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Gord’s Rule of Thumb About TAFs

December 03, 2014 @ 08:33 By: gordon Category: Weather

I have a rule of thumb about TAFs: the longer they are, the crumbier the weather is going to be.

TAF AMD CYOW 031045Z 0310/0406 09005KT 2SM -SN -FZDZ BR OVC004 TEMPO 0310/0314 6SM BR OVC008 PROB30 0310/0314 OVC003
FM031400 24008KT 6SM -RASN SCT008 OVC015 TEMPO 0314/0318 2SM -SN
BKN008 OVC015
FM031800 24012G22KT 2SM -SN OVC015 TEMPO 0318/0322 4SM -SN SCT015
OVC025 PROB30 0318/0322 3/4SM -SHSN VV008
FM032200 24012G22KT 6SM -SHSN BKN020
FM040000 25012G22KT P6SM SCT040
FM040500 24010G20KT 3SM -SHSN BKN025
RMK NXT FCST BY 031200Z=

Ick.