Table C1

Explanation of Data Designators T1T2A1A2ii CCCC
TABLE C1
Geographical designators A1A2 for use in abbreviated headings T1T2A1A2 ii CCCC YYGGgg
for bulletins containing meteorological information, excluding ships’ weather reports
and oceanographic data
Instructions for the proper application of the level designators


(1)  This table is subdivided into two parts: Part I contains geographical designators related to countries or territories in each RTH zone of responsibility for the collection of observational reports (surface and upperair); Part II contains those for vast areas such as continents, hemispheres, etc.
(2) In the case of bulletins containing observational reports (surface and upper-air) from land stations, geographical designators contained in Part II of the table should be used only when no suitable designators are available in Part I of the table.
(3) In the case of bulletins containing meteorological information related to aircraft reports, analyses, prognoses, warnings, climatological data, satellite data and also analogue facsimile information, all the geographical designators contained in this table can be used. However, as far as possible, the geographical designator XX should not be used.
(4) For the geographical designator in the abbreviated heading of the METNO and WIFMA messages, XX should be used.
(5) Geographical designators contained in this table should not be used in the abbreviated heading of bulletins containing ships’ weather reports and oceanographic data.
(6) For T1T2=SZ A1A2 area designator from Table C1 should be used.
   
  NOTE: The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this table do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the World Meteorological Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.


Part I - Country or Territory Designators
A1A2 Country   A1A2 Country
AB Albania LN Southern Line Islands
AG Argentina LS Lesotho
AH Afghanistan LT Lithuania
AI Ascension Island LV Latvia
AJ Azerbaijan, Republic of LY Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
AK Alaska    
AL Algeria MA Mauritius
AN Angola MB Marion Island
AT Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts and other British Islands in the vicinity MC Morocco
AU Australia MD Madeira
AY Armenia MF Saint-Martin, Saint-Barthélemy, Guadeloupe and other French islands in the vicinity
AZ Azores MG Madagascar
  MH Marshall Islands
BA Bahamas MI Mali
BC Botswana MJ Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
BD Brunei Darussalam MK Montenegro
BE Bermuda ML Malta
BH Belize MN St. Maarten
BI Burundi MO Mongolia
BJ Benin MR Martinique
BK Banks Islands MS Malaysia
BM Myanmar MT Mauritania
BN Bahrain MU Macao, China
BO Bolivia MV Maldives Islands
BR Barbados MW Malawi
BU Bulgaria MX Mexico
BV Bouvet Island MY Mariana Islands
BW Bangladesh MZ Mozambique
BX Belgium, Luxembourg  
BY Belarus NC New Caledonia
BZ Brazil NG Papua New Guinea
  NI Nigeria
CD Chad NK Nicaragua
CE Central African Republic NL Netherlands
CG Congo NM Namibia
CH Chile NO Norway
CI China NP Nepal
CM Cameroon NR Niger
CN Canada NU Curaçao and Aruba
CO Colombia NV Vanuatu
CR Canary Islands (Spain) NW Nauru Island
CS Costa Rica NZ New Zealand
CT Canton Island    
CU Cuba OM Oman
CV Cape Verde OR South Orkney Islands
CY Cyprus OS Austria
CZ Czech Republic  
  PF French Polynesia
DC Caribbean Netherlands (Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba islands) PH Philippines
DJ Djibouti PI Phoenix Islands
DL Germany PK Pakistan
DN Denmark PL Poland
DO Dominica PM Panama
DR Dominican Republic PO Portugal
       
EG Egypt PP Republic of Palau
EI Erithrea PR Peru
EO Estonia PT Pitcairn
EQ Ecuador PU Puerto Rico
ER United Arab Emirates PY Paraguay
ES El Salvador    
ET Ethiopia QB Bosnia and Herzegovina
    QT Qatar
FA Faroe Islands  
FG French Guiana RA Russian Federation (East)
FI Finland RE Réunion and associated Islands
FJ Fiji RH Croatia
FK Falkland Island (Malvinas) RM Republic of Moldova
FP Saint Pierre and Miquelon RO Romania
FR France RS Russian Federation (West)
FW Wallis and Futuna Islands RW Rwanda
     
GB Gambia SB Sri Lanka
GC Cayman Islands SC Seychelles
GD Grenada SD Saudi Arabia
GE Gough Island SG Senegal
GG Georgia SI Somalia
GH Ghana SK Sarawak
GI Gibraltar SL Sierra Leone
    SM Suriname
GL Greenland SN Sweden
GM Guam SO Solomon Islands
GN Guinea SP Spain
GO Gabon SQ Slovakia
GQ Equatorial Guinea SR Singapore
GR Greece SS South Sudan
GU Guatemala SU Sudan
GW Guinea-Bissau   SV Swaziland
GY Guyana   SW Switzerland
      SX Santa Cruz Islands
HA Haiti   SY Syrian Arab Republic
HE St. Helena   SZ Spitzbergen Islands
HK Hong Kong, China      
HO Honduras   TA Tajikistan
HU Hungary   TC Tristan da Cunha
HV Burkina Faso   TD Trinidad and Tobago
HW Hawaiian Islands   TG Togo
      TH Thailand
IC Comoros   TI Turks and Caicos Islands
ID Indonesia   TK Tokelau
IE Ireland   TM Timor-Leste
IL Iceland   TN Tanzania, United Republic of
IN India   TO Tonga
IQ Iraq   TP Sao Tome and Principe
IR Islamic Republic of Iran   TR Turkmenistan
IS Israel   TS Tunisia
IV Côte d'Ivoire   TU Turkey
IY Italy   TV Tuvalu
     
JD Jordan   UG Uganda
JM Jamaica   UK United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
JP Japan   UR Ukraine
      US United States of America
KA Caroline Islands (Federated State of Micronesia)   UY Uruguay
KB Kiribati   UZ Uzbekistan
KI Christmas Island    
KK Cocos Islands   VG Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
KN Kenya   VI Virgin Islands
KO Korea, Republic of   VN Venezuela
KP Cambodia   VS Vietnam
KR Democratic People's Republic of Korea    
KU Cook Island   YE Yemen
KW Kuwait   YG Serbia
KY Kyrgyzstan    
KZ Kazakhstan   ZA South Africa
    ZB Zambia
LA Lao People's Democratic Republic   ZM Western Samoa
LB Lebanon   ZR Democratic Republic of the Congo
LC Saint Lucia   ZW Zimbabwe
LI Liberia      
LJ Slovenia      

 

Part II - Area designators
A1A2 Geographical Area   A1A2 Geographical Area
AA Antarctic MM Mediterranean area
AC Arctic MP Central Mediterranean area
AE South-East Asia MQ Western Mediterranean area
AF Africa  
AM Central Africa NA North America
AO West Africa NT North Atlantic area
AP Southern Africa  
AS Asia OC Oceania
AW Near East OH Sea of Okhotsk
AX Arabian Sea area  
  PA Pacific area
BQ Baltic Sea area PE Persian Gulf area
  PN North Pacific area
CA Caribbean and Central America PQ Western North Pacific
EA East Africa PS South Pacific area
EC East China Sea area PW Western Pacific area
EE Eastern Europe PZ Eastern Pacific area
EM Middle Europe  
EN Northern Europe SA South America
EU Europe SE Southern Ocean area
EW Western Europe SJ Sea of Japan area
  SS South China Sea area
FE Far East ST South Atlantic area
   
GA Gulf of Alaska area XE Eastern hemisphere
GX Gulf of Mexico area XN Northern hemisphere
  XS Southern hemisphere
IO Indian Ocean area XT Tropical belt
  XW Western hemisphere
ME Eastern Mediterranean area XX For use when other designators are not appropriate