[mythtv] Wintry Mix ?

[Kirby Vandivort]

On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 01:55:46AM +0200, Tobias Blomberg wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm in the middle of the translation of MythWeather trying to figure out how 
> to translate all weather terms. I think I have got most of them right. Just 
> some questions:
> 
> * What kind of weather is "Wintry Mix" ?  Is it snow/rain mixed ?

yes

> 
> * Does "Sct" stand for "Scattered" ?

most likely

> 
> * What is "Flurries" ?  Isn't that something you buy at McDonald's ?  No, 
> seriously, it has something to do with winds, doesn't it ?

flurries are "light" snow.

> * T-Storms is the same as Thunderstorms, isn't it ?

yes

> 
> * An expression like "Snow to Rain", does that mean that the weather is slowly 
> changing between Snow and Rain ?  First it snows for a while and then it will 
> shift into rain ?

the second..  snow changing to rain over time..

> * Smoke ?  Is that some kind of fog ?  Smog ?


no clue

> * What can I expect when the forcast says "Ice" ?  Does that mean that there 
> are going to be ice on the roads or do ice come down from the sky, like hail 
> ?

probably both.  as an actual weather event, though, it would be
freezing rain (where the precipitation falls as a liquid and freezes
'instantly' upon hitting the ground.


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