Register: Code Table D-8: Cloud amount reported at aerodrome
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URI: http://codes.wmo.int/49-2/CloudAmountReportedAtAerodrome
The items within this code table are the cloud amount categories of operational significance for aviation as specified in Technical Regulations, Volume II (WMO-No. 49): Meteorological Services for International Air Navigation. This code table contains a subset of the cloud amount categories defined in Part B FM 94 BUFR Code Table 0 20 008.
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Name | Notation | Description | Types | Status |
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Broken | BKN | Broken (5 - 7 oktas). | Concept | stable |
Embedded | EMBD | Embedded. Applicable only to cumulonimbus (CB). | Concept | stable |
Few | FEW | Few (1 - 2 oktas). | Concept | stable |
Frequent | FRQ | Frequent. Applicable only to cumulonimbus (CB). | Concept | stable |
Isolated | ISOL | Isolated. Applicable only to cumulonimbus (CB). | Concept | stable |
Layers | LYR | Layers. Applicable only to cumulonimbus (CB). | Concept | stable |
Occasional | OCNL | Occasional. Applicable only to cumulonimbus (CB). | Concept | stable |
Overcast | OVC | Overcast (8 oktas). | Concept | stable |
Scattered | SCT | Scattered (3 - 4 oktas). | Concept | stable |
Sky clear | SKC | Sky clear (0 oktas). | Concept | stable |