WEATHER REPORTING LOCATIONS DATA BASE RECORD LAYOUT (WXL-FILE) INFORMATION EFFECTIVE DATE: 6/17/2021 CHARTING CYCLE RECORD FORMAT: FIXED LOGICAL RECORD LENGTH: 135 FILE STRUCTURE DESCRIPTION: --------------------------- THERE ARE A VARIABLE NUMBER OF FIXED-LENGTH RECORDS FOR EACH WEATHER REPORTING LOCATION. EACH LOCATION WILL HAVE AT LEAST ONE RECORD DESCRIBING LOCATION INFORMATION AND AVAILABLE WEATHER SERVICES. FOR THOSE WEATHER REPORTING LOCATIONS THAT ARE WEATHER COLLECTIVES OR HAVE SPECIFIC AFFECTED AREAS, THERE WILL BE CONTINUATION RECORDS - ONE FOR EACH COLLECTIVE OR AFFECTED AREA WEATHER SERVICE. THIS FILE FORMAT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT TO SUPPORT THE FAA'S FLIGHT SERVICE AUTOMATION SYSTEM (FSAS). OTHER USERS OF WEATHER REPORTING LOCATION INFORMATION WILL USE THIS FSAS-SPECIFIED FILE FORMAT. THE FILE IS SORTED BY WEATHER REPORTING LOCATION IDENTIFIER WITH CONTINUATION RECORDS FOR A LOCATION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING. THE CONTINUATION RECORDS ARE IN RANDOM ORDER. EACH RECORD ENDS WITH A CARRIAGE RETURN CHARACTER AND LINE FEED CHARACTER (CR/LF). THIS LINE TERMINATOR IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE LOGICAL RECORD LENGTH. GENERAL INFORMATION: -------------------- 1. LEFT JUSTIFIED FIELDS HAVE TRAILING BLANKS 2. RIGHT JUSTIFIED FIELDS HAVE LEADING BLANKS 3. ELEMENT NUMBER IS FOR INTERNAL REFERENCE ONLY AND NOT IN THE RECORD. 4. THE UNIQUE, BASIC RECORD IDENTIFIER IS MADE UP OF THE WEATHER REPORTING LOCATION IDENTIFIER, ASSOCIATED CITY, AND ASSOCIATED COUNTRY CODE. ********************************************************************* BASIC WEATHER REPORTING LOCATION DATA ******************************************************************** J T L S L E N U Y E T O L U S P N A C E M T E G R A M B T T T E E H I N R O T N FIELD DESCRIPTION L AN 0005 00001 DLID WEATHER REPORTING LOCATION IDENTIFIER EX. AGS, AK21 L AN 0008 00006 WX4 LATITUDE OF THE WEATHER REPORTING LOCATION FORMAT: DDMMSSTC DD DEGREES MM MINUTES SS SECONDS T TENTHS OF SECONDS (DECIMAL POINT IS IMPLIED) C DECLINATION (N-NORTH; S-SOUTH) EX. 3139438N - ALL 8 CHARACTERS WILL ALWAYS BE PRESENT. L AN 0009 00014 WX5 LONGITUDE OF THE WEATHER REPORTING LOCATION FORMAT: DDDMMSSTC DDD DEGREES MM MINUTES SS SECONDS T TENTHS OF SECONDS (DECIMAL POINT IS IMPLIED) C DECLINATION (E-EAST; W-WEST) EX. 09716075W - ALL 9 CHARACTERS WILL ALWAYS BE PRESENT. L AN 0040 00023 WX1 ASSOCIATED CITY (EX: ALBANY) L AN 0002 00063 WX2 ASSOCIATED STATE (POST OFFICE CODE) VALUE MAY ALSO BE MX (MEXICO), CA (CANADA), OR OTHER INTERNATIONAL LOCATIONS EX. AL,MD,MX L AN 0003 00065 WX3 ASSOCIATED COUNTRY NUMERIC CODE (NON-US ONLY) STANDARD FIPS ASSIGNMENT OF 2 OR 3 NUMERIC DIGITS FOR FOREIGN COUNTRIES. EX. 484 R N 0005 00068 WX6 WEATHER REPORTING LOCATION ELEVATION - VALUE (WHOLE FEET MSL) EX. 73, 0, 3929 L AN 0001 00073 WX6 WEATHER REPORTING LOCATION ELEVATION - ACCURACY S - VALUE WAS SURVEYED E - VALUE WAS ESTIMATED L AN 0060 00074 WX7 WEATHER SERVICES AVAILABLE AT LOCATION, UP TO 5 CHARACTERS FOR EACH. (WX TYPES ARE IN RANDOM ORDER) WX TYPE DESCRIPTION ------- ----------- AC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NARRATIVE AWW SEVERE WEATHER FORECAST ALERT CWA CENTRAL WEATHER ADVISORY FA AREA FORECAST FD WINDS & TEMPERATURE ALOFT FORECAST FT AVIATION TERMINAL FORECAST FX MISCELLANEOUS FORECASTS METAR AVIATION ROUTINE WEATHER REPORT (ICAO) MIS METEOROLOGICAL IMPACT SUMMARY NOTAM NOTICE TO AIRMEN SA SURFACE OBSERVATION REPORT SD RADAR WEATHER REPORT SPECI AVIATION SPECIAL WEATHER REPORT (ICAO) SYNS TRANSCRIBED WEATHER BROADCAST SYNOPSES TAF AVIATION TERMINAL FORECAST (ICAO) TWEB TRANSCRIBED WEATHER BROADCAST UA AIRCRAFT REPORT (PIREP) WA WEATHER ADVISORY WH ABBREVIATED HURRICANE ADVISORY WO TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS WS FLIGHT ADVISORY - SIGMET WST CONVECTIVE SIGMET WW SEVERE WEATHER BROADCASTS OR BULLETINS EX.: SA UA NOTAMTWEB WST SYNS FA L AN 0002 00134 NA BLANK ********************************************************************* WEATHER REPORTING LOCATION - COLLECTIVES RECORD TYPE ********************************************************************* J T L S L E N U Y E T O L U S P N A C E M T E G R A M B T T T E E H I N R O T N FIELD DESCRIPTION L AN 0001 00001 NONE CONTINUATION RECORD INDICATOR AN '*' FOUND IN POSITION 1 INDICATES THAT THIS RECORD IS A CONTINUATION OF THE PREVIOUS WEATHER LOCATION. THE CONTINUATION RECORDS ARE USED TO DESCRIBE COLLECTIVE NUMBERS AND AFFECTED AREAS FOR CERTAIN WEATHER SERVICE TYPES. L AN 0005 00002 WX8 COLLECTIVE WEATHER SERVICE TYPE FT - AVIATION TERMINAL FORECAST SD - RADAR WEATHER REPORT L AN 0001 00007 WX8 COLLECTIVE NUMBER SINGLE DIGIT 0 THRU 9. L AN 0128 00008 NONE BLANK. ********************************************************************* WEATHER REPORTING LOCATION - AFFECTED AREAS RECORD TYPE ********************************************************************* J T L S L E N U Y E T O L U S P N A C E M T E G R A M B T T T E E H I N R O T N FIELD DESCRIPTION L AN 0001 00001 NONE CONTINUATION RECORD INDICATOR AN '*' FOUND IN POSITION 1 INDICATES THAT THIS RECORD IS A CONTINUATION OF THE PREVIOUS WEATHER LOCATION. THE CONTINUATION RECORDS ARE USED TO DESCRIBE COLLECTIVE NUMBERS AND AFFECTED AREAS FOR CERTAIN WEATHER SERVICE TYPES. L AN 0005 00002 WX8 AFFECTED AREA WEATHER SERVICE TYPE CWA CENTRAL WEATHER ADVISORY FA AREA FORECAST MIS METEOROLOGICAL IMPACT SUMMARY WH ABBREVIATED HURRICANE ADVISORY WO TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS WST CONVECTIVE SIGMET L AN 0114 00007 WX8 AFFECTED AREAS - STATES/AREAS A SERIES OF TWO CHARACTER U.S. STATE POST OFFICE ABBREVIATIONS SEPARATED BY ONE SPACE. VALUES MAY ALSO INCLUDE LE, LH,LM,LO,LS FOR THE GREAT LAKES (ERIE, HURON, MICHIGAN, ONTARIO, SUPERIOR) EX. AR MO LA TX AZ NM UT MS AL GA KY DC MD VA (NOTE: THE STATES/LAKES ARE NOT IN ANY SORTED ORDER) L AN 0015 00121 NA BLANK