DTW EC NGM MOS GUIDANCE 3/10/97 1200 UTC DAY /MAR 10 /MAR 11 /MAR 12 / HOUR 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 MN/MX 32 43 23 43 TEMP 43 47 46 43 39 37 34 36 39 41 36 31 27 25 25 34 40 42 37 DEWPT 25 27 29 33 32 29 27 27 25 23 21 20 19 18 18 20 21 21 22 CLDS BK BK BK BK BK BK OV SC SC SC CL CL CL CL CL CL SC SC CL WDIR 24 24 22 24 26 28 31 31 30 30 30 29 28 29 28 29 22 22 13 WSPD 16 16 14 15 16 16 16 17 17 17 12 09 07 06 05 08 08 06 05 POP06 21 24 14 21 18 7 4 0 5 POP12 30 30 10 5 QPF 0/ 0/ 0/0 0/ 0/0 0/ 0/0 0/ 0/0 TSV06 2/ 8 4/ 4 3/ 2 0/ 0 1/ 5 0/ 2 1/ 4 0/ 1 1/ 9 TSV12 5/ 9 3/ 0 0/ 5 1/ 3 PTYPE R R R R R R S S S S S S S S S POZP 3 4 3 2 9 1 0 2 0 0 1 4 2 2 3 POSN 38 21 11 10 7 45 64 88 89 96 94 96 92 81 73 SNOW 0/ 0/ 0/0 1/ 1/1 0/ 0/0 0/ 0/0 CIG 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 5 7 7 7 VIS 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 OBVIS N N N N N N N N N N N N N NGM MOS forecast for DTW : HOUR Time (UTC) MN/MX Daily Min/Max temps (deg F) TEMP, DEWPT Temperature & Dew ponit (deg F) CLDS Mean opaque cloud coverage WDIR, WSPD Near surface wind direction & speed POP06, POP12 6 & 12 hour measureable precipitation probabilities, for periods ending at times indicated QPF Quantitative precipitation category TSV06, TSV12 6 & 12 hour absolute and conditional thunderstorm probabilities for periods ending at times indicated PTYPE Conditional forecast precipitation type (R - Rain, S - Snow, Z - Freezing rain &/or sleet) POZP Conditional probability of freezing rain &/or sleet POSN Conditional probability of snow SNOW Snow amount category CIG Cloud cieling category VIS Visibility category OBVIS Obstructions to visibility (N - None, F - Fog, H - haze &/or smoke ?) That's from memeory, so I do not recall all categories (& can't find this info on I-net). Most relevant to cloud forecasts are CLDS & CIG. The forecast indicated broken BKN cloud cover during the afternoon and evening, which was a slight overestimate. CIG of 6 is among the highest of categories, I recall about 6000 - 7500 feet ?