TAF Daily
Puzzle #61 was LFLL (Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport).
TAF LFLL 072300Z 0800/0906 VRB03KT CAVOK BECMG 0800/0802 16005KT BECMG 0810/0812 18017G30KT TEMPO 0813/0821 18025G40KT FEW090CB PROB30 TEMPO 0813/0818 4000 -TSRA SCT080CB PROB40 TEMPO 0818/0903 2000 TSRA BKN070CB BECMG 0820/0822 16007KT BECMG 0903/0905 33007KT TEMPO 0903/0906 3000 RA BKN014 BKN025
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- LFLL
- Station LFLL
- 072300Z
- Issued on the 07 at 2300 Zulu (UTC)
- 0800/0906
- Valid from the 08 at 0000 Zulu to the 09 at 0600 Zulu
- VRB03KT
- Wind variable at 3 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)
- BECMG 0800/0802
- Becoming, gradually over the 08 at 0000 Zulu to the 08 at 0200 Zulu
- 16005KT
- Wind from 160° at 5 knots
- BECMG 0810/0812
- Becoming, gradually over the 08 at 1000 Zulu to the 08 at 1200 Zulu
- 18017G30KT
- Wind from 180° at 17 knots, gusting 30
- TEMPO 0813/0821
- Temporarily, the 08 at 1300 Zulu to the 08 at 2100 Zulu
- 18025G40KT
- Wind from 180° at 25 knots, gusting 40
- FEW090CB
- Few clouds at 9,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- PROB30 TEMPO 0813/0818
- 30% probability of temporary conditions, the 08 at 1300 Zulu to the 08 at 1800 Zulu
- 4000
- Visibility 4,000 meters
- -TSRA
- Light thunderstorm with rain
- SCT080CB
- Scattered clouds at 8,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- PROB40 TEMPO 0818/0903
- 40% probability of temporary conditions, the 08 at 1800 Zulu to the 09 at 0300 Zulu
- 2000
- Visibility 2,000 meters
- TSRA
- Thunderstorm with rain
- BKN070CB
- Broken clouds at 7,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- BECMG 0820/0822
- Becoming, gradually over the 08 at 2000 Zulu to the 08 at 2200 Zulu
- 16007KT
- Wind from 160° at 7 knots
- BECMG 0903/0905
- Becoming, gradually over the 09 at 0300 Zulu to the 09 at 0500 Zulu
- 33007KT
- Wind from 330° at 7 knots
- TEMPO 0903/0906
- Temporarily, the 09 at 0300 Zulu to the 09 at 0600 Zulu
- 3000
- Visibility 3,000 meters
- RA
- Rain
- BKN014
- Broken clouds at 1,400 ft
- BKN025
- Broken clouds at 2,500 ft
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 08 at 00:00Z to day 09 at 06:00Z
- 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 0818/0903" 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.