Simple Weather Table (v.1)

For convention sake, the fields of the weather string here are W=Weather type, C=Coverage type, I=Intensity, V=Visibility (not used), H=Hazard (not used). I use "C programming" convention to refer to which word. [0] refers to the 1st, [1] the 2nd, ... [4] the 5th.

To use this table, find the entry that it matches the most specifications of. In otherwords if it is W[0]=L, C[0]=SCT, use 1, but if C[0] is not in {SCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC}, use 9. If it matters, the precident is from left to right.

The "Simple Weather Code" is in the "Code" column.

W[0] C[0] W[1] I[0] Code Label

*

*

*

*

0

No weather

L

SCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC

*

*

1

LoProb L

R

SCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC

*

-, --

2

LoProb R-

R

SCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC

*

m

3

LoProb R

R

SCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC

*

+

4

LoProb R+

R, T

SCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC

T, R

*

5

LoProb R/T

RW

SCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC

*

*

6

LoProb RW

RW, T

SCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC

T, RW

*

7

LoProb RW/T

T

SCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC

*

*

8

LoProb T

L

*

*

*

9

HiProb L

R

*

*

-, --

10

HiProb R-

R

*

*

m

11

HiProb R

R

*

*

+

12

HiProb R+

R, T

*

T, R

*

13

HiProb R/T

RW

*

*

*

14

HiProb RW

RW, T

*

T, RW

*

15

HiProb RW/T

T

*

*

*

16

HiProb T

T

*

*

+

17

Severe T

R

SCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC

S, SW

*

18

LoProb R/S

SW

SCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC

R

*

S

SCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC

R, RW

*

SW, RW

SCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC

RW, SW

*

19

LoProb RW/SW

R, IP

SCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC

IP, R

*

20

LoProb R/IP

IP, S

SCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC

S, IP

*

21

LoProb S/IP

R

*

S, SW

*

22

HiProb R/S

SW

*

R

*

S

*

R, RW

*

SW, RW

*

RW, SW

*

23

HiProb RW/SW

R, IP

*

IP, R

*

24

HiProb R/IP

IP, S

*

S, IP

*

25

HiProb S/IP

IP

SCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC

*

--, -

26

LoProb IP-

IP

SCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC

*

m

27

LoProb IP

IP

SCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC

*

+

28

LoProb IP+

ZL

SCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC

*

*

29

LoProb ZL

L

SCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC

ZL

*

29

LoProb ZL

R, ZL

SCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC

ZL, R

*

30

LoProb ZL/R

ZR

SCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC

*

--, -

31

LoProb ZR-

ZR

SCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC

*

m

32

LoProb ZR

ZR

SCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC

*

+

33

LoProb ZR+

R, ZR

SCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC

ZR, R

*

34

LoProb ZR/R

ZR, IP

SCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC

IP, ZR

*

35

LoProb ZR/IP

IP

*

*

--, -

36

HiProb IP-

IP

*

*

m

37

HiProb IP

IP

*

*

+

38

HiProb IP+

ZL

*

*

*

39

HiProb ZL

R, L

*

ZL

*

40

HiProb ZL/R

ZL

*

R

*

ZR

*

*

--, -

41

HiProb ZR-

ZR

*

*

m

42

HiProb ZR

ZR

*

*

+

43

HiProb ZR+

R, ZR

*

ZR, R

*

44

HiProb ZR/R

ZR, IP

*

IP, ZR

*

45

HiProb ZR/IP

SW

SCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC

*

*

46

LoProb SW

S

SCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC

*

-, --

47

LoProb S-

S

SCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC

*

m

48

LoProb S

S

SCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC

*

+

49

LoProb S+

SW

*

*

*

50

HiProb SW

S

*

*

-, --

51

HiProb S-

S

*

*

m

52

HiProb S

S

*

*

+

53

HiProb S+

F

*

*

*

54

F

H

*

*

*

55

H

K

*

*

*

56

K

BS

*

*

*

57

BS

BD

*

*

*

58

BD

Note: "L : SCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC : ZL" should probably be 30 based on what was done for 40.

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