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TAF Decoding - Bob Tait CMET Page 168. Question No 7. The answer is option C.
I am wondering whether this question has a typo error or if I am missing something - plz correct me.
Here TAF validity is till the 26th of Month 06 AM. Arrival at 051420 means 05th of the month 2:20 PM. Isn’t this outside of TAF validity or I am reading incorrectly ????
Even If consider is arrival at 251430-
then answer C - No Cloud below 5000 ft above MSL. won't be correct as CAVOK only starts from 251500, but before 251500 FEW030
The time group just after YBBN is the time the message was logged for transmission. That has no significance to the pilot. The validity period is from 2500 to 2606 (a period of 30 hours). The answer should have been (a)
I'm sorry Bob but I don't think you've addressed Nick's question; he wasn't referring to the time the forecast was logged for transmission at all.
At question 7 the part "...YBBN at 051420..." SHOULD read 251420, the validity period of the TAF is valid for 30 hours; 2500/2606, being the 25th at midnight to the 26th at 0600 UTC.
As for the answers to question 7, every option is clearly from question 6 and incorrectly modified to fit the new question. The correct answer should be; 1-2
(eighths of cloud) OKTAs at 3000ft AGL
(until 251500).
Please correct me if I'm wrong, my flight instructor also agrees with my answer.
You are correct with your deduction, I will try and get this fixed. Current arrival time in the question is not within the forecast validity. There is also no answer for "FEW".
