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Old 20th November 2003 | 05:44
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It's about icing layers

630004

The first digit is always a 6.

The second digit it the type of icing...3 = light icing in precip.

The next 3 digits represent the base of the layer in 30's metres (or 100's of feet)... 001 = 30 metres; 100 would mean 3000 metres.

The last digit is the thickness of the icing layer in feet. 4 = 4,000 feet or 1200m.

There are also codes for other types of weather, but the 6 indicates in this case it is icing.
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