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Qualifier |
Weather Phenomena | ||||||||
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Intensity or Proximity |
Descriptor |
Precipitation |
Obscuration |
Other | |||||
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Light |
BC |
Patches |
DZ |
Drizzle |
BR |
Mist (1) |
DS |
Duststorm |
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BL |
Blowing (2) |
GR |
Hail (3) |
DU |
Widespread Dust | ||||
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No qualifier |
Moderate |
DR |
Low Drifting (4) |
GS |
Small Hail and/or snow pellets (5) |
FG |
Fog (6) |
FC |
Funnel Clouds |
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FZ |
Freezing |
IC |
Ice |
FU |
Smoke |
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Dust/Sand Whirls | ||
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+ |
Heavy |
MI |
Shallow |
PL |
Ice Pellets |
HZ |
Haze |
SQ |
Squall(s) |
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PR |
Partial |
RA |
Rain |
SA |
Sand | ||||
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VC |
Vicinity (7) |
SH |
Shower(s) |
SG |
Snow Grains |
VA |
Volcanic Ash |
SS |
Sandstorm |
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TS |
Thunderstorm |
SN |
Snow | ||||||
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UP |
Unknown Precipitation | |||||||
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(1)
Visibility at least 1000m (5/8SM) but not more than 9600m
(6SM) (2)
6 feet or more above the ground (3)
Hailstone diameter 5mm or greater (4)
Less than 6 feet above the ground (5)
Hailstone diameter less than 5mm (6)
Visibility less than 1000m (5/8SM) (7)
Within 8KM (5SM) of the aerodrome but not at the aerodrome | |||||||||