
Dangerous heat will build across the Southwest U.S. through the end of the week with daytime highs of 110-115°F. Heat across the southern Plains will briefly ease to near-normal by late week before returning over much of the Plains into next week. Severe thunderstorms are expected across parts of the central and southern High Plains, central Great Lakes, and Ozarks Wednesday. Read More >
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Instructions for the proper application of the data type designator
1. The designator specified in this table should be used to the greatest extent possible to indicate the type of data contained within the body of the GRIB bulletin for oceanographic products.
2. Where more than one type is contained in the text, the designator for one of the data types should be used.
3. When the table does not contain a suitable designator for the data type, an alphabetic designator which is not assigned in the table should be introduced and the WMO secretariat notified.
| Designator | Data Type |
| D | Depth |
| E | Ice concentration |
| F | Ice thickness |
| G | Ice drift |
| H | Ice growth |
| I | Ice convergence/divergence |
| Q | Temperature anomaly |
| R | Depth anomaly |
| S | Salinity |
| T | Temperature |
| U | Current component |
| V | Not assigned |
| W | Temperature warning |
| X | Mixed data values |
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