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EA:  PRESENT_WEATHER_TYPE_SPECIAL

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 1008

Concept definition: The type of a special weather event or observation; present weather type special.
 
Attribute value type: ENUMERATION
Reference type: PR
Reference: [WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 4687]
Supplemental references:  

Enumerants (presented in a natural order)
Status Attribute label Enumerant label ▾ Concept definition Code Ref type Reference Supplemental references
STD
2005/06/07
PRESENT_WEATHER_TYPE-
_SPECIAL
ARCTIC_ANTARCTIC_SEA-
_SMOKE
<FOG> rising from small areas of open <WATER> within sea <ICE> in the Arctic or Antarctic <REGION>s; Arctic or Antarctic sea smoke. 1 PR [WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 4687:43] [WMO182, "sea smoke"], [GMET, "sea smoke"]
STD
2005/06/07
PRESENT_WEATHER_TYPE-
_SPECIAL
BLOWING_SNOW_INDETERMINATE Blowing snow, impossible to determine whether <SNOW_PRECIPITATION> is falling or not; blowing snow indeterminate. 2 PR [WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 4687:39]  
STD
2005/06/07
PRESENT_WEATHER_TYPE-
_SPECIAL
BLOWING_SPRAY Blowing spray at the <WEATHER_STATION>. 3 PR [WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 4687:07]  
STD
2005/06/07
PRESENT_WEATHER_TYPE-
_SPECIAL
CLEAR_SKY_SNOW_OR_ICE-
_PRECIP
<SNOW_PRECIPITATION> and/or precipitation of crystals of <ICE>from a clear sky. 4 PR [WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 4687:78]  
STD
2005/06/07
PRESENT_WEATHER_TYPE-
_SPECIAL
DENSE_FOG_30_60_METRE-
_VISIB
<FOG>, dense, <<VISIBILITY_DISTANCE>> greater than or equal to 30 metres and less than 60 metres. 6 PR [WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 4687:48]  
STD
2005/06/07
PRESENT_WEATHER_TYPE-
_SPECIAL
DENSE_FOG_60_90_METRE-
_VISIB
<FOG>, dense, <<VISIBILITY_DISTANCE>> greater than or equal to 60 metres and less than 90 metres. 7 PR [WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 4687:47]  
STD
2005/06/07
PRESENT_WEATHER_TYPE-
_SPECIAL
DENSE_FOG_lt_30_METRE-
_VISIB
<FOG>, dense, <<VISIBILITY_DISTANCE>> less than 30 metres. 5 PR [WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 4687:49]  
STD
2005/06/07
PRESENT_WEATHER_TYPE-
_SPECIAL
DEW_DEPOSITION Deposition of dew. 8 PR [WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 4687:22]  
STD
2005/06/07
PRESENT_WEATHER_TYPE-
_SPECIAL
DRFT_DUST_OR_SAND Drifting <DUST> and/or <SAND>. 9 PR [WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 4687:08]  
STD
2005/06/07
PRESENT_WEATHER_TYPE-
_SPECIAL
DRY_THUNDERSTORM A <THUNDERSTORM> without <PRECIPITATION> reaching the <PLANETARY_SURFACE>; dry thunderstorm. 19 PR [WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 4687:17 and Volume I.1, Part A, Definitions: "dry thunderstorm"]  

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