Blowing Spray

BLOWING SPRAY Salt spray that is raised by the wind to heights of six feet or greater. It is reported as "BLPY" in an observation and on the METAR.

blowing spray—A type of hydrometeor composed of water particles picked up by the wind from the surface of a large body of water.

Blowing spray- Water droplets torn by the wind from a body of water, generally from the crests of waves, and carried up into the air in such quantities that they reduce the reported horizontal visibility to less than 7 statute miles.

See blowing spray as a factor in visibility at sea and as a possible condensation nuclei. SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST) The temperature of the water's surface.

Obstructions to vision are listed in the Manual of Surface Observations (WBAN), Circular N, as follows: fog, ground fog, blowing snow, blowing sand, blowing dust, ice fog, haze, smoke, dust and blowing spray.

Blowing Spray: Water pick up and blown about by the wind.
Blue Jets: Large dim flashes of light which appear above thunderstorms.
Blustry: Winds 15 to 25 mph.
BlZD: Blizzard.

See also: Meteor, Surface, Thunder, Hemisphere, Cloud