TAF Daily
Puzzle #79 was EIKN (Ireland West Airport Knock).
TAF EIKN 252300Z 2600/2624 22009KT 9999 FEW030 SCT045 TEMPO 2600/2603 -SHRA FEW020CB PROB30 TEMPO 2600/2602 23015G25KT 4000 SHRA BKN008 BECMG 2604/2606 18010KT BECMG 2608/2610 21012KT TEMPO 2609/2619 22015G28KT PROB30 TEMPO 2610/2619 -SHRA BKN008 BECMG 2618/2620 18012KT PROB40 TEMPO 2619/2624 19015G25KT SHRA BKN008
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- EIKN
- Station EIKN
- 252300Z
- Issued on the 25 at 2300 Zulu (UTC)
- 2600/2624
- Valid from the 26 at 0000 Zulu to the 26 at 2400 Zulu
- 22009KT
- Wind from 220° at 9 knots
- 9999
- Visibility 10 km or more
- FEW030
- Few clouds at 3,000 ft
- SCT045
- Scattered clouds at 4,500 ft
- TEMPO 2600/2603
- Temporarily, the 26 at 0000 Zulu to the 26 at 0300 Zulu
- -SHRA
- Light showers of rain
- FEW020CB
- Few clouds at 2,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- PROB30 TEMPO 2600/2602
- 30% probability of temporary conditions, the 26 at 0000 Zulu to the 26 at 0200 Zulu
- 23015G25KT
- Wind from 230° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- 4000
- Visibility 4,000 meters
- SHRA
- Showers of rain
- BKN008
- Broken clouds at 800 ft
- BECMG 2604/2606
- Becoming, gradually over the 26 at 0400 Zulu to the 26 at 0600 Zulu
- 18010KT
- Wind from 180° at 10 knots
- BECMG 2608/2610
- Becoming, gradually over the 26 at 0800 Zulu to the 26 at 1000 Zulu
- 21012KT
- Wind from 210° at 12 knots
- TEMPO 2609/2619
- Temporarily, the 26 at 0900 Zulu to the 26 at 1900 Zulu
- 22015G28KT
- Wind from 220° at 15 knots, gusting 28
- PROB30 TEMPO 2610/2619
- 30% probability of temporary conditions, the 26 at 1000 Zulu to the 26 at 1900 Zulu
- -SHRA
- Light showers of rain
- BKN008
- Broken clouds at 800 ft
- BECMG 2618/2620
- Becoming, gradually over the 26 at 1800 Zulu to the 26 at 2000 Zulu
- 18012KT
- Wind from 180° at 12 knots
- PROB40 TEMPO 2619/2624
- 40% probability of temporary conditions, the 26 at 1900 Zulu to the 26 at 2400 Zulu
- 19015G25KT
- Wind from 190° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- SHRA
- Showers of rain
- BKN008
- Broken clouds at 800 ft
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 26 at 00:00Z to day 26 at 24:00Z
- 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?
- IFR
- In this forecast, what does the group beginning "BECMG 2604/2606" indicate?
- A gradual change, becoming the new conditions across that window.
- What does this forecast say about convective (thunderstorm) weather?
- Thunderstorms or cumulonimbus (CB) clouds are explicitly forecast.