Section 4 - Template 51 : Categorical forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time
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| Octets | Key | Type | Content |
| 10 | Parameter category (see Code Table 4.1) | ||
| 11 | Parameter number (see Code Table 4.2) | ||
| 12 | Type of generating process (see Code Table 4.3) | ||
| 13 | Background generating process identifier (defined by originating Centre) | ||
| 14 | Forecast generating process identifier (defined by originating Centre) | ||
| 15-16 | Hours after reference time of data cutoff (see Note 1) | ||
| 17 | Minutes after reference time of data cutoff | ||
| 18 | Indicator of unit of time range (see Code Table 4.4) | ||
| 19-22 | Forecast time in units defined by octet 18 | ||
| 23 | Type of first fixed surface (see Code Table 4.5) | ||
| 24 | Scale factor of first fixed surface | ||
| 25-28 | Scaled value of first fixed surface | ||
| 29 | Type of second fixed surface (see Code Table 4.5) | ||
| 30 | Scale factor of second fixed surface | ||
| 31-34 | Scaled value of second fixed surface | ||
| 35 | NC - Number of categories | ||
| 36- | Repeat the following 12 octets for each category ( i = 1,NC ) | ||
| (36+12(i-1)) | Code figure | ||
| (37+12(i-1)) | Type of interval for first and second limit (see Code Table 4.91) | ||
| (38+12(i-1)) | Scale factor of first limit | ||
| (39+12(i-1))- (42+12(i-1)) | Scaled value of first limit | ||
| (43+12(i-1)) | Scale factor of second limit | ||
| (44+12(i-1))- (47+12(i-1)) | Scaled value of second limit |
( 1) Hours greater than 65534 will be coded as 65534.