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EA:  CEILING_AND_VISIBILITY_OK

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 219

Concept definition: An indication that CAVOK conditions prevail; ceiling and visibility OK. The indication is TRUE if:
(1) <<VISIBILITY_DISTANCE>> is 10 kilometres or more;
(2) there are no <CLOUD>s below 1,5 kilometres or below the highest minimum sector altitude, whichever is greater; and
(3) there are no cumulonimbus <CLOUD>s, <PRECIPITATION>, <THUNDERSTORM>s, shallow <FOG>, or low drifting <SNOW_GROUND_COVER> present.
 
Attribute value type: BOOLEAN
Reference type: PR
Reference: [WMO306, V1.1, Part A, 15.10]
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