at 0600 Zulu to the 15 at 0900 Zulu
- 6000
- Visibility 6,000 meters
- SHRA
- Showers of rain
- BKN012
- Broken clouds at 1,200 ft
- BECMG 1509/1511
- Becoming, gradually over the 15 at 0900 Zulu to the 15 at 1100 Zulu
- VRB02KT
- Wind variable at 2 knots
- PROB30 1509/1515
- 30% probability of temporary conditions, the 15 at 0900 Zulu to the 15 at 1500 Zulu
- 0500
- Visibility 500 meters
- FG
- Fog
- BKN004
- Broken clouds at 400 ft
- BECMG 1519/1521
- Becoming, gradually over the 15 at 1900 Zulu to the 15 at 2100 Zulu
- 24010KT
- Wind from 240° at 10 knots
- BECMG 1601/1603
- Becoming, gradually over the 16 at 0100 Zulu to the 16 at 0300 Zulu
- 06010KT
- Wind from 60° at 10 knots
- BECMG 1606/1608
- Becoming, gradually over the 16 at 0600 Zulu to the 16 at 0800 Zulu
- VRB02KT
- Wind variable at 2 knots
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 15 at 06:00Z to day 16 at 12:00Z
- 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?
- LIFR
- In this forecast, what does the group beginning "BECMG 1506/1507" indicate?
- A gradual change, becoming the new conditions across that window.