TAF Daily
Puzzle #94 was LATI (Tirana International Airport Mother Teresa).
TAF LATI 102300Z 1100/1124 VRB05KT 9999 SCT040 OVC080 TX23/1112Z TN15/1104Z TEMPO 1100/1106 16010KT RA BKN025 PROB40 TEMPO 1100/1106 VRB15G25KT 3000 TSRA SCT020CB OVC040 TEMPO 1112/1117 23014KT -TSRA FEW030CB PROB40 1118/1124 1500 BCFG NSC
How it scored
- TAF
- Terminal aerodrome forecast
- LATI
- Station LATI
- 102300Z
- Issued on the 10 at 2300 Zulu (UTC)
- 1100/1124
- Valid from the 11 at 0000 Zulu to the 11 at 2400 Zulu
- VRB05KT
- Wind variable at 5 knots
- 9999
- Visibility 10 km or more
- SCT040
- Scattered clouds at 4,000 ft
- OVC080
- Overcast at 8,000 ft
- TX23/1112Z
- Maximum temperature 23°C on the 11 at 1200 Zulu
- TN15/1104Z
- Minimum temperature 15°C on the 11 at 0400 Zulu
- TEMPO 1100/1106
- Temporarily, the 11 at 0000 Zulu to the 11 at 0600 Zulu
- 16010KT
- Wind from 160° at 10 knots
- RA
- Rain
- BKN025
- Broken clouds at 2,500 ft
- PROB40 TEMPO 1100/1106
- 40% probability of temporary conditions, the 11 at 0000 Zulu to the 11 at 0600 Zulu
- VRB15G25KT
- Wind variable at 15 knots, gusting 25
- 3000
- Visibility 3,000 meters
- TSRA
- Thunderstorm with rain
- SCT020CB
- Scattered clouds at 2,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- OVC040
- Overcast at 4,000 ft
- TEMPO 1112/1117
- Temporarily, the 11 at 1200 Zulu to the 11 at 1700 Zulu
- 23014KT
- Wind from 230° at 14 knots
- -TSRA
- Light thunderstorm with rain
- FEW030CB
- Few clouds at 3,000 ft (cumulonimbus)
- PROB40 1118/1124
- 40% probability of temporary conditions, the 11 at 1800 Zulu to the 11 at 2400 Zulu
- 1500
- Visibility 1,500 meters
- BCFG
- Patches of fog
- NSC
- No significant cloud
Also on the record
- Over what UTC (Zulu) period is this forecast valid?
- day 11 at 00:00Z to day 11 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 stays about the same throughout.
- 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 1112/1117" indicate?
- Temporary fluctuations, each lasting under an hour, within that window.