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Extremely Critical Fire Weather in Southern California; Winter Storm To Impact the Southern U.S.

High winds and low relative humidity will continue critical to extremely critical fire weather in southern California through Thursday. A winter storm is expected to bring major impacts from areas of heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain to portions of the southern Plains beginning on Thursday before intensifying as it shifts across the Mid-South Friday through Saturday morning. Read More >

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Table B5

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Table B5

Data type designator T2

(when T1   =   E)

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 satellite 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
C Cloud top temperature
F Fog
I Infrared range
S Surface temperature
V Visible range
W Water vapor
Y User specified
Z Unspecified