TAF Daily
Puzzle #73 was KORD (Chicago O'Hare International Airport).
TAF KORD 200255Z 2003/2106 09006KT 6SM -SHRA SCT005 OVC040 TEMPO 2003/2006 2SM -SHRA BR BKN004 FM200600 09008KT 3SM -SHRA BR VCTS BKN008 OVC020CB TEMPO 2006/2010 03010KT 1SM TSRA BR BKN006 OVC015CB FM201100 04012KT 6SM -SHRA BR OVC007 FM201700 04013G22KT P6SM VCSH SCT008 OVC015 FM202100 06014G24KT P6SM BKN020
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- KORD
- Station KORD
- 200255Z
- Issued on the 20 at 0255 Zulu (UTC)
- 2003/2106
- Valid from the 20 at 0300 Zulu to the 21 at 0600 Zulu
- 09006KT
- Wind from 90° at 6 knots
- 6SM
- Visibility 6 statute miles
- -SHRA
- Light showers of rain
- SCT005
- Scattered clouds at 500 ft
- OVC040
- Overcast at 4,000 ft
- TEMPO 2003/2006
- Temporarily, the 20 at 0300 Zulu to the 20 at 0600 Zulu
- 2SM
- Visibility 2 statute miles
- -SHRA
- Light showers of rain
- BR
- Mist
- BKN004
- Broken clouds at 400 ft
- FM200600
- Rapid change from the 20 at 0600 Zulu
- 09008KT
- Wind from 90° at 8 knots
- 3SM
- Visibility 3 statute miles
- -SHRA
- Light showers of rain
- BR
- Mist
- VCTS
- Thunderstorm with in the vicinity
- BKN008
- Broken clouds at 800 ft
- OVC020CB
- Overcast at 2,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- TEMPO 2006/2010
- Temporarily, the 20 at 0600 Zulu to the 20 at 1000 Zulu
- 03010KT
- Wind from 30° at 10 knots
- 1SM
- Visibility 1 statute miles
- TSRA
- Thunderstorm with rain
- BR
- Mist
- BKN006
- Broken clouds at 600 ft
- OVC015CB
- Overcast at 1,500 ft (cumulonimbus)
- FM201100
- Rapid change from the 20 at 1100 Zulu
- 04012KT
- Wind from 40° at 12 knots
- 6SM
- Visibility 6 statute miles
- -SHRA
- Light showers of rain
- BR
- Mist
- OVC007
- Overcast at 700 ft
- FM201700
- Rapid change from the 20 at 1700 Zulu
- 04013G22KT
- Wind from 40° at 13 knots, gusting 22
- P6SM
- Visibility greater than 6 statute miles
- VCSH
- Showers of in the vicinity
- SCT008
- Scattered clouds at 800 ft
- OVC015
- Overcast at 1,500 ft
- FM202100
- Rapid change from the 20 at 2100 Zulu
- 06014G24KT
- Wind from 60° at 14 knots, gusting 24
- P6SM
- Visibility greater than 6 statute miles
- BKN020
- Broken clouds at 2,000 ft
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 20 at 03:00Z to day 21 at 06:00Z
- What is the flight category of the initial (base) forecast period?
- VFR
- Across the whole forecast, how does the ceiling change?
- The ceiling lowers (deteriorates) 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 2006/2010" indicate?
- Temporary fluctuations, each lasting under an hour, within that window.