Wind
- Calm (≤ 2 Kts)
- Light breeze (2 – 10 Kts)
- Breezy (11 – 15 Kts)
- Windy (16 – 26 Kts)
- Strong Winds (27 – 33 Kts)
- Gusty (Sharp increase > 10Kts above average)
- Near Gale Strength or Gale Strength Winds (34 – 47 Kts)
- Storm Strength Winds (48 – 63 Kts)
- Hurricane Strength Winds (> 63Kts)
Degree of Daily Sunshine
- Long, Sunny Spells (=Clear, Cool Night)
- Sunny Intervals
- Little Sunny Breaks or Gloomy
- Dull & Hazy (=Dull, Hazy Night) [Diffused Sunlight through lithometeor]
- Note: Except where a sunny day (even those Dull and Hazy) continues into a night of no showers (A Clear, Cool Night or Dull, Hazy Night), Rainfall/Wind descriptors should be used as forecasting terms for nighttime.
Rainfall (Rain or Showers)
- Time of Occurrence/Cessation
- Type (in Character/intensity, Space & Duration)
- Accompanying Thunder, Lightning & Gusty Winds and or resultant flash flooding/landslide/landslip
- Probability
Transitioning of Weather
- Gradual
- Deteriorating
- Interrupted
- Prevailing or Dominant
- Rapid
- Alternating
- Improving
Seas
- Calm (0 -0.5 Meters)
- Slight (0.5 – 1.25 Meters)
- Moderate (1.25 – 2.5 Meters)
- Rough (≥ 2.5 Meters) (Big Waves)
- Choppy (rough but with small waves i.e. < 2.5 Meters)
Probability
- Slight Chance = 20% Chance
- Chance = 30 - 50% Chance
- Likely = 60 - 70% Chance
Type (Character, Space & Time)
Character
- Light
- Moderate
- Heavy
- Violent
- Thundery or Thundershowers
Space
- Few Confined Areas
- Varying Localities
- Broad Areas
- Hilly Areas
- Countrywide
- North, South, East, West, Central or any combination of these
Time
- Brief
- Intermittent
- Frequent
- Lengthy Periods
- Continuous