☁️📊 (1) Station Models, Weather, and Cloud Cover Symbols

N

total amount of cloud cover, measured in eighths

dd

direction from which the wind is blowing (e.g 315 deg NW)

ff

wind speed in knots (kt)

VV

visibility in miles

ww

present weather (e.g rain, light snow)

ppp

sea-level barometric pressure, coded

TT

current air temperature, in degrees Fahrenheit

T_dT_d

dew point temperature, in degrees Fahrenheit

±pp

pressure change in past 3 hrs, in tenths of millibars (e.g “rise of 2.8 hPa”)

a

pressure tendency (what the pressure is doing, e.g “rising steadily”)

N

symbol for cloud coverage

SKC

Abbreviation for Sky Clear

FEW

Abbreviation for Few Clouds

SCT

Abbreviation for Scattered (clouds)

BKN

Abbreviation for Broken (clouds)

OVC

Abbreviation for Overcast (sky)

0 oktas

The designation Clear Sky (SKC) refers to a cloud coverage of…

1-2 oktas

The designation Few (clouds) — FEW—refers to a cloud coverage of…

3-4 oktas

The designation Scattered (clouds) — SCT— refers to a cloud coverage of…

5-7 oktas

The designation Broken (clouds) —BKN— refers to a cloud coverage of…

8 oktas

The designation Overcast (OVC) refers to a cloud coverage of…

Obscured

Different from an overcast sky, which is a sky blocked by clouds, this term refers to a view of the sky blocked by heavy precipitation or foreign particles like smoke and dust.

0/8 oktas

1/8 oktas

2/8 oktas

3/8 oktas

4/8 oktas

5/8 oktas

6/8 oktas

7/8 oktas

8/8 oktas

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Haze

Fog

Rain

Drizzle

Freezing Drizzle

Snow

Rain Showers

Thunderstorms

Ice Pellets