AirWare User Manual: MM5 forecast summary

AirWare On-line Reference Manual

Release Level	5.3.0 beta
Release Date	2007 06
Revision Level	1.1

MM5 Meteorological Model: forecast summary

The forecasts runs from MM5 are summarized on an hourly basis by selected values and icons. The summary applies to either the current model domain, or the set of meteorological monitoring stations used in the meteorological scenario for the model scenario shown.

Weather icons are saved on aca2:/var/www/html/GIF/weather$wnr.bmp
Here is the current definition for $wnr number:

1	clear night	night=1, cloud < 0.01
2	sunny day	day=1, cloud < 0.01
3	night partly cloudy	night=1, cloud > 0.01 & cloud < 0.05
4	day partly cloudy	day=1,cloud > 0.01 & cloud < 0.05
5	night cloudy	night=1, cloud > 0.05
6	day cloudy	day=1, cloud > 0.05
7	night rain	night=1, rain > 0 & rain < 0.5
8	day rain	day=1, rain > 0 & rain < 0.5
9	night strong rain	night=1, rain > 0.5
10	day strong rain	day=1, rain > 0.5

Implementation notes: Night/day function to determine actual sunrise/sunset times is not yet implemented.
Day is currently defined as 5:00 < local time < 20:00.
Weather symbols 11 - 14 for SNOW conditions are still missing.