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Weather Depiction Chart Symbols

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I have several present weather symbols from the weather depiction chart that I'm not clear on and AC-0045 doesn't have in it's legend.

I know the mist and fog symbols, and these look very similar, but I'm not sure what the broken lines is.  

 http://imgur.com/a/O1Oo5

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  1. sadkjfasla fasdjflaskd on Sep 17, 2014

    Received an answer on the aviation stack exchange that I will share here:

    The first symbol means “Fog in patches”

    The second symbol is not present but by extrapolations likely means either “Mist in patches” or “Mist with sky visible”. The former seems more likely to me.

    The third symbol means “Fog, sky visible.”

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