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Weather Symbols
Symbol METAR Code Description
Dust or sand

FU VA Smoke or volcanic Ash

HZ Haze

DU SA Dust or sand

BLDU BLSA Blowing dust or sand

PO Dust devil

VCSS Vicinity sand storm

Fog or special weather

BR Mist or light fog

MIFG More or less continuous shallow fog

VCTS Vicinity thunderstorm

VIRGA Virga or precipitation not hitting ground

VCSH Vicinity showers

TS Thunderstorm with or without precipitation

SQ Squalls

FC Funnel cloud or tornado

Blowing weather

SS Sand or dust storm

+SS Strong sand or dust storm

BLSN Blowing snow

DRSN Drifting snow

Fog

VCFG Vicinity fog

BCFG Patchy fog

PRFG Fog, sky discernable

FG Fog, sky undiscernable

FZFG Freezing fog

Drizzle

-DZ Light drizzle

DZ Moderate drizzle

+DZ Heavy drizzle

-FZDZ Light freezing drizzle

FZDZ +FZDZ Moderate to heavy freezing drizzle

-DZRA Light drizzle and rain

DZRA Moderate to heavy drizzle and rain

Rain

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-RA Light rain

RA Moderate rain

+RA Heavy rain

-FZRA Light freezing rain

FZRA +FZRA Moderate to heavy freezing rain

-RASN Light rain and snow

RASN +RASN Moderate to heavy rain and snow

Snow and misc. frozen precipitation

-SN Light snow

SN Moderate snow

+SN Heavy snow

SG Snow grains

IC Ice crystals

PE PL Ice pellets

Showery precipitation

-SHRA Light rain showers

SHRA +SHRA Moderate to heavy rain showers

-SHRASN Light rain and snow showers

SHRASN +SHRASN Moderate to heavy rain and snow showers

-SHSN Light snow showers

SHSN +SHSN Moderate to heavy snow showers

-GR Light showers with hail, not with thunder

GR Moderate to heavy showers with hail, not with thunder

Thunderstorms

TSRA Light to moderate thunderstorm with rain

TSGR Light to moderate thunderstorm with hail

+TSRA Thunderstorm with heavy rain

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