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BUFR Reference Manual - WMO

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ITTED<br />

0510 01 PRESENT AND PAST WEATHER MISSING, BUT EXPECTED<br />

0511 01 MISSING VALUE<br />

020004 0021 0000 02 CLOUD COVERING 1/2 OR LESS OF THE SKY THROUGHOUT THE APPROPP<br />

RIATE PERIOD<br />

0001 03 CLOUD COVERING MORE THAN 1/2 OF THE SKY DURING PART OF THE A<br />

PPROPRIATE PERIOD AND COVERING 1/2 OR LESS DURING PART OF TH<br />

E PERIOD<br />

0002 02 CLOUD COVERING MORE THAN 1/2 OF THE SKY THROUGHOUT THE APPRP<br />

PRIATE PERIOD<br />

0003 01 SANSTORM, DUSTSTORM OR BLOWING SNOW<br />

0004 01 FOG OR ICE OR THICK HAZE<br />

0005 01 DRIZZLE<br />

0006 01 RAIN<br />

0007 01 SNOW, OR RAIN AND SNOW MIXED<br />

0008 01 SHOWER(S)<br />

0009 01 THUNDERSTORM(S) WITH OR WITHOUT PRECIPITATION<br />

0010 01 NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OBSERVED<br />

0011 01 VISIBILITY REDUCED<br />

0012 01 BLOWING PHENOMENA, VISIBILITY REDUCED<br />

0013 01 FOG<br />

0014 01 PRECIPITATION<br />

0015 01 DRIZZLE<br />

0016 01 RAIN<br />

0017 01 SNOW OR ICE PELLETS<br />

0018 01 SHOWERS OR INTERMITTENT PRECIPITATION<br />

0019 01 THUNDERSTORM<br />

0031 01 MISSING VALUE<br />

020005 0021 0000 02 CLOUD COVERING 1/2 OR LESS OF THE SKY THROUGHOUT THE APPROPP<br />

RIATE PERIOD<br />

0001 03 CLOUD COVERING MORE THAN 1/2 OF THE SKY DURING PART OF THE A<br />

PPROPRIATE PERIOD AND COVERING 1/2 OR LESS DURING PART OF TH<br />

E PERIOD<br />

0002 02 CLOUD COVERING MORE THAN 1/2 OF THE SKY THROUGHOUT THE APPRP<br />

PRIATE PERIOD<br />

0003 01 SANSTORM, DUSTSTORM OR BLOWING SNOW<br />

0004 01 FOG OR ICE OR THICK HAZE<br />

0005 01 DRIZZLE<br />

0006 01 RAIN<br />

0007 01 SNOW, OR RAIN AND SNOW MIXED<br />

0008 01 SHOWER(S)<br />

0009 01 THUNDERSTORM(S) WITH OR WITHOUT PRECIPITATION<br />

0010 01 NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OBSERVED<br />

0011 01 VISIBILITY REDUCED<br />

0012 01 BLOWING PHENOMENA, VISIBILITY REDUCED<br />

0013 01 FOG<br />

0014 01 PRECIPITATION<br />

0015 01 DRIZZLE<br />

0016 01 RAIN<br />

0017 01 SNOW OR ICE PELLETS<br />

0018 01 SHOWERS OR INTERMITTENT PRECIPITATION<br />

0019 01 THUNDERSTORM<br />

0031 01 MISSING VALUE<br />

020008 0019 0000 01 Sky Clear<br />

0001 01 Few<br />

0002 01 Scattered<br />

0003 01 Broken<br />

0004 01 Overcast<br />

0005 01 Reserved<br />

0006 01 Scattered/Broken (Many forecasts use Scattered/Broken<br />

0007 01 Broken/Overcast (Broken/Overcast followed by cloud type(s))<br />

0008 01 Isolated (Used on aviation charts to describe the cloud type Cb)<br />

0009 01 Isolated embedded (Used on aviation charts to describe the cloud type Cb)<br />

0010 01 Occasional (Used on aviation charts to describe the cloud type Cb)<br />

0011 01 Occasional embedded (Used on aviation charts to describe the cloud type Cb)<br />

0012 01 Frequent (Used on aviation charts to describe the cloud type Cb)<br />

0013 02 Dense (Used on aviation charts to describe cloud that would cause<br />

sudden changes in visibility (less than 1000m))<br />

0014 01 Layers<br />

0015 01 Obscured (OBSC)<br />

0016 01 Embedded (EMBD)<br />

0017 01 Frequent embedded<br />

0031 01 MISSING VALUE<br />

020009 0006 0000 01 reserved<br />

0001 01 NSC MIL SIGNIFICANT CLOUD<br />

0002 01 CAVOK<br />

0003 01 SKC SKY CLEAR<br />

0004 01 NSW NIL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER<br />

0015 01 MISSING VALUE<br />

020011 0011 0000 01 0 0<br />

0001 01 1 OKTA OR LESS, BUT NOT ZERO 1/10 OR LESS, BUT NOT ZERO<br />

0002 01 2 OKTAS 2/10 - 3/10<br />

0003 01 3 OKTAS 4/10<br />

0004 01 4 OKTAS 5/10<br />

0005 01 5 OKTAS 6/10<br />

0006 01 6 OKTAS 7/10 - 8/10<br />

0007 01 7 OKTAS OR MORE,BUT NOT 8 OKTAS9/10 OR MORE, BUT NOT 10/10<br />

0008 01 8 OKTAS 10/10<br />

0009 01 SKY OBSCURED BY FOG AND OR OTHER METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA<br />

0015 02 CLOUD COVE IS INDISCERNIBLE FOR REASONS OTHER THAN FOG OR OT<br />

HER METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA, OR OBSERVATION IS NOT MADE<br />

020012 0045 0000 01 CIRRUS (CI)...............CI<br />

0001 01 CIRROCUMULUS (CC).........CC<br />

<strong>BUFR</strong> <strong>Reference</strong> <strong>Manual</strong><br />

44 ECMWF Technical Notes

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