TAF Daily
Puzzle #70 was DRRN (Diori Hamani International Airport).
TAF DRRN 170155Z 1702/1806 04025KT 2000 BLDU -TSRA FEW020 FEW030CB BECMG 1702/1702 04012KT 3500 TSRA BECMG 1704/1706 6000 -TSRA FM170800 20006KT 9999 SCT016 TEMPO 1716/1722 TS FEW026CB PROB40 TEMPO 1722/1804 08025G35KT 1200 SQ BLDU TSRA BKN014 SCT020CB
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- DRRN
- Station DRRN
- 170155Z
- Issued on the 17 at 0155 Zulu (UTC)
- 1702/1806
- Valid from the 17 at 0200 Zulu to the 18 at 0600 Zulu
- 04025KT
- Wind from 40° at 25 knots
- 2000
- Visibility 2,000 meters
- BLDU
- Blowing widespread dust
- -TSRA
- Light thunderstorm with rain
- FEW020
- Few clouds at 2,000 ft
- FEW030CB
- Few clouds at 3,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- BECMG 1702/1702
- Becoming, gradually over the 17 at 0200 Zulu to the 17 at 0200 Zulu
- 04012KT
- Wind from 40° at 12 knots
- 3500
- Visibility 3,500 meters
- TSRA
- Thunderstorm with rain
- BECMG 1704/1706
- Becoming, gradually over the 17 at 0400 Zulu to the 17 at 0600 Zulu
- 6000
- Visibility 6,000 meters
- -TSRA
- Light thunderstorm with rain
- FM170800
- Rapid change from the 17 at 0800 Zulu
- 20006KT
- Wind from 200° at 6 knots
- 9999
- Visibility 10 km or more
- SCT016
- Scattered clouds at 1,600 ft
- TEMPO 1716/1722
- Temporarily, the 17 at 1600 Zulu to the 17 at 2200 Zulu
- TS
- Thunderstorm with
- FEW026CB
- Few clouds at 2,600 ft (cumulonimbus)
- PROB40 TEMPO 1722/1804
- 40% probability of temporary conditions, the 17 at 2200 Zulu to the 18 at 0400 Zulu
- 08025G35KT
- Wind from 80° at 25 knots, gusting 35
- 1200
- Visibility 1,200 meters
- SQ
- Squalls
- BLDU
- Blowing widespread dust
- TSRA
- Thunderstorm with rain
- BKN014
- Broken clouds at 1,400 ft
- SCT020CB
- Scattered clouds at 2,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 17 at 02:00Z to day 18 at 06:00Z
- What is the flight category of the initial (base) forecast period?
- IFR
- Across the whole forecast, what is the worst (most restrictive) flight category at any point?
- LIFR
- In this forecast, what does the group beginning "PROB40 TEMPO 1722/1804" 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.