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Old 15th Dec 2006, 14:01
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Crowe
 
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TAF = "Terminal Area Forecast", and they look like this:

LEEDS BRADFORD EGNM 151210Z 151322 29005KT 5000 -RA SCT005 BKN010 TEMPO 1322 3000 RADZ BR SCT002 BKN004

It sets out the weather forecast over a certain period for a certain airport, in this case from 1300 to 2200 on 15 December at Leeds Bradford.

29005KT = wind from 290 at 5 knots
5000 = visibility 5000m
-RA = light rain
SCT005 BKN010 = cloud cover. Scattered at 500ft , broken at 1000ft
TEMPO 1322 3000 RADZ BR SCT002 BKN004 = temporarily, between 1300 and 2220 hours visibility will be 3000m in rain and drizzle, with some fog, and scattered cloud at 200ft, broken at 400ft.

In short it's a lovely day in Leeds!

Loads more here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Termina...drome_Forecast
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