CODING SHEET HAIL CARDS (1957-1985)



			(use 1-29 to code rain cards)
			 [ ] - represents columns

[1]  Blank  
[2]  TYPE OF REPORT              			[39] HAIL SPACING OR DEPTH
     1 Mailed in	6 Rain only			     (Largest Stones)
     2 Tele in	  	7 No hail/rain			     1 Spacing
     3 Network rpts.	8 Out of proj.			     2 Just covered
     4 Tele Survey area					     3 Depth
							     9 Missing or Melted

[3]  YEAR						[40] ACTUAL SPACING OR DEPTH
[4]  (Last two digits of year)				     Spacing in mm or depth
							[41] 9998 if greater than
[5]  MONTH						        9999mm
     4 April	  8 August				         2.5mm-0003
     5 May	  9 September				        25.4mm-0025
     6 June	  0 October				[42] 2544mm-0254
     7 July						[43] 2544.4mm-2544
							     00-Just Covered
[6]  DAY OF MONTH
[7]  (e.g. 03,14, etc.)					[44] HAIL SPACING OR DEPTH
							     1 Spacing
[8]  QUARTER  (8,9,10,11)				     2 Just covered
[9]	(NE,SE,SW,NW)					     3 Depth
[10] 0 - No						     9 Missing or Melted
     1 - Yes
[11] 9999 Missing					[45] ACTUAL SPACING OR DEPTH
							     Spacing in mm or depth
[12] SECTION						     in mm.
[13] 01 - 36
							[46]
[14] TOWNSHIP						[47] 9998 if 9999 MM or more
[15] 01 - 99						[48] 00 - Just Covered

[16] RANGE						[49] SOFT HAIL
[17] 01 - 30						     0-No  1-Yes  8-Missing

[18] MERIDIAN						     % of soft hail
       4,5 or 6						     99 Missing or hard hail
							[50] 01-98% of soft stones
[19] TIME OF HAIL - D.S.T.				[51] 00-100% soft stones
[20] 0000-2359
[21] Noon - 1200					[52] SHAPE OF LARGEST STONES
[22] Midnight - 0000					     1 conical     4 round
							     2 flattened   8 others
[23] DURATION - Minutes					     3 egg         9 missing
[24] 000-998
[25] 999 - missing					[53] SURFACE TEXTURE
      1/2 min. - 001					     1 smooth      8 others
							     2 raspberry   9 missing
[26] TIME OF RAIN - D.S.T.				     3 knobby
[27]
[28] Same as hail					[54] WINDS
[29] 8888 - No Rain					     0 light (0 - 15 km/h)
							     1 moderate (15 - 40 km/h)
[30] DURATION - MINUTES					     2 strong (40 - 65 km/h)
[31]							     3 severe (over 65 km/h)
[32] Same as Hail					     9 missing or gusty
     999 Missing or No Rain


[33] MEASURED ESTIMATED MISSING
	0        1        9
							[55] LIGHTNING
[34] RAINFALL	     EXAMPLE				     0-No 1-Yes 9-Don't know
[35] 000 - Trace	     12.2-122
[36] 001 - 998 mm	      1.2-012			[56] DAMAGE PERCENTAGE
     998 - Not mentioned       .2-002			     00 - 97
							[57] 98 code 100%
      HAIL SIZE						     99 missing
      1 shot
      2 pea						[58] CROP TYPES
      3 grape						     0 mixed grain 	5 rapeseed
      4 walnut						     1 wheat       	6 garden
      5 golfball					     2 barley      	7 rye
      6 larger						     3 oats        	8 other
      9 missing						     4 hay         	9 missing
[37] Maximum size
[38] Common Size					[59] GROWTH STAGE
							     1 3-5 leaf    	5 dough
							     2 shot blade  	6 mature
							     3 heading     	9 missing
							     4 blooming
								
							[60] STORM APROACH DIRECTION
							     1-N	4-SE	7-W
							     2-NE	5-S 	8-NW
							     3-E	6-SW 	9-MISSING


Alberta Research Council. The Alberta Hail Project Meteorological and Barge-Humphries Radar Archive:[computer files], Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA. Alberta Research Council [producer], University of Alberta Data Library [distributor]. August 1995.