# Local Weather Conditions

## 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

## Metadata Version

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 new as of version 2.0. It 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.