h3 (5 characters) = 3rd Height
If detection status is 3 h3 = Third cloud base reported
If detection status is 0, 1, 2, 4, or 5 h3 = /////
flags (12 characters) = Alarm or warning information.
Same as for messages 101 to 106
CR LF = Carriage Line Feed
LINE 3
__d_h1h1h1__d2_h2h2h2__d3_h3h3h3__d4_h4h4h4__d5_h5h5h5 CR LF
(note spaces)
where
d (1 character) = Data available
0 to 8 Amount of lowest layer in oktas
9 Vertical visibility only available
-1 No sky condition data available
99 Insufficient data
h1h1h1 (3 characters) = Height of the lowest cloud layer in 10 s of meters or 100 s of feet
d2 (1 character) = Cloud amount of the 2nd layer in oktas
h2h2h2 (3 characters) = Height of the 2nd cloud layer in 10 s of meters or 100 s of feet, if no 2nd
layer is reported h2h2h2 = ///.
d3 (1 character) = Cloud amount of the 3rd layer in oktas
h3h3h3 (3 characters) = Height of the 3rd cloud layer in 10 s of meters or 100 s of feet, if no 3rd
layer is reported h3h3h3 = ///.
d4 (1 character) = Cloud amount of the 4th layer in oktas
h4h4h4 (3 characters) = Height of the 4th cloud layer in 10 s of meters or 100 s of feet, if no 4th
layer is reported h4h4h4 = ///.
d5 (1 character) = Cloud amount of the 5th layer in oktas
h5h5h5 (3 characters) = Height of the 5th cloud layer in 10 s of meters or 100 s of feet, if no 5th
layer is reported h5h5h5 = ///.
CR LF = Carriage Line Feed
NOTE:
Cloud amount and height cannot be reported until the SkyVUE 8M has been operating for 30
minutes.
SkyVUE™8M Tactical LIDAR Ceilometer
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