TAF Daily
Puzzle #8 was EPKK (Kraków John Paul II International Airport).
TAF EPKK 170530Z 1706/1806 VRB03KT CAVOK BECMG 1710/1713 13010KT TEMPO 1710/1720 SCT050CB PROB30 TEMPO 1714/1720 VRB15G25KT -TSRA BKN050CB BECMG 1720/1723 22003KT TEMPO 1720/1803 VRB15G25KT 4000 TSRA BKN040CB PROB30 TEMPO 1720/1724 VRB20G40KT 1200 +TSRAGR BKN014 BKN020CB TEMPO 1803/1806 1200 BR BKN003
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- EPKK
- Station EPKK
- 170530Z
- Issued on the 17 at 0530 Zulu (UTC)
- 1706/1806
- Valid from the 17 at 0600 Zulu to the 18 at 0600 Zulu
- VRB03KT
- Wind variable at 3 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)
- BECMG 1710/1713
- Becoming, gradually over the 17 at 1000 Zulu to the 17 at 1300 Zulu
- 13010KT
- Wind from 130° at 10 knots
- TEMPO 1710/1720
- Temporarily, the 17 at 1000 Zulu to the 17 at 2000 Zulu
- SCT050CB
- Scattered clouds at 5,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- PROB30 TEMPO 1714/1720
- 30% probability of temporary conditions, the 17 at 1400 Zulu to the 17 at 2000 Zulu
- VRB15G25KT
- Wind variable at 15 knots, gusting 25
- -TSRA
- Light thunderstorm with rain
- BKN050CB
- Broken clouds at 5,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- BECMG 1720/1723
- Becoming, gradually over the 17 at 2000 Zulu to the 17 at 2300 Zulu
- 22003KT
- Wind from 220° at 3 knots
- TEMPO 1720/1803
- Temporarily, the 17 at 2000 Zulu to the 18 at 0300 Zulu
- VRB15G25KT
- Wind variable at 15 knots, gusting 25
- 4000
- Visibility 4,000 meters
- TSRA
- Thunderstorm with rain
- BKN040CB
- Broken clouds at 4,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- PROB30 TEMPO 1720/1724
- 30% probability of temporary conditions, the 17 at 2000 Zulu to the 17 at 2400 Zulu
- VRB20G40KT
- Wind variable at 20 knots, gusting 40
- 1200
- Visibility 1,200 meters
- +TSRAGR
- Heavy thunderstorm with rain hail
- BKN014
- Broken clouds at 1,400 ft
- BKN020CB
- Broken clouds at 2,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- TEMPO 1803/1806
- Temporarily, the 18 at 0300 Zulu to the 18 at 0600 Zulu
- 1200
- Visibility 1,200 meters
- BR
- Mist
- BKN003
- Broken clouds at 300 ft
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 17 at 06:00Z to day 18 at 06:00Z
- 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 "BECMG 1710/1713" 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.