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WEATHERCODEANDTRANSLATION (AIPGEN 3.5)
CODE TRANSLATION
WEATHERDESCRIPTORS
BC
Patches (of fog)
BL
Blowing
DR
Drifting
FZ
Freezing
MI
Shallow
SH
Showers
TS
Thunderstorms (or thunderstormswith)
PR
Aerodromepartially coveredby (fog)
PHENOMENA
BR
Mist
DU Dust
DS
Dust storm
DZ
Drizzle
FC
Funnel Clouds
FG
Fog
FU
Smoke
GR Hail
GS Small hail pellets
HZ
Haze
IC
IceCrystals (very small ice crystals in suspension, also known as
diamonddust)
PL
IcePellets
PO
Dust Devils
RA
Rain
SA
Sand
SG SnowGrains
SN Snow
SQ Squalls
SS
SandStorm
UP
UnknownPrecipitation (fromweather sensor)
VA
VolcanicAsh
Note1: There isanoption for intensity tobedescribedwithcertainweather types.
In thesecases, theweathergroup isprefixedby (-) for light, or (+) for
heavy.Moderate intensityhasnoprefix.
Note 2:METAR/SPECImay provide an indicationofweather in the vicinity.
If this is included, one ormore of theweather groups abovemay be
used, preceded by the abbreviation ‘VC’
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