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Sky conditions
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Cloud cover
Clear skies
High-level clouds
Light cloud cover to partly cloudy
Partly cloudy to very cloudy
Cloudy
Overcast
Hazy
Misty
Fog
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Precipitation: rain
Partly cloudy with showers
Overcast with showers
Downpour
Mid-level clouds with drizzle
Cloudy with drizzle
Rain
Storm
Downpour with storm
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Precipitation: hail or hailstones
Storm with hailstones
Downpour with storm and hailstones
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Precipitation: snow
Snow showers
Snow downpour
Light snow
Heavy snow
Snow downpour with storm
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Precipitation: sleet
Sleet downpour
Sleet
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Maximum-temperature variation compared to the previous day
Increase
Decrease
No change
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Minimum-temperature variation compared to the previous day
Increase
Decrease
No change
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Temperature variation compared to the previous day
Increase
Decrease
No change
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Wind direction
- Levant (easterly)
- Sirocco (southeasterly)
- Ostro (southerly)
- Leveche (southwesterly)
- Ponente (westerly)
- Mistral (northwesterly)
- Tramontane (northerly)
- Gregale (northeasterly)
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Wind speed
Calm
Light air
Moderate breeze
Strong breeze
Gale force
Sea state
No waves
Calm
Smooth
Slight
Moderate
Rough
Very rough
High
Very high
Phenomenal
Swell