TAF Daily
Puzzle #7 was LFLL (Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport).
TAF LFLL 160500Z 1606/1712 15006KT CAVOK TEMPO 1613/1703 VRB20G35KT 4000 TSRA BKN080CB PROB30 TEMPO 1613/1615 34030G50KT 1500 +TSGR PROB30 TEMPO 1619/1623 34030G45KT 1500 +TSGR BKN012 PROB30 TEMPO 1703/1706 VRB02KT 4000 BR BECMG 1707/1709 34010KT
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- LFLL
- Station LFLL
- 160500Z
- Issued on the 16 at 0500 Zulu (UTC)
- 1606/1712
- Valid from the 16 at 0600 Zulu to the 17 at 1200 Zulu
- 15006KT
- Wind from 150° at 6 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)
- TEMPO 1613/1703
- Temporarily, the 16 at 1300 Zulu to the 17 at 0300 Zulu
- VRB20G35KT
- Wind variable at 20 knots, gusting 35
- 4000
- Visibility 4,000 meters
- TSRA
- Thunderstorm with rain
- BKN080CB
- Broken clouds at 8,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- PROB30 TEMPO 1613/1615
- 30% probability of temporary conditions, the 16 at 1300 Zulu to the 16 at 1500 Zulu
- 34030G50KT
- Wind from 340° at 30 knots, gusting 50
- 1500
- Visibility 1,500 meters
- +TSGR
- Heavy thunderstorm with hail
- PROB30 TEMPO 1619/1623
- 30% probability of temporary conditions, the 16 at 1900 Zulu to the 16 at 2300 Zulu
- 34030G45KT
- Wind from 340° at 30 knots, gusting 45
- 1500
- Visibility 1,500 meters
- +TSGR
- Heavy thunderstorm with hail
- BKN012
- Broken clouds at 1,200 ft
- PROB30 TEMPO 1703/1706
- 30% probability of temporary conditions, the 17 at 0300 Zulu to the 17 at 0600 Zulu
- VRB02KT
- Wind variable at 2 knots
- 4000
- Visibility 4,000 meters
- BR
- Mist
- BECMG 1707/1709
- Becoming, gradually over the 17 at 0700 Zulu to the 17 at 0900 Zulu
- 34010KT
- Wind from 340° at 10 knots
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 16 at 06:00Z to day 17 at 12:00Z
- 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?
- LIFR
- In this forecast, what does the group beginning "PROB30 TEMPO 1703/1706" indicate?
- A 30% 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.