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Micro Weather Station (MWS
®
) User Guide – Commercial Series
Tag
Name
Description
Example
EL
Elevation
1) GPS elevation (meters) or ? if no GPS reading
2) GPS VDOP (measure of vertical estimation
quality) divided into 0.2 increments over 1.0
converted to a-z, '-' if the elevation was set by the
user, or ? if no GPS reading
EL:1840:c
OR Orientation
1) Compass orientation from magnetic north
(degress)
2) Tip from vertical (degrees)
3) Direction of tilt (degrees)
C:339:2:119
TA
Temperatur
e ambient
Ambient air temperature (degrees C to 1 decimal)
TA:29.1
BA
Barometric
pressure
1) Pressure (millibars to 2 decimals)
2) Altimeter setting (inHg x 100) if GPS active
BA:1008.19:2985
RH Relative
humidity
Relative Humidity 0-99 (percent), or ? if not present
RH:25
WI
Wind speed
& direction
1) Average wind speed (knots)
2) Direction (degrees)
WI:2:225
GU Peak wind &
direction
1) Peak wind speed (knots)
2) Direction (degrees)
GU:3:240
LD
Lightning
distance
1) Lightning distance (nautical miles to 1 decimal) or
? if no detections
2) Number of 5-minute detection periods with strikes
detected
3) Lightning event timestamps
Character 1: First event detected during 5-minute
intervals of GPS time converted to a-l.
Character 2: Last event detected during 5-minute
intervals of GPS time converted to a-l.
LD:1.0:4:cf
CL
Cloud height 1) Character 1: Ceilometer status 'a' if operating and
no detections, 1-4 if detection by method 1-4, '-' if
disabled, ? if not present or operating properly.
Character 2: Highest high clipping sample converted
to a-z from all sets of raw data. Character 3: Highest
low clipping sample converted to a-z from all sets of
raw data. Characters 4-5: Hex value of calculated
threshold.
2) Cloud height of ranging attempt 1 (meters)
3) Cloud height of ranging attempt 2 (meters)
4) Cloud height of ranging attempt 3 (meters)
5) Cloud height of ranging attempt 4 (meters)
Height ranging attempts report 0 if no cloud, or ? if
no or unsuccessful attempt
CL:1cp14:1000:1001:1002:100
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