TABLE 23 

 Present Weather 

 Conversion from Beaufort weather notation to WMO Code U501 



Abbreviation 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. k 



f. Fog. 1+. 

 fe. Wet fog. k 



g. Gloomy. 2 

 h. Hail. 9 

 kq.. Line squall. 9 



1. Lightning 9 



m. Mist. k 



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). 7 



s. Snow. 7 



t . Thunder . 9 



tl. Thunderstorm. 9 



u. Ugly, threatening sky. 2 



V. Unusueil visibility. 

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



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