Weather Symbols
| Symbol | METAR Code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dust or sand | ||
| FU VA | Smoke or volcanic Ash | |
| HZ | Haze | |
| DU SA | Dust or sand | |
| BLDU BLSA | Blowing dust or sand | |
| PO | Dust devil | |
| VCSS | Vicinity sand storm | |
| Fog or special weather | ||
| BR | Mist or light fog | |
| MIFG | More or less continuous shallow fog | |
| VCTS | Vicinity thunderstorm | |
| VIRGA | Virga or precipitation not hitting ground | |
| VCSH | Vicinity showers | |
| TS | Thunderstorm with or without precipitation | |
| SQ | Squalls | |
| FC | Funnel cloud or tornado | |
| Blowing weather | ||
| SS | Sand or dust storm | |
| +SS | Strong sand or dust storm | |
| BLSN | Blowing snow | |
| DRSN | Drifting snow | |
| Fog | ||
| VCFG | Vicinity fog | |
| BCFG | Patchy fog | |
| PRFG | Fog, sky discernable | |
| FG | Fog, sky undiscernable | |
| FZFG | Freezing fog | |
| Drizzle | ||
| -DZ | Light drizzle | |
| DZ | Moderate drizzle | |
| +DZ | Heavy drizzle | |
| -FZDZ | Light freezing drizzle | |
| FZDZ +FZDZ | Moderate to heavy freezing drizzle | |
| -DZRA | Light drizzle and rain | |
| DZRA | Moderate to heavy drizzle and rain | |
| Rain | ||
| -RA | Light rain | |
| RA | Moderate rain | |
| +RA | Heavy rain | |
| -FZRA | Light freezing rain | |
| FZRA +FZRA | Moderate to heavy freezing rain | |
| -RASN | Light rain and snow | |
| RASN +RASN | Moderate to heavy rain and snow | |
| Snow and misc. frozen precipitation | ||
| -SN | Light snow | |
| SN | Moderate snow | |
| +SN | Heavy snow | |
| SG | Snow grains | |
| IC | Ice crystals | |
| PE PL | Ice pellets | |
| Showery precipitation | ||
| -SHRA | Light rain showers | |
| SHRA +SHRA | Moderate to heavy rain showers | |
| -SHRASN | Light rain and snow showers | |
| SHRASN +SHRASN | Moderate to heavy rain and snow showers | |
| -SHSN | Light snow showers | |
| SHSN +SHSN | Moderate to heavy snow showers | |
| -GR | Light showers with hail, not with thunder | |
| GR | Moderate to heavy showers with hail, not with thunder | |
| Thunderstorms | ||
| TSRA | Light to moderate thunderstorm with rain | |
| TSGR | Light to moderate thunderstorm with hail | |
| +TSRA | Thunderstorm with heavy rain | |