TAF Daily
Puzzle #76 was EKBI (Billund Airport).
TAF EKBI 230227Z 2303/2403 VRB02KT 9999 -DZ BKN008 TEMPO 2303/2314 2000 -RA BR BKN003 BECMG 2314/2316 SCT015 TEMPO 2316/2321 3000 SHRA BKN012 SCT020CB BECMG 2319/2321 27018G30KT TEMPO 2321/2403 27015KT SHRA SCT012 SCT020CB
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- EKBI
- Station EKBI
- 230227Z
- Issued on the 23 at 0227 Zulu (UTC)
- 2303/2403
- Valid from the 23 at 0300 Zulu to the 24 at 0300 Zulu
- VRB02KT
- Wind variable at 2 knots
- 9999
- Visibility 10 km or more
- -DZ
- Light drizzle
- BKN008
- Broken clouds at 800 ft
- TEMPO 2303/2314
- Temporarily, the 23 at 0300 Zulu to the 23 at 1400 Zulu
- 2000
- Visibility 2,000 meters
- -RA
- Light rain
- BR
- Mist
- BKN003
- Broken clouds at 300 ft
- BECMG 2314/2316
- Becoming, gradually over the 23 at 1400 Zulu to the 23 at 1600 Zulu
- SCT015
- Scattered clouds at 1,500 ft
- TEMPO 2316/2321
- Temporarily, the 23 at 1600 Zulu to the 23 at 2100 Zulu
- 3000
- Visibility 3,000 meters
- SHRA
- Showers of rain
- BKN012
- Broken clouds at 1,200 ft
- SCT020CB
- Scattered clouds at 2,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- BECMG 2319/2321
- Becoming, gradually over the 23 at 1900 Zulu to the 23 at 2100 Zulu
- 27018G30KT
- Wind from 270° at 18 knots, gusting 30
- TEMPO 2321/2403
- Temporarily, the 23 at 2100 Zulu to the 24 at 0300 Zulu
- 27015KT
- Wind from 270° at 15 knots
- SHRA
- Showers of rain
- SCT012
- Scattered clouds at 1,200 ft
- SCT020CB
- Scattered clouds at 2,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 23 at 03:00Z to day 24 at 03:00Z
- What is the flight category of the initial (base) forecast period?
- IFR
- 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 2303/2314" indicate?
- Temporary fluctuations, each lasting under an hour, within that window.