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Interface Output from the NCEP Aviation Weather Decoder

Mnemonic Description Units Value
YEAR Report year Year rivals (iryear)
MNTH Report month Month rivals (irmnth)
DAYS Report day Day rivals (irdays)
HOUR Report hour Hour rivals (irhour)
MINU Report minute Minute rivals (irminu)
THRP Report type flag Numeric rivals (irthrp)
AUTO Automatic station flag WMO BUFR table 002001 rivals (irauto)
DRCT Wind direction Degrees true rivals (irdrct)
SPED Wind speed Meters/second rivals (irsped)
SKNT Wind speed Knots rivals (irsknt)
GUMS Wind gust speed Meters/second rivals (irgums)
GUST Wind gust speed Knots rivals (irgust)
DRC1 First variable wind direction Degrees true rivals (irdrc1)
DRC2 Second variable wind direction Degrees true rivals (irdrc2)
VRTV Vertical visibility Feet rivals (irvrtv)
TMPC Temperature Degrees Celsius rivals (irtmpc)
DWPC Dew Point Degrees Celsius rivals (irdwpc)
ALTI Altimeter setting Inches Hg rivals (iralti)
ALTM Altimeter setting Hectopascals rivals (iraltm)
P03I 3 hour precipitation Inches rivals (irp03i)
P06I 6 hour precipitation Inches rivals (irp06i)
P24I 24 hour precipitation Inches rivals (irp24i)
P01I 1 hour precipitation Inches rivals (irp01i)
SNOW Total snow amount Inches rivals (irsnow)
SNEW Depth of fresh snow Inches rivals (irsnew)
WEQS Water equivalent of ground snow Inches rivals (irweqs)
CTYL Low-level cloud type WMO Code Table 0513 rivals (irctyl)
CTYM Mid-level cloud type WMO Code Table 0515 rivals (irctym)
CTYH High-level cloud type WMO Code Table 0509 rivals (irctyh)
MSUN Duration of sunshine Minutes rivals (irmsun)
PMSL Mean sea level pressure Hectopascals rivals (irpmsl)
TDXC 24 hour maximum temperature Degrees Celsius rivals (irtdxc)
TDNC 24 hour minimum temperature Degrees Celsius rivals (irtdnc)
T6XC 6 hour maximum temperature Degrees Celsius rivals (irt6xc))
T6NC 6 hour minimum temperature Degrees Celsius rivals (irt6nc)
P03D 3 hour pressure tendency Hectopascals rivals (irp03d)
CTMX City maximum temperature Degrees Fahrenheit rivals (irctmx)
CTMN City minimum temperature Degrees Fahrenheit rivals (irctmn)
CTTP City hourly temperature Degress Fahrenheit rivals (ircttp)
CORN Report correction indicator WMO Code Table 3302 rivals (ircorn)
PWDR Peak wind direction Degrees true rivals (irpwdr)
PWSP Peak wind speed Knots rivals (irpwsp)
PWHR Hour of peak wind Hour rivals (irpwhr)
PWMN Minute of peak wind Minute rivals (irpwmn)
WSHH Hour of wind shift Hour rivals (irwshh)
WSHM Minute of wind shift Minute rivals (irwshm)
SLAT Station latitude Degrees rivals (irslat)
SLON Station longitude Degrees rivals (irslon)
SELV Station elevation Meters rivals (irselv)
SST1 Sea surface temperature Degrees Celsius rivals (irsst1)
SEST State of the sea WMO Code Table 3700 rivals (irsest)
NVSB Number of visibility groups Numeric rivals (irnvsb)
VSBY Horizontal visibility Statute Miles rivals (irvsby(1..NVSB))
VSBK Horizontal visibility Kilometers rivals (irvsbk(1..NVSB))
VSFL Visibility P or M indicator Code Table rivals (irvsfl(1..NVSB))
NRWY Number of runway groups Numeric rivals (irnrwy)
V1RI First runway visual range Meters rivals (irv1ri(1..NRWY))
V2RI Second runway visual range Meters rivals (irv2ri(1..NRWY))
V1RF First runway visual range flag Code Table rivals (irv1rf(1..NRWY))
V2RF Second runway visual range flag Code Table rivals (irv2rf(1..NRWY))
RWYT Runway visual range tendency Code Table rivals (irrwyt(1..NRWY))
RWID Runway identifier CCITT IA5 civals (icrwid(1..NRWY))
NPWX Number of weather groups Numeric rivals (irnpwx)
WCOD Weather character string CCITT IA5 civals (icwcod(1..NPWX))
NSKY Number of sky condition groups Numeric rivals (irnsky)
CMTN GEMPAK Sky cover number Degrees Celsius rivals (ircmtn(1..NSKY))
STID Station identifier CCITT IA5 civals (icstid)