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Weather Symbols

The document is a guide to symbols used on the Nordic Significant Weather Chart. It provides definitions for a variety of weather symbols including types of precipitation, clouds, weather phenomena, and weather boundaries and lines. Abbreviations used in the chart are also defined.

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Weather Symbols

The document is a guide to symbols used on the Nordic Significant Weather Chart. It provides definitions for a variety of weather symbols including types of precipitation, clouds, weather phenomena, and weather boundaries and lines. Abbreviations used in the chart are also defined.

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NorthAviMet: NSWC 7/5/23, 1:34 PM

Nordic Significant Weather Chart-guide (fileadmin/user_upload/NAMCON_Nordic_SWC_User_Guide_v2.0_21012021.pdf)

NordicSWCsymbols
W Moderateicing(MODICE) Mountainobscuration(MTOBSC)
Severeicing(SEVICE) C Mountainwaves(MTW)
Moderateturbulence(MODTURB) Radioactivematerialsinthe
atmosphere(RDOACT)
Severeturbulence(SEVTURB
Freezingrain(FZRA,impliesMODtoSEVICE) 肖 Volcaniceruption

Freezingdrizzle(FZDZ,impliesMODtoSEVICE) Centreoflowpressure
A Snowgrain(SG,impliesicingaloftincloud)
9 Drizzle(DZ)
H Centreofhighpressure
//IIll 0°Clevel
Rain(RA) 0°:055
///*
*///
Rainandsnow(RASN,SNRA) (35) Strongsurfacewind>30kt
Snow(SN)
(12) Seasurfacetemperature(°C)
V Rainshower(SHRA)
Seastate(index)
/I*
Rainandsnowshower(SHRASN,SHSNRA) 320 Tropopauselevel
Snowshower(SHSN)
H
Thunderstorm(TS) Tropopausehigh
430
A Hail(GR) 270 Tropopauselow
Mist(BR)
= Fog(FG)
Freezingfog(FZFG)
Haze(HZ) Abbreviations
m Smoke(FU)
AMD Amended
Blowingsnow(BLSN)
BASE Cloudbase
BKN Broken(5-7/8)
Weatherboundariesandlines СВ Cumulonimbus
COR Corrected
Significantweather(SIGWX) COT Atthecoast
Ceiling<1000ftand/orvisibility<5km EMBD Embeddedinalaver
(outsidemountainareas) FEW Few(1-2/8)
Highlevelturbulence FRQ Frequent
INC Incloud
Lowlevelturbulence
INTSE Intensifying
Changeinicingconditions
ISOL Isolated
Warmfrontatthesurface LAN Inland
Coldfrontatthesurface LCA Locally
LYR Lavered
Occlusionfrontatthesurface
MAR Atsea
Stationaryfrontatthesurface MON Abovemountains
Convergenceline(trough) OBSC Obscured
atthesurface OCNL Occasional

Severesqualllineatthesurface OVC Overcast(8/8)


SCT Scattered(3-4/8)
•
Position,speed,direction SEC Surface
FL280 andlevelofmaxwind(jetstream)
SKC Skyclear(0/8)
10kt(feather)
STNR Stationary
50kt(pennant) TCU Toweringcumulus
Heightoftheitaxischangesby‡3000ft TOP Cloudtop
and/orwindspeedchangesby‡20kt VAL Invallevs
WKN Weakening
XXX Topabovechartverticalextent(FL450)

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