Degrib: Wx-inten shapefile field

In the following table keep in mind:

  • If there was "No Weather", I didn't care what intensity it was.

  • The "gray background" weather types were added on 1/20/2004.

  • Hail was supposedly removed on 8/12/2004, but I left its place in the table.

  • With version 1.60 (8/24/2004), I introduced "Unknown Intensity" values. The reason I introduced them was that the weather string seems to change over time. I wanted to be able to encode that I didn't recognize the intensity. Prior to that, the table did not have the "Unknown Intensity" values, so "BD" used to start with 6 instead of 7.

Value Abreviation English translation

0

<NoWx>

"No Weather"

1

K:<NoInten>

"Smoke"

2

K:--

"Very Light Smoke"

3

K:-

"Light Smoke"

4

K:m

"Moderate Smoke"

5

K:+

"Heavy Smoke"

6

K:?

"Unown Intensity Smoke"

7

BD:<NoInten>

"Blowing Dust"

8

BD:--

"Very Light Blowing Dust"

9

BD:-

"Light Blowing Dust"

10

BD:m

"Moderate Blowing Dust"

11

BD:+

"Heavy Blowing Dust"

12

BD:?

"Unown Intensity Blowing Dust"

13

BS:<NoInten>

"Blowing Snow"

14

BS:--

"Very Light Blowing Snow"

15

BS:-

"Light Blowing Snow"

16

BS:m

"Moderate Blowing Snow"

17

BS:+

"Heavy Blowing Snow"

18

BS:?

"Unown Intensity Blowing Snow"

19

H:<NoInten>

"Haze"

20

H:--

"Very Light Haze"

21

H:-

"Light Haze"

22

H:m

"Moderate Haze"

23

H:+

"Heavy Haze"

24

H:?

"Unown Intensity Haze"

25

F:<NoInten>

"Fog"

26

F:--

"Very Light Fog"

27

F:-

"Light Fog"

28

F:m

"Moderate Fog"

29

F:+

"Heavy Fog"

30

F:?

"Unown Intensity Fog"

31

L:<NoInten>

"Drizzle"

32

L:--

"Very Light Drizzle"

33

L:-

"Light Drizzle"

34

L:m

"Moderate Drizzle"

35

L:+

"Heavy Drizzle"

36

L:?

"Unown Intensity Drizzle"

37

R:<NoInten>

"Rain"

38

R:--

"Very Light Rain"

39

R:-

"Light Rain"

40

R:m

"Moderate Rain"

41

R:+

"Heavy Rain"

42

R:?

"Unown Intensity Rain"

43

RW:<NoInten>

"Rain Showers"

44

RW:--

"Very Light Rain Showers"

45

RW:-

"Light Rain Showers"

46

RW:m

"Moderate Rain Showers"

47

RW:+

"Heavy Rain Showers"

48

RW:?

"Unown Intensity Rain Showers"

49

A:<NoInten>

"Hail"

50

A:--

"Very Light Hail"

51

A:-

"Light Hail"

52

A:m

"Moderate Hail"

53

A:+

"Heavy Hail"

54

A:?

"Unown Intensity Hail"

55

FR:<NoInten>

"Frost"

56

FR:--

"Very Light Frost"

57

FR:-

"Light Frost"

58

FR:m

"Moderate Frost"

59

FR:+

"Heavy Frost"

60

FR:?

"Unown Intensity Frost"

61

ZL:<NoInten>

"Freezing Drizzle"

62

ZL:--

"Very Light Freezing Drizzle"

63

ZL:-

"Light Freezing Drizzle"

64

ZL:m

"Moderate Freezing Drizzle"

65

ZL:+

"Heavy Freezing Drizzle"

66

ZL:?

"Unown Intensity Freezing Drizzle"

67

ZR:<NoInten>

"Freezing Rain"

68

ZR:--

"Very Light Freezing Rain"

69

ZR:-

"Light Freezing Rain"

70

ZR:m

"Moderate Freezing Rain"

71

ZR:+

"Heavy Freezing Rain"

72

ZR:?

"Unown Intensity Freezing Rain"

73

IP:<NoInten>

"Ice Pellets (sleet)"

74

IP:--

"Very Light Ice Pellets (sleet)"

75

IP:-

"Light Ice Pellets (sleet)"

76

IP:m

"Moderate Ice Pellets (sleet)"

77

IP:+

"Heavy Ice Pellets (sleet)"

78

IP:?

"Unown Intensity Ice Pellets (sleet)"

79

S:<NoInten>

"Snow"

80

S:--

"Very Light Snow"

81

S:-

"Light Snow"

82

S:m

"Moderate Snow"

83

S:+

"Heavy Snow"

84

S:?

"Unown Intensity Snow"

85

SW:<NoInten>

"Snow Showers"

86

SW:--

"Very Light Snow Showers"

87

SW:-

"Light Snow Showers"

88

SW:m

"Moderate Snow Showers"

89

SW:+

"Heavy Snow Showers"

90

SW:?

"Unown Intensity Snow Showers"

91

T:<NoInten>

"Thunderstorms"

92

T:--

"Very Light Thunderstorms"

93

T:-

"Light Thunderstorms"

94

T:m

"Moderate Thunderstorms"

95

T:+

"Heavy Thunderstorms"

96

T:?

"Unown Intensity Thunderstorms"

97

BN:<NoInten>

"Blowing Sand"

98

BN:--

"Very Light Blowing Sand"

99

BN:-

"Light Blowing Sand"

100

BN:m

"Moderate Blowing Sand"

101

BN:+

"Heavy Blowing Sand"

102

BN:?

"Unown Intensity Blowing Sand"

103

ZF:<NoInten>

"Freezing Fog"

104

ZF:--

"Very Light Freezing Fog"

105

ZF:-

"Light Freezing Fog"

106

ZF:m

"Moderate Freezing Fog"

107

ZF:+

"Heavy Freezing Fog"

108

ZF:?

"Unown Intensity Freezing Fog"

109

IC:<NoInten>

"Ice Crystals"

110

IC:--

"Very Light Ice Crystals"

111

IC:-

"Light Ice Crystals"

112

IC:m

"Moderate Ice Crystals"

113

IC:+

"Heavy Ice Crystals"

114

IC:?

"Unown Intensity Ice Crystals"

115

IF:<NoInten>

"Ice Fog"

116

IF:--

"Very Light Ice Fog"

117

IF:-

"Light Ice Fog"

118

IF:m

"Moderate Ice Fog"

119

IF:+

"Heavy Ice Fog"

120

IF:?

"Unown Intensity Ice Fog"

121

VA:<NoInten>

"Volcanic Ash"

122

VA:--

"Very Light Volcanic Ash"

123

VA:-

"Light Volcanic Ash"

124

VA:m

"Moderate Volcanic Ash"

125

VA:+

"Heavy Volcanic Ash"

126

VA:?

"Unown Intensity Volcanic Ash"

127

ZY:<NoInten>

"Freezing Spray"

128

ZY:--

"Very Light Freezing Spray"

129

ZY:-

"Light Freezing Spray"

130

ZY:m

"Moderate Freezing Spray"

131

ZY:+

"Heavy Freezing Spray"

132

ZY:?

"Unown Intensity Freezing Spray"

133

WP:<NoInten>

"Water Sprouts"

134

WP:--

"Very Light Water Sprouts"

135

WP:-

"Light Water Sprouts"

136

WP:m

"Moderate Water Sprouts"

137

WP:+

"Heavy Water Sprouts"

138

WP:?

"Unown Intensity Water Sprouts"

139

?:<NoInten>

"Unknown Weather"

140

?:--

"Very Light Unknown Weather"

141

?:-

"Light Unknown Weather"

142

?:m

"Moderate Unknown Weather"

143

?:+

"Heavy Unknown Weather"

144

?:?

"Unown Intensity Unknown Weather"


Degrib: Cover shapefile field

In the following table keep in mind:

  • The "blue font" coverage types were added on 8/13/2004.

Value Abreviation English translation

00

<NoCov>

"No Coverage/Probability"

01

Iso

"Isolated"

02

Sct

"Scattered"

03

Num

"Numerous"

04

Wide

"Widespread"

05

Ocnl

"Occasional"

06

SChc

"Slight Chance of"

07

Chc

"Chance of"

08

Lkly

"Likely"

09

Def

"Definite"

10

Patchy

"Patchy"

11

Areas

"Areas of"

12

Pds

"Periods of"

13

Frq

"Frequent"

14

Inter

"Intermittent"

15

Brf

"Brief"

16

<unknown>

"Unknown Coverage"


Degrib: Hazard shapefile field

There are 5 hazards per word, and prior to Aug 2004, there was 9 types of hazards, so each hazard was given a digit (see table below). The digits were sorted, and the result was stored in the Hazard field for a given word. Example: "SmA,DmgW" became "54000", which after it was sorted became "00045", which was stored.

After Aug 2004, there were 12 types of hazards so we needed 2 digits per hazard. Our previous example would be "0504000000" which would then be stored as "0000000405".

In the following table keep in mind:

  • The "blue font" hazard types were added on 8/13/2004.

  • OR, MX, Mention, Primary are not hazards, so I chose to map them to "None".

  • The current method is limited to 25 hazards. The code can be modified to handle more, but currently it is limited to 25.

Value Abreviation English translation

00

<NoCov>

"None"

01

FL

"Frequent Lightning"

02

GW

"Gusty Winds"

03

HvyRn

"Heavy Rain"

04

DmgW

"Damaging Winds"

05

SmA

"Small Hail"

06

LgA

"Large Hail"

07

OLA

"Outlying Areas"

08

OBO

"On Bridges and Overpasses"

09

OGA

"On Grassy Areas"

10

Dry

"Dry"

11

TOR

"Tornado"

12

<unknown>

"Unknown Hazard"

00

Mention

"Include Unconditionally"

00

Primary

"Highest Ranking"

00

MX

"Mixture"

00

OR

"Or"

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