TAF Daily
Puzzle #91 was LFLL (Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport).
TAF LFLL 072300Z 0800/0906 18009KT 9999 FEW012 BKN070 PROB40 TEMPO 0800/0803 19015G25KT 4000 SHRA BKN012 SCT030TCU BKN050 FM080300 22010KT 8000 -RA SCT012 OVC035 BECMG 0803/0806 32010KT TEMPO 0803/0815 30015G25KT 3000 RA BKN008 FEW025CB OVC035 PROB30 TEMPO 0803/0806 1400 TSRA BECMG 0815/0817 9999 NSW BKN045 PROB30 TEMPO 0817/0821 FEW025TCU BKN030 BECMG 0900/0902 CAVOK
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- LFLL
- Station LFLL
- 072300Z
- Issued on the 07 at 2300 Zulu (UTC)
- 0800/0906
- Valid from the 08 at 0000 Zulu to the 09 at 0600 Zulu
- 18009KT
- Wind from 180° at 9 knots
- 9999
- Visibility 10 km or more
- FEW012
- Few clouds at 1,200 ft
- BKN070
- Broken clouds at 7,000 ft
- PROB40 TEMPO 0800/0803
- 40% probability of temporary conditions, the 08 at 0000 Zulu to the 08 at 0300 Zulu
- 19015G25KT
- Wind from 190° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- 4000
- Visibility 4,000 meters
- SHRA
- Showers of rain
- BKN012
- Broken clouds at 1,200 ft
- SCT030TCU
- Scattered clouds at 3,000 ft (towering cumulus)
- BKN050
- Broken clouds at 5,000 ft
- FM080300
- Rapid change from the 08 at 0300 Zulu
- 22010KT
- Wind from 220° at 10 knots
- 8000
- Visibility 8,000 meters
- -RA
- Light rain
- SCT012
- Scattered clouds at 1,200 ft
- OVC035
- Overcast at 3,500 ft
- BECMG 0803/0806
- Becoming, gradually over the 08 at 0300 Zulu to the 08 at 0600 Zulu
- 32010KT
- Wind from 320° at 10 knots
- TEMPO 0803/0815
- Temporarily, the 08 at 0300 Zulu to the 08 at 1500 Zulu
- 30015G25KT
- Wind from 300° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- 3000
- Visibility 3,000 meters
- RA
- Rain
- BKN008
- Broken clouds at 800 ft
- FEW025CB
- Few clouds at 2,500 ft (cumulonimbus)
- OVC035
- Overcast at 3,500 ft
- PROB30 TEMPO 0803/0806
- 30% probability of temporary conditions, the 08 at 0300 Zulu to the 08 at 0600 Zulu
- 1400
- Visibility 1,400 meters
- TSRA
- Thunderstorm with rain
- BECMG 0815/0817
- Becoming, gradually over the 08 at 1500 Zulu to the 08 at 1700 Zulu
- 9999
- Visibility 10 km or more
- NSW
- No significant weather
- BKN045
- Broken clouds at 4,500 ft
- PROB30 TEMPO 0817/0821
- 30% probability of temporary conditions, the 08 at 1700 Zulu to the 08 at 2100 Zulu
- FEW025TCU
- Few clouds at 2,500 ft (towering cumulus)
- BKN030
- Broken clouds at 3,000 ft
- BECMG 0900/0902
- Becoming, gradually over the 09 at 0000 Zulu to the 09 at 0200 Zulu
- CAVOK
- Ceiling and visibility OK (visibility 10 km+, no cloud below 5,000 ft or below the highest minimum sector altitude, no significant weather)
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 08 at 00:00Z to day 09 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 lifts (improves) later in the forecast.
- Across the whole forecast, what is the worst (most restrictive) flight category at any point?
- LIFR
- In this forecast, what does the group beginning "TEMPO 0803/0815" indicate?
- Temporary fluctuations, each lasting under an hour, within that window.