1# Code table 4.225 - Weather (see FM 94 BUFR/FM 95 CREX Code table 0 20 003 - Present weather) 200 00 Cloud development not observed or not observable 301 01 Clouds generally dissolving or becoming less developed 402 02 State of sky on the whole unchanged 503 03 Clouds generally forming or developing 604 04 Visibility reduced by smoke, e.g. veldt or forest fires, industrial smoke or volcanic ashes 705 05 Haze 806 06 Widespread dust in suspension in the air, not raised by wind at or near the station at the time of observation 907 07 Dust or sand raised by wind at or near the station at the time of observation, but no well developed dust whirl(s) or sand whirl(s), and no duststorm or sandstorm seen; or, in the case of sea stations and coastal stations, blowing spray at the station 1008 08 Well-developed dust whirl(s) or sand whirl(s) seen at or near the station during the preceding hour or at the same time of observation, but no duststorm or sandstorm 1109 09 Duststorm or sandstorm within sight at the time of observation, or at the station during the preceding hour 1210 10 Mist 1311 11 Patches 1412 12 More or less continuous 1513 13 Lightning visible, no thunder heard 1614 14 Precipitation within sight, not reaching the ground or the surface of the sea 1715 15 Precipitation within sight, reaching the ground or the surface of the sea, but distant, i.e. estimated to be more than 5 km from the station 1816 16 Precipitation within sight, reaching the ground or the surface of the sea, near to, but not at the station 1917 17 Thunderstorm, but no precipitation at the time of observation 2018 18 Squalls 2119 19 Funnel cloud(s) 2220 20 Drizzle (not freezing) or snow grains 2321 21 Rain (not freezing) 2422 22 Snow 2523 23 Rain and snow or ice pellets 2624 24 Freezing drizzle or freezing rain 2725 25 Shower(s) of rain 2826 26 Shower(s) of snow, or of rain and snow 2927 27 Shower(s) of hail, or of rain and hail 3028 28 Fog or ice fog 3129 29 Thunderstorm (with or without precipitation) 3230 30 Slight or moderate duststorm or sandstorm has decreased during the preceding hour 3331 31 Slight or moderate duststorm or sandstorm no appreciable change during the preceding hour 3432 32 Slight or moderate duststorm or sandstorm has begun or has increased during the preceding hour 3533 33 Severe duststorm or sandstorm has decreased during the preceding hour 3634 34 Severe duststorm or sandstorm no appreciable change during the preceding hour 3735 35 Severe duststorm or sandstorm has begun or has increased during the preceding hour 3836 36 Slight or moderate drifting snow generally low (below eye level) 3937 37 Heavy drifting snow generally low (below eye level) 4038 38 Slight or moderate blowing snow generally high (above eye level) 4139 39 Heavy blowing snow generally high (above eye level) 4240 40 Fog or ice fog at a distance at the time of observation, but not at the station during the preceding hour, the fog or ice fog extending to a level above that of the observer 4341 41 Fog or ice fog in patches 4442 42 Fog or ice fog, sky visible has become thinner during the preceding hour 4543 43 Fog or ice fog, sky invisible has become thinner during the preceding hour 4644 44 Fog or ice fog, sky visible no appreciable change during the preceding hour 4745 45 Fog or ice fog, sky invisible no appreciable change during the preceding hour 4846 46 Fog or ice fog, sky visible has begun or has become thicker during the preceding hour 4947 47 Fog or ice fog, sky invisible has begun or has become thicker during the preceding hour 5048 48 Fog, depositing rime, sky visible 5149 49 Fog, depositing rime, sky invisible 5250 50 Drizzle, not freezing, intermittent slight at time of observation 5351 51 Drizzle, not freezing, continuous slight at time of observation 5452 52 Drizzle, not freezing, intermittent moderate at time of observation 5553 53 Drizzle, not freezing, continuous moderate at time of observation 5654 54 Drizzle, not freezing, intermittent heavy (dense) at time of observation 5755 55 Drizzle, not freezing, continuous heavy (dense) at time of observation 5856 56 Drizzle, freezing, slight 5957 57 Drizzle, freezing, moderate or heavy (dense) 6058 58 Drizzle and rain, slight 6159 59 Drizzle and rain, moderate or heavy 6260 60 Rain, not freezing, intermittent slight at time of observation 6361 61 Rain, not freezing, continuous slight at time of observation 6462 62 Rain, not freezing, intermittent moderate at time of observation 6563 63 Rain, not freezing, continuous moderate at time of observation 6664 64 Rain, not freezing, intermittent heavy at time of observation 6765 65 Rain, not freezing, continuous heavy at time of observation 6866 66 Rain, freezing, slight 6967 67 Rain, freezing, moderate or heavy 7068 68 Rain or drizzle and snow, slight 7169 69 Rain or drizzle and snow, moderate or heavy 7270 70 Intermittent fall of snowflakes slight at time of observation 7371 71 Continuous fall of snowflakes slight at time of observation 7472 72 Intermittent fall of snowflakes moderate at time of observation 7573 73 Continuous fall of snowflakes moderate at time of observation 7674 74 Intermittent fall of snowflakes heavy at time of observation 7775 75 Continuous fall of snowflakes heavy at time of observation 7876 76 Diamond dust (with or without fog) 7977 77 Snow grains (with or without fog) 8078 78 Isolated star-like snow crystals (with or without fog) 8179 79 Ice pellets 8280 80 Rain shower(s), slight 8381 81 Rain shower(s), moderate or heavy 8482 82 Rain shower(s), violent 8583 83 Shower(s) of rain and snow mixed, slight 8684 84 Shower(s) of rain and snow mixed, moderate or heavy 8785 85 Snow shower(s), slight 8886 86 Snow shower(s), moderate or heavy 8987 87 Shower(s) of snow pellets or small hail, with or without rain or rain and snow mixed slight 9088 88 Shower(s) of snow pellets or small hail, with or without rain or rain and snow mixed moderate or heavy 9189 89 Shower(s) of hail, with or without rain or rain and snow mixed, not associated with thunder slight 9290 90 Shower(s) of hail, with or without rain or rain and snow mixed, not associated with thunder moderate or heavy 9391 91 Slight rain at time of observation 9492 92 Moderate or heavy rain at time of observation 9593 93 Slight snow, or rain and snow mixed or hail at time of observation 9694 94 Moderate or heavy snow, or rain and snow mixed or hail at time of observation 9795 95 Thunderstorm, slight or moderate, without hail, but with rain and/or snow at time of observation 9896 96 Thunderstorm, slight or moderate, with hail at time of observation 9997 97 Thunderstorm, heavy, without hail, but with rain and/or snow at time of observation 10098 98 Thunderstorm combined with duststorm or sandstorm at time of observation 10199 99 Thunderstorm, heavy, with hail at time of observation 102100 100 No significant weather observed 103101 101 Clouds generally dissolving or becoming less developed during the past hour 104102 102 State of sky on the whole unchanged during the past hour 105103 103 Clouds generally forming or developing during the past hour 106104 104 Haze or smoke, or dust in suspension in the air, visibility equal to, or greater than, 1 km 107105 105 Haze or smoke, or dust in suspension in the air, visibility less than 1 km 108#106-109 Reserved 109110 110 Mist 110111 111 Diamond dust 111112 112 Distant lightning 112#113-117 Reserved 113118 118 Squalls 114#119 Reserved 115120 120 Fog 116121 121 PRECIPITATION 117122 122 Drizzle (not freezing) or snow grains 118123 123 Rain (not freezing) 119124 124 Snow 120125 125 Freezing drizzle or freezing rain 121126 126 Thunderstorm (with or without precipitation) 122127 127 BLOWING OR DRIFTING SNOW OR SAND 123128 128 Blowing or drifting snow or sand, visibility equal to, or greater than, 1 km 124129 129 Blowing or drifting snow or sand, visibility less than 1 km 125130 130 FOG 126131 131 Fog or ice fog in patches 127132 132 Fog or ice fog, has become thinner during the past hour 128133 133 Fog or ice fog, no appreciable change during the past hour 129134 134 Fog or ice fog, has begun or become thicker during the past hour 130135 135 Fog, depositing rime 131#136-139 Reserved 132140 140 PRECIPITATION 133141 141 Precipitation, slight or moderate 134142 142 Precipitation, heavy 135143 143 Liquid precipitation, slight or moderate 136144 144 Liquid precipitation, heavy 137145 145 Solid precipitation, slight or moderate 138146 146 Solid precipitation, heavy 139147 147 Freezing precipitation, slight or moderate 140148 148 Freezing precipitation, heavy 141#149 Reserved 142150 150 DRIZZLE 143151 151 Drizzle, not freezing, slight 144152 152 Drizzle, not freezing, moderate 145153 153 Drizzle, not freezing, heavy 146154 154 Drizzle, freezing, slight 147155 155 Drizzle, freezing, moderate 148156 156 Drizzle, freezing, heavy 149157 157 Drizzle and rain, slight 150158 158 Drizzle and rain, moderate or heavy 151#159 Reserved 152160 160 RAIN 153161 161 Rain, not freezing, slight 154162 162 Rain, not freezing, moderate 155163 163 Rain, not freezing, heavy 156164 164 Rain, freezing, slight 157165 165 Rain, freezing, moderate 158166 166 Rain, freezing, heavy 159167 167 Rain (or drizzle) and snow, slight 160168 168 Rain (or drizzle) and snow, moderate or heavy 161#169 Reserved 162170 170 SNOW 163171 171 Snow, slight 164172 172 Snow, moderate 165173 173 Snow, heavy 166174 174 Ice pellets, slight 167175 175 Ice pellets, moderate 168176 176 Ice pellets, heavy 169177 177 Snow grains 170178 178 Ice crystals 171#179 Reserved 172180 180 SHOWER(S) OR INTERMITTENT PRECIPITATION 173181 181 Rain shower(s) or intermittent rain, slight 174182 182 Rain shower(s) or intermittent rain, moderate 175183 183 Rain shower(s) or intermittent rain, heavy 176184 184 Rain shower(s) or intermittent rain, violent 177185 185 Snow shower(s) or intermittent snow, slight 178186 186 Snow shower(s) or intermittent snow, moderate 179187 187 Snow shower(s) or intermittent snow, heavy 180#188 Reserved 181189 189 Hail 182190 190 THUNDERSTORM 183191 191 Thunderstorm, slight or moderate, with no precipitation 184192 192 Thunderstorm, slight or moderate, with rain showers and/or snow showers 185193 193 Thunderstorm, slight or moderate, with hail 186194 194 Thunderstorm, heavy, with no precipitation 187195 195 Thunderstorm, heavy, with rain showers and/or snow showers 188196 196 Thunderstorm, heavy, with hail 189#197-198 Reserved 190199 199 Tornado 191204 204 Volcanic ash suspended in the air aloft 192206 206 Thick dust haze, visibility less than 1 km 193207 207 Blowing spray at the station 194208 208 Drifting dust (sand) 195209 209 Wall of dust or sand in distance (like haboob) 196210 210 Snow haze 197211 211 Whiteout 198213 213 Lightning, cloud to surface 199#214-216 Not used 200217 217 Dry thunderstorm 201219 219 Tornado cloud (destructive) at or within sight of the station during preceding hour or at the time of observation 202220 220 Deposition of volcanic ash 203221 221 Deposition of dust or sand 204222 222 Deposition of dew 205223 223 Deposition of wet snow 206224 224 Deposition of soft rime 207225 225 Deposition of hard rime 208226 226 Deposition of hoar frost 209227 227 Deposition of glaze 210228 228 Deposition of ice crust (ice slick) 211230 230 Duststorm or sandstorm with temperature below 0 degrees 212239 239 Blowing snow, impossible to determine whether snow is falling or not 213241 241 Fog on sea 214242 242 Fog in valleys 215243 243 Arctic or Antarctic sea smoke 216244 244 Steam fog (sea, lake or river) 217245 245 Steam log (land) 218246 246 Fog over ice or snow cover 219247 247 Dense fog, visibility 60-90 m 220248 248 Dense fog, visibility 30-60 m 221249 249 Dense fog, visibility less than 30 m 222250 250 Drizzle, rate of fall - less than 0.10 mm h-1 223251 251 Drizzle, rate of fall - 0.10-0.19 mm h-1 224252 252 Drizzle, rate of fall - 0.20-0.39 mm h-1 225253 253 Drizzle, rate of fall - 0.40-0.79 mm h-1 226254 254 Drizzle, rate of fall - 0.80-1.59 mm h-1 227255 255 Drizzle, rate of fall - 1.60-3.19 mm h-1 228256 256 Drizzle, rate of fall - 3.20-6.39 mm h-1 229257 257 Drizzle, rate of fall - 6.4 mm h-1 or more 230259 259 Drizzle and snow 231260 260 Rain, rate of fall - less than 1.0 mm h-1 232261 261 Rain, rate of fall - 1.0-1.9 mm h-1 233262 262 Rain, rate of fall - 2.0-3.9 mm h-1 234263 263 Rain, rate of fall - 4.0-7.9 mm h-1 235264 264 Rain, rate of fall - 8.0-15.9 mm h-1 236265 265 Rain, rate of fall - 16.0-31.9 mm h-1 237266 266 Rain, rate of fall - 32.0-63.9 mm h-1 238267 267 Rain, rate of fall - 64.0 mm h-1 or more 239270 270 Snow, rate of fall - less than 1.0 cm h-1 240271 271 Snow, rate of fall - 1.0-1.9 cm h-1 241272 272 Snow, rate of fall - 2.0-3.9 cm h-1 242273 273 Snow, rate of fall - 4.0-7.9 cm h-1 243274 274 Snow, rate of fall - 8.0-15.9 cm h-1 244275 275 Snow, rate of fall - 16.0-31.9 cm h-1 245276 276 Snow, rate of fall - 32.0-63.9 cm h-1 246277 277 Snow, rate of fall - 64.0 cm h-1 or more 247278 278 Snow or ice crystal precipitation from a clear sky 248279 279 Wet snow, freezing on contact 249280 280 Precipitation of rain 250281 281 Precipitation of rain, freezing 251282 282 Precipitation of rain and snow mixed 252283 283 Precipitation of snow 253284 284 Precipitation of snow pellets or small hall 254285 285 Precipitation of snow pellets or small hail, with rain 255286 286 Precipitation of snow pellets or small hail, with rain and snow mixed 256287 287 Precipitation of snow pellets or small hail, with snow 257288 288 Precipitation of hail 258289 289 Precipitation of hail, with rain 259290 290 Precipitation of hall, with rain and snow mixed 260291 291 Precipitation of hail, with snow 261292 292 Shower(s) or thunderstorm over sea 262293 293 Shower(s) or thunderstorm over mountains 263#300-507 Reserved 264508 508 No significant phenomenon to report, present and past weather omitted 265509 509 No observation, data not available, present and past weather omitted 266510 510 Present and past weather missing, but expected 267511 511 Missing value 268