03-05-2004, 12:36 AM -
There is no standard set of weather terms used by the major providers (most of whom, incidentally, use the NWS as THEIR provider).
There is however a standard set of meteorlogical phenomena that observers report:
http://www.met.tamu.edu/class/METAR/metar-pg9-ww.html
Any other terms used are derived from these and the lower cloud level.
There is however a standard set of meteorlogical phenomena that observers report:
http://www.met.tamu.edu/class/METAR/metar-pg9-ww.html
Any other terms used are derived from these and the lower cloud level.