TAF Daily
Puzzle #65 was EICK (Cork International Airport).
TAF EICK 112300Z 1200/1224 20012KT 9999 FEW010 BKN015 BECMG 1200/1202 22015G28KT SCT004 BKN008 BECMG 1204/1206 4000 -DZ BKN004 TEMPO 1205/1216 2000 RADZ BR PROB30 TEMPO 1206/1215 0100 FG BKN001 FEW020CB BECMG 1208/1210 23012KT BECMG 1216/1218 9999 SCT010 BECMG 1218/1220 18005KT TEMPO 1218/1224 3000 -RA BR BKN006 PROB30 TEMPO 1218/1224 1200 RADZ BR BKN003 FEW020CB
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- EICK
- Station EICK
- 112300Z
- Issued on the 11 at 2300 Zulu (UTC)
- 1200/1224
- Valid from the 12 at 0000 Zulu to the 12 at 2400 Zulu
- 20012KT
- Wind from 200° at 12 knots
- 9999
- Visibility 10 km or more
- FEW010
- Few clouds at 1,000 ft
- BKN015
- Broken clouds at 1,500 ft
- BECMG 1200/1202
- Becoming, gradually over the 12 at 0000 Zulu to the 12 at 0200 Zulu
- 22015G28KT
- Wind from 220° at 15 knots, gusting 28
- SCT004
- Scattered clouds at 400 ft
- BKN008
- Broken clouds at 800 ft
- BECMG 1204/1206
- Becoming, gradually over the 12 at 0400 Zulu to the 12 at 0600 Zulu
- 4000
- Visibility 4,000 meters
- -DZ
- Light drizzle
- BKN004
- Broken clouds at 400 ft
- TEMPO 1205/1216
- Temporarily, the 12 at 0500 Zulu to the 12 at 1600 Zulu
- 2000
- Visibility 2,000 meters
- RADZ
- Rain drizzle
- BR
- Mist
- PROB30 TEMPO 1206/1215
- 30% probability of temporary conditions, the 12 at 0600 Zulu to the 12 at 1500 Zulu
- 0100
- Visibility 100 meters
- FG
- Fog
- BKN001
- Broken clouds at 100 ft
- FEW020CB
- Few clouds at 2,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- BECMG 1208/1210
- Becoming, gradually over the 12 at 0800 Zulu to the 12 at 1000 Zulu
- 23012KT
- Wind from 230° at 12 knots
- BECMG 1216/1218
- Becoming, gradually over the 12 at 1600 Zulu to the 12 at 1800 Zulu
- 9999
- Visibility 10 km or more
- SCT010
- Scattered clouds at 1,000 ft
- BECMG 1218/1220
- Becoming, gradually over the 12 at 1800 Zulu to the 12 at 2000 Zulu
- 18005KT
- Wind from 180° at 5 knots
- TEMPO 1218/1224
- Temporarily, the 12 at 1800 Zulu to the 12 at 2400 Zulu
- 3000
- Visibility 3,000 meters
- -RA
- Light rain
- BR
- Mist
- BKN006
- Broken clouds at 600 ft
- PROB30 TEMPO 1218/1224
- 30% probability of temporary conditions, the 12 at 1800 Zulu to the 12 at 2400 Zulu
- 1200
- Visibility 1,200 meters
- RADZ
- Rain drizzle
- BR
- Mist
- BKN003
- Broken clouds at 300 ft
- FEW020CB
- Few clouds at 2,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 12 at 00:00Z 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?
- LIFR
- In this forecast, what does the group beginning "TEMPO 1218/1224" indicate?
- Temporary fluctuations, each lasting under an hour, within that window.