Isolated severe thunderstorms with locally damaging wind gusts and hail are possible Monday across parts of the Southeast U.S. Elevated to critical fire weather including gusty winds and low relative humidity is forecast Monday over much of the northern Great Plains. Above normal temperatures in the Southeast and Southwest U.S. will bring moderate to isolated major HeatRisk Monday. Read More >
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 |
