TAF Daily
Puzzle #81 was LTBA (İstanbul Atatürk Airport).
TAF LTBA 272240Z 2800/2824 36015KT 9999 -SHRA SCT025 BKN080 BECMG 2802/2805 33022G35KT SCT012 BKN025 TEMPO 2805/2808 4000 SHRA SCT012 FEW018CB BKN022 PROB40 TEMPO 2818/2822 4000 SHRA FEW018CB BKN022
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- LTBA
- Station LTBA
- 272240Z
- Issued on the 27 at 2240 Zulu (UTC)
- 2800/2824
- Valid from the 28 at 0000 Zulu to the 28 at 2400 Zulu
- 36015KT
- Wind from 360° at 15 knots
- 9999
- Visibility 10 km or more
- -SHRA
- Light showers of rain
- SCT025
- Scattered clouds at 2,500 ft
- BKN080
- Broken clouds at 8,000 ft
- BECMG 2802/2805
- Becoming, gradually over the 28 at 0200 Zulu to the 28 at 0500 Zulu
- 33022G35KT
- Wind from 330° at 22 knots, gusting 35
- SCT012
- Scattered clouds at 1,200 ft
- BKN025
- Broken clouds at 2,500 ft
- TEMPO 2805/2808
- Temporarily, the 28 at 0500 Zulu to the 28 at 0800 Zulu
- 4000
- Visibility 4,000 meters
- SHRA
- Showers of rain
- SCT012
- Scattered clouds at 1,200 ft
- FEW018CB
- Few clouds at 1,800 ft (cumulonimbus)
- BKN022
- Broken clouds at 2,200 ft
- PROB40 TEMPO 2818/2822
- 40% probability of temporary conditions, the 28 at 1800 Zulu to the 28 at 2200 Zulu
- 4000
- Visibility 4,000 meters
- SHRA
- Showers of rain
- FEW018CB
- Few clouds at 1,800 ft (cumulonimbus)
- BKN022
- Broken clouds at 2,200 ft
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 28 at 00:00Z to day 28 at 24:00Z
- 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?
- IFR
- In this forecast, what does the group beginning "TEMPO 2805/2808" indicate?
- Temporary fluctuations, each lasting under an hour, within that window.