Unusual Metar code

[Mungo Man]

I saw this METAR the other day but none of us could decode it even with the AERAD supplement. Any ideas?!

"RMK TCU OHD MOV SW P/R RI++"

Remark: Towering Cumulus overhead, moving southwest, but then what?!

Airport was Okinawa while a typhoon was in the vicinity.

[MCDU2]

Could be missing another "R". Then it's pressure rising rapidly. Think the RI is rainfall intensity.

[hvogt]

GEN 1.7 of the Japanese AIP states 'Local routine and special reports are issued in a format similar to that of METAR and SPECI.' Unfortunately, the code of this similar format doesn't seem to be published in the very same AIP.

A Google search for "RI++" metar yields this site (http://www.omnipot.jp/omnipot/aviation/wxterms.html), which tells me MCDU2 is spot on.

[Mungo Man]

Thanks very much, good to know.

[FBOAIRLINES review]

Now its getting confusing. May I ask for help to decode the metar please.

PAFA 060553Z 00000KT 10SM SCT140 SCT170 M19/M21 A2936 RMK AO2
SLP958 T11891206 11094 21189 53025 $=

PANC 060553Z 30004KT 10SM FEW010 SCT030 OVC065 00/M01 A2938
RMK AO2 RAE46 SLP952 4/001 P0003 60008 T00001006 10028 20000
51028=

:rolleyes: