METAR Daily
Puzzle #68 was FACT (Cape Town International Airport).
SPECI FACT 132009Z 31019G31KT 1500 +TSRA FEW006 SCT020 FEW045CB 14/13 Q1013 BECMG 4000 -TSRA
How it scored
- SPECI
- Special (off-schedule) observation
- FACT
- Station FACT
- 132009Z
- Observed on the 13th at 2009 Zulu (UTC)
- 31019G31KT
- Wind from 310° at 19 knots, gusting 31
- 1500
- Visibility 1,500 meters
- +TSRA
- Heavy thunderstorm with rain
- FEW006
- Few clouds at 600 ft
- SCT020
- Scattered clouds at 2,000 ft
- FEW045CB
- Few clouds at 4,500 ft (cumulonimbus)
- 14/13
- Temperature 14°C, dew point 13°C
- Q1013
- Altimeter 1013 hPa (29.91 inHg)
- BECMG 4000 -TSRA
- Trend forecast - not current conditions: BECMG 4000 -TSRA
Also on the record
- What is the flight category?
- LIFR
- What is the ceiling?
- No ceiling
- What is the crosswind component on runway 19?
- 11 kt
- What is the gust factor (gust speed minus sustained speed)?
- 12 kt
- What weather is being reported?
- Heavy thunderstorm with rain