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Degrib: NDFD: Simple Weather 2 & 3

For convention sake, the fields of the weather string here are W=Weather type, C=Coverage type, I=Intensity, V=Visibility (not used), H=Hazard (not used). I use "C programming" convention to refer to which word. [0] refers to the 1st, [1] the 2nd, ... [4] the 5th.

To use this table, find the entry that it matches the most specifications of. In otherwords if it is W[0]=L, C[0]=SCT, use 1, but if C[0] is not in {SCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC}, use 9. If it matters, the precident is from left to right.

The "Simple Weather Code" is in the "Code" column.

In the following, the entries in blue were added to the Simple Weather 2 table in Feb. 2004 to create the Simple Weather 3 table.

W[0]C[0]W[1]I[0]CodeLabel
****0No weather
LSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC*-, --1LoProb L-
LSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC**2LoProb L
LSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC*+3LoProb L+
RSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC*-, --4LoProb R-
RSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC**5LoProb R
RSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC*+6LoProb R+
TSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCR+7LoProb T+ R
RSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCT+8LoProb R+ T
R, TSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCT, R-, --9LoProb R/T-
TSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCR*10LoProb R/T
RWSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC*-, --11LoProb RW-
RWSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC**12LoProb RW
RWSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC*+13LoProb RW+
TSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCRW+14LoProb T+ RW
RW, TSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCT, RW*15LoProb RW/T
RWSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCT+16LoProb RW+ T
RW, TSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCT, RW-, --17LoProb RW/T-
TSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC**18LoProb T
TSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC*+19LoProb T+
L**-, --20HiProb L-
L***21HiProb L
L**+22HiProb L+
R**-, --23HiProb R-
R***24HiProb R
R**+25HiProb R+
T*R+26HiProb T+ R
RSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCT*27?HiProb R/T?
T, R*R, T*27HiProb R/T
R*T+28HiProb R+ T
R, T*T, R-, --29HiProb R/T-
RW**-, --30HiProb RW-
RW***31HiProb RW
RW**+32HiProb RW+
RW, T*T, RW*33HiProb RW/T
T*RW+34HiProb T+ RW
RW*T+35HiProb RW+ T
RW, T*T, RW-, --36HiProb RW/T-
T***37HiProb T
T**+38HiProb T+
RSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCS, SW-, --39LoProb R/S-
SSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCR, RW-, --
RSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCS, SW*40LoProb R/S
SSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCR, RW*
RSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCS, SW+41LoProb R/S+
SSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCR, RW+
RWSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCS, SW-, --42LoProb RW/SW-
SWSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCR, RW-, --
RWSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCS, SW*43LoProb RW/SW
SWSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCR, RW*
RWSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCS, SW+44LoProb RW/SW+
SWSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCR, RW+
R, IPSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCIP, R-, --45LoProb R/IP-
R, IPSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCIP, R*46LoProb R/IP-
R, IPSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCIP, R+47LoProb R/IP-
IP, SSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCS, IP-, --48LoProb S/IP-
IP, SSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCS, IP*49LoProb S/IP
IP, SSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCS, IP+50LoProb S/IP+
R*S, SW-, --51HiProb R/S-
S*R, RW-, --
R*S, SW*52HiProb R/S
S*R, RW*
R*S, SW+53HiProb R/S+
S*R, RW+
RW*S, SW-, --54HiProb RW/SW-
SW*R, RW-, --
RW*S, SW*55HiProb RW/SW
SW*R, RW*
RW*S, SW+56HiProb RW/SW+
SW*R, RW+
R, IP*IP, R-, --57HiProb R/IP-
R, IP*IP, R*58HiProb R/IP
R, IP*IP, R+59HiProb R/IP+
IP, S*S, IP-, --60HiProb S/IP-
IP, S*S, IP*61HiProb S/IP
IP, S*S, IP+62HiProb S/IP+
IPSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC*-, --63LoProb IP-
IPSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC**64LoProb IP
IPSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC*+65LoProb IP+
ZLSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC*-, --66LoProb ZL-
ZLSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC**67LoProb ZL
ZLSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC*+68LoProb ZL+
R, ZLSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCZL, R-, --69LoProb R/ZL-
R, ZLSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCZL, R*70LoProb R/ZL
R, ZLSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCZL, R+71LoProb R/ZL+
ZRSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC*-, --72LoProb ZR-
ZRSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC**73LoProb ZR
ZRSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC*+74LoProb ZR+
R, ZRSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCZR, R-, --75LoProb R/ZR-
R, ZRSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCZR, R*76LoProb R/ZR
R, ZRSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCZR, R+77LoProb R/ZR+
ZR, IPSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCIP, ZR-, --78LoProb IP/ZR-
ZR, IPSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCIP, ZR*79LoProb IP/ZR
ZR, IPSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCIP, ZR+80LoProb IP/ZR+
IP**-, --81HiProb IP-
IP***82HiProb IP
IP**+83HiProb IP+
ZL**-, --84HiProb ZL-
ZL***85HiProb ZL
ZL**+86HiProb ZL+
R, ZL*ZL, R-, --87HiProb R/ZL-
R, ZL*ZL, R*88HiProb R/ZL
R, ZL*ZL, R+89HiProb R/ZL+
ZR**-, --90HiProb ZR-
ZR***91HiProb ZR
ZR**+92HiProb ZR+
R, ZR*ZR, R-, --93HiProb R/ZR-
R, ZR*ZR, R*94HiProb R/ZR
R, ZR*ZR, R+95HiProb R/ZR+
ZR, IP*IP, ZR-, --96HiProb IP/ZR-
ZR, IP*IP, ZR*97HiProb IP/ZR
ZR, IP*IP, ZR+98HiProb IP/ZR+
L, ZLSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCZL, L-, --99LoProb L/ZL-
L, ZLSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCZL, L*100LoProb L/ZL
L, ZLSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHCZL, L+101LoProb L/ZL+
L, ZL*ZL, L-, --102HiProb L/ZL-
L, ZL*ZL, L*103HiProb L/ZL
L, ZL*ZL, L+104HiProb L/ZL+
SWSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC*-, --105LoProb SW-
SWSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC**106LoProb SW
SWSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC*+107LoProb SW+
SSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC*-, --108LoProb S-
SSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC**109LoProb S
SSCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC*+110LoProb S+
SW**-, --111HiProb SW-
SW***112HiProb SW
SW**+113HiProb SW+
S**-, --114HiProb S-
S***115HiProb S
S**+116HiProb S+
F***117F
F**+118F+
H***119H
K***120K
BS***121BS
BD***122BD
Added to the version 2 table on 2/2004 to create the version 3 table.
ZF***123ZF
IF***124IF
IC***125IC
BN***126BN
ZY***127ZY
VA***128VA
WP***129WP

Note: "R : SCT, SCHC, PATCHY, ISO, CHC : T : *" should probably be 10 based on what was done for 27.
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