TAF Daily
Puzzle #86 was EGYP (Mount Pleasant Airport / RAF Mount Pleasant).
TAF EGYP 030413Z 0306/0406 05015KT 9999 FEW020 BKN030 TEMPO 0306/0314 SCT018 PROB40 TEMPO 0306/0308 7000 SHRA SCT006 BKN012 PROB30 TEMPO 0308/0312 05018G28KT -SHRA SCT012 BKN015 BECMG 0312/0315 04020G30KT BECMG 0314/0317 BKN018 TEMPO 0317/0406 7000 RA BKN010 PROB40 TEMPO 0400/0406 3000 RADZ SCT006
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- EGYP
- Station EGYP
- 030413Z
- Issued on the 03 at 0413 Zulu (UTC)
- 0306/0406
- Valid from the 03 at 0600 Zulu to the 04 at 0600 Zulu
- 05015KT
- Wind from 50° at 15 knots
- 9999
- Visibility 10 km or more
- FEW020
- Few clouds at 2,000 ft
- BKN030
- Broken clouds at 3,000 ft
- TEMPO 0306/0314
- Temporarily, the 03 at 0600 Zulu to the 03 at 1400 Zulu
- SCT018
- Scattered clouds at 1,800 ft
- PROB40 TEMPO 0306/0308
- 40% probability of temporary conditions, the 03 at 0600 Zulu to the 03 at 0800 Zulu
- 7000
- Visibility 7,000 meters
- SHRA
- Showers of rain
- SCT006
- Scattered clouds at 600 ft
- BKN012
- Broken clouds at 1,200 ft
- PROB30 TEMPO 0308/0312
- 30% probability of temporary conditions, the 03 at 0800 Zulu to the 03 at 1200 Zulu
- 05018G28KT
- Wind from 50° at 18 knots, gusting 28
- -SHRA
- Light showers of rain
- SCT012
- Scattered clouds at 1,200 ft
- BKN015
- Broken clouds at 1,500 ft
- BECMG 0312/0315
- Becoming, gradually over the 03 at 1200 Zulu to the 03 at 1500 Zulu
- 04020G30KT
- Wind from 40° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- BECMG 0314/0317
- Becoming, gradually over the 03 at 1400 Zulu to the 03 at 1700 Zulu
- BKN018
- Broken clouds at 1,800 ft
- TEMPO 0317/0406
- Temporarily, the 03 at 1700 Zulu to the 04 at 0600 Zulu
- 7000
- Visibility 7,000 meters
- RA
- Rain
- BKN010
- Broken clouds at 1,000 ft
- PROB40 TEMPO 0400/0406
- 40% probability of temporary conditions, the 04 at 0000 Zulu to the 04 at 0600 Zulu
- 3000
- Visibility 3,000 meters
- RADZ
- Rain drizzle
- SCT006
- Scattered clouds at 600 ft
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 03 at 06:00Z to day 04 at 06:00Z
- What is the flight category of the initial (base) forecast period?
- MVFR
- 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 "BECMG 0312/0315" indicate?
- A gradual change, becoming the new conditions across that window.