Areas of Heavy to Excessive Rainfall and Hot Temperatures This Week

Heavy to excessive rainfall could bring areas of flooding at times Monday through Thursday across parts of the central Plains into the Midwest as well as southern Arizona and New Mexico. Hot temperatures and high humidity will continue across much of east Texas into the lower and mid-Mississippi Valley through at least midweek. Read More >

Table B6

Data type designator T2

(when T1 = P, Q)

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 text of the bulletin.

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
A	Radar data
B	Cloud
C	Clear Air turbulence
D	Thickness (relative topography)
E	Precipitation
F	Aerological diagrams (ash clouds)
G	Significant weather
H	Height
I	Sky/cloud cover
J	Wave height + combinations
K	Swell height + combinations
L	Plain language
M	For national use
N	Radiation
O	Vertical velocity
P	Pressure
Q	Web bulb potential temperature
R	Relative humidity
S	Snow cover
T	Temperature
U	Eastward wind component
V	Northward wind component
W	Wind
X	Lifted index
Y	Observational plot chart
Z	Not assigned