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At the last count MX produces nine and a half million '''web tags'''! But the file mentioned in previous section contains just 717 items. How come this discrepancy?

Well each web tag has the general format <tt><#tag_name optional_input_parameter optional_output_parameter></tt> and it is adding these optional parameters that allow 717 tag names to define 9½ million values!

Because this article describes the parameters available, it covers more than just web tags, it lists the way that you can specify the naming format for the NOAA style reports that Cumulus produces as those names use a sub-set of the same output parameters as web tags use.

Although web tags apply to all flavours of Cumulus (Cumulus 1, 2, and 3 aka MX), as mentioned above, the range available depends on the exact version/build of Cumulus you are using. Because Cumulus 2 is no longer available, it has been ignored in the tables below. However, in the tables of web tags below, some sections are marked '''Cumulus 1 only''', or '''MX only''', and some individual tags have icon markings indicating aspects that apply only to a particular flavour.  It is important to stress that these "C1" markings are for the final version of Cumulus 1 (and so if you are running an earlier version, some may not be available to you). Similarly the "MX" markings apply to the latest version of MX (and if you are using an earlier build, some may not be available to you). In general, Cumulus 1 will silently ignore any web tags it does not recognise, but MX will raise an error for any web tag it does not understand how to process when the "token parser" runs. Both flavours may either ignore, give wrong values, or refuse to accept, incorrect input or incorrect output parameters, this varies by web tag and has not been indicated in the tables below.