TABLE 23 

 Present Weather 

 Conversion from Beaufort weather notation to WMO Code i4-501 



AbTsreviation Description Code 



b. Blue sky whether with clear or hazy atmosphere, 

 or sky not more than one-q_uarter clouded. 



"be. - Sky between one-quarter and three-quarters 1 

 clouded. 



c. Mainly cloudy (not less than three-quarters 1 

 covered. ) 



d. Drizzle or fine rain. 5 



e. Wet air without rain falling. 4 



f. Fog. k 

 fe. Wet fog. k 



g. Gloomy. 2 

 h. Hail. 9 

 kq. Line squall. 9 



1. Lightning 9 



m. Mist. h 



o. Overcast sky (i.e., the whole sky covered 2 



with unbroken cloud), 



p. Passing showers. 8 



q. Squalls . 9 



r. Rain. 6 



rs. Sleet (i.e., rain and snow together). J 



s . Snow . 7 



t. Thunder. 9 



tl. Thunderstorm. 9 



u. Ugly, threatening sky. 2 



V. Unusual visibility. 

 z. Dust haze; the turbid atmosphere of dry weather. k 



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