TAF Daily
Puzzle #84 was KDFW (Dallas Fort Worth International Airport).
TAF KDFW 010247Z 0103/0206 18011KT P6SM BKN070 FM010800 17015KT P6SM VCTS BKN035CB FM011000 19012KT 4SM -TSRA OVC025CB TEMPO 0110/0112 27025G40KT 2SM TSRA OVC015CB FM011200 16009KT 6SM -SHRA VCTS SCT015 OVC030CB FM011700 16009KT P6SM -SHRA BKN015
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- KDFW
- Station KDFW
- 010247Z
- Issued on the 01 at 0247 Zulu (UTC)
- 0103/0206
- Valid from the 01 at 0300 Zulu to the 02 at 0600 Zulu
- 18011KT
- Wind from 180° at 11 knots
- P6SM
- Visibility greater than 6 statute miles
- BKN070
- Broken clouds at 7,000 ft
- FM010800
- Rapid change from the 01 at 0800 Zulu
- 17015KT
- Wind from 170° at 15 knots
- P6SM
- Visibility greater than 6 statute miles
- VCTS
- Thunderstorm with in the vicinity
- BKN035CB
- Broken clouds at 3,500 ft (cumulonimbus)
- FM011000
- Rapid change from the 01 at 1000 Zulu
- 19012KT
- Wind from 190° at 12 knots
- 4SM
- Visibility 4 statute miles
- -TSRA
- Light thunderstorm with rain
- OVC025CB
- Overcast at 2,500 ft (cumulonimbus)
- TEMPO 0110/0112
- Temporarily, the 01 at 1000 Zulu to the 01 at 1200 Zulu
- 27025G40KT
- Wind from 270° at 25 knots, gusting 40
- 2SM
- Visibility 2 statute miles
- TSRA
- Thunderstorm with rain
- OVC015CB
- Overcast at 1,500 ft (cumulonimbus)
- FM011200
- Rapid change from the 01 at 1200 Zulu
- 16009KT
- Wind from 160° at 9 knots
- 6SM
- Visibility 6 statute miles
- -SHRA
- Light showers of rain
- VCTS
- Thunderstorm with in the vicinity
- SCT015
- Scattered clouds at 1,500 ft
- OVC030CB
- Overcast at 3,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- FM011700
- Rapid change from the 01 at 1700 Zulu
- 16009KT
- Wind from 160° at 9 knots
- P6SM
- Visibility greater than 6 statute miles
- -SHRA
- Light showers of rain
- BKN015
- Broken clouds at 1,500 ft
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 01 at 03:00Z to day 02 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?
- IFR
- In this forecast, what does the group beginning "FM011200" indicate?
- A rapid, complete change to new prevailing conditions from that time onward.