Then, to figure out whether you need a rain jacket or a full-on umbrella and rain boots, you'll need to decipher the emoji-esque symbols iPhone uses to indicate different weather conditions.

The chart below should help you identify which icons refer to which types of weather. There’s even a symbol for dust! (Picture: Apple) As you can see in the diagram, the fog symbol is non ...

The letters you are referring are meteorological symbols for weather conditions and are a code or shorthand used to enable meteorologists to assess the current situation at a glance and keep the ...

Sure, a snowflake icon means some snow's a-comin', and a little cloud symbol means it's going to be cloudy… but do you really know what all the weather icons on your iPhone mean? Thankfully ...

During outbreaks of strong to severe weather, symbols pop up over the storm images on the app. During last night’s severe weather coverage, we here in the Storm Center got a few questions asking ...

Is that what weather forecasters mean when they say to ... There is not one agreed hazy sunshine symbol. Two sorts of symbols may be used, including a sun peeking above a stack of several ...

Research by the Met Office found many Brits don't understand even common weather symbols WEATHER is a favourite topic for Brits, especially after a big storm but sometimes it can be hard to read ...

You may be familiar with seeing the average wind speed icons on TV, online and on the BBC Weather app. However, winds often do the most damage when they gust, which is a sudden blast of strong wind.

It is 40 years since weather symbols were introduced to BBC forecasts. They were designed to give viewers a clearer understanding of what weather was on the way. Over the years the style and ...