Appendix A _________________________________________NWS and WMO Codes Used in FD12P
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Code Weather type
80
SHOWERS OR INTERMITTENT PRECIPITATION
81
Rain showers, light
82
Rain showers, moderate
83
Rain showers, heavy
84
Rain showers, violent (>32 mm/h)
85
Snow showers. light
86
Snow showers. moderate
87
Snow showers. heavy
89
Showers of hail, with or without rain or rain and snow mixed, not
associated with thunder (from WMO 4677)
Table 34
WMO Code Table 4678. Codes Used by FD12P
Qualifier
Weather Phenomena
Intensity
1
Descriptor
2
Precipitation
3
Obscuration
4
-Light
Moderate
(no qualifier)
+Heavy
BC Patches
SH Shower(s)
FZ Freezing
DZ Drizzle
RA Rain
SN Snow
SG Snow Grains
IC Ice Crystals
PL Ice Pellets
GR Hail
BR Mist
FG Fog
DU Widespread dust
HZ Haze