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Showers and Thunderstorms from the Great Lakes into the Southern Plains

Frontal boundary and wave of low pressure will keep an active weather pattern from the Great Lakes region through the southern Plains the next couple of days. Isolated instances of severe thunderstorms and flash flooding are possible. Meanwhile, as summer comes to a close, above normal temperatures continue for central and eastern U.S. - especially for most of Puerto Rico with excessive heat. Read More >

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Table B3

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Table B3

Data type designator T2

(when T1   =   I or J)

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 BUFR 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
O Oceanographic/limnographic (water properties)
P Pictorial
S Surface/sea level
T Text (plain language information)
U Upper air
X Other data types
Z Mixed data types