RIVER ICE PILOT REPORT REMARKS - National Weather Service



RIVER ICE PILOT REPORT REMARKS

In addition to reporting location in a standard pilot report format, begin each river ice report remark (/RM) with river name and the word “RIV”

REMARK FORMAT: /RM FOLLOWED BY

1. RIVER NAME

2. THE WORD RIV

3. THE ICE CONDITION REPORTED (SEE STANDARD REMARKS)

For Example….

FAI UA/OV GAL270013/TM 2355/FL060/TP C207/RM YUKON RIV BISHOP ROCK APPARENT ICE JAM

STANDARD REMARKS

|(PRE-BREAKUP) |(MOVING ICE) |

| | |

|UNBKN ICE |BREAKUP (BU) FRONT |

|ARCHED ICE |ICE RUN… |

|LIFTED ICE |»MIXED |

|SHIFTED ICE |»SHEETS |

|OPEN REACH |»PANS |

|HARD OR ROTTEN ICE |»CHUNKS |

|SNOW OR WATER ON ICE |X MILE LONG ICE RUN |

|OPEN HOLES OR LEADS |(DISTANCE = X) |

|FLOW IN SIDE CHANNEL |ICE RUN DENSITY… |

|FLOW ON ICE |»HVY (75-100%) |

| |»MOD (25-75%) |

| |»LGT (1-25%) |

|(ICE JAM CONDITIONS) |(POST BREAK UP) |

| | |

|APPARENT ICE JAM |STRANDED ICE |

|ICE JAM |OPEN CHANNEL |

|VILLAGE AND/OR RUNWAY FLOODING (PRECEEDED WITH LOCATION NAME) |ICE OR DEBRIS RUN |

|WIDESPREAD FLOODING |»HVY (75-100%) |

|LOW LYING FLOODING |»MOD (25-75%) |

| |»LGT (1-25%) |

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