TAF Daily
Puzzle #90 was EBOS (Ostend-Bruges International Airport).
TAF EBOS 062300Z 0700/0806 09006KT 8000 NSC TEMPO 0700/0708 4000 BR BKN004 PROB30 TEMPO 0700/0707 0500 FG BKN001 TEMPO 0715/0801 3500 RA SHRA BKN010 BKN014TCU BECMG 0717/0719 35018G28KT PROB40 TEMPO 0720/0806 35025G38KT PROB30 TEMPO 0803/0806 4000 SHRA
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- EBOS
- Station EBOS
- 062300Z
- Issued on the 06 at 2300 Zulu (UTC)
- 0700/0806
- Valid from the 07 at 0000 Zulu to the 08 at 0600 Zulu
- 09006KT
- Wind from 90° at 6 knots
- 8000
- Visibility 8,000 meters
- NSC
- No significant cloud
- TEMPO 0700/0708
- Temporarily, the 07 at 0000 Zulu to the 07 at 0800 Zulu
- 4000
- Visibility 4,000 meters
- BR
- Mist
- BKN004
- Broken clouds at 400 ft
- PROB30 TEMPO 0700/0707
- 30% probability of temporary conditions, the 07 at 0000 Zulu to the 07 at 0700 Zulu
- 0500
- Visibility 500 meters
- FG
- Fog
- BKN001
- Broken clouds at 100 ft
- TEMPO 0715/0801
- Temporarily, the 07 at 1500 Zulu to the 08 at 0100 Zulu
- 3500
- Visibility 3,500 meters
- RA
- Rain
- SHRA
- Showers of rain
- BKN010
- Broken clouds at 1,000 ft
- BKN014TCU
- Broken clouds at 1,400 ft (towering cumulus)
- BECMG 0717/0719
- Becoming, gradually over the 07 at 1700 Zulu to the 07 at 1900 Zulu
- 35018G28KT
- Wind from 350° at 18 knots, gusting 28
- PROB40 TEMPO 0720/0806
- 40% probability of temporary conditions, the 07 at 2000 Zulu to the 08 at 0600 Zulu
- 35025G38KT
- Wind from 350° at 25 knots, gusting 38
- PROB30 TEMPO 0803/0806
- 30% probability of temporary conditions, the 08 at 0300 Zulu to the 08 at 0600 Zulu
- 4000
- Visibility 4,000 meters
- SHRA
- Showers of rain
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 07 at 00:00Z to day 08 at 06:00Z
- What is the flight category of the initial (base) forecast period?
- MVFR
- Across the whole forecast, what is the worst (most restrictive) flight category at any point?
- LIFR
- In this forecast, what does the group beginning "PROB30 TEMPO 0700/0707" indicate?
- A 30% probability of the stated conditions during that window.
- What does this forecast say about convective (thunderstorm) weather?
- Thunderstorms or cumulonimbus (CB) clouds are explicitly forecast.