Local Weather Conditions

Active / In Use

Full Formal Attribute Name

gfipm:2.0:environment:LocalWeatherConditions

Abbreviated Formal Attribute Name

LocalWeatherConditions

Definition

The prevailing local weather conditions within which an event occurs.

Data Type

Text

Version Number

2.0

Usage Information

None Provided

Example Content

None Provided

NIEM Xpath

N/A

NIEM Definition

N/A

Source

GFIPM Delivery Team

Misc. Notes

This attribute is currently free-form text, but it may be useful to make it a code set instead. Yahoo provides a robust set of weather condition codes as part of the Yahoo Developer Network. NIEM provides an "ITIS" weather conditions code set, but it appears to be incomplete. (It does not include any "severe" weather conditions, or even rainy conditions.) There is also a set of NTSB Weather Condition Codes; however, these codes are primarily geared towards weather conditions that would be encountered by aircraft, and are not generally applicable to ground-level weather conditions.

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