import type { WeatherMetadataItem } from './WeatherMetadata.mjs';
/** The severity of occurring precipitation. */
export type PrecipitationSeverity = 'heavy' | 'moderate' | 'slight' | 'violent';
/**
 * Gets the highest (i.e. worst) possible precipitation severity for a given
 * metadata item. Useful e.g. when using WMO4677 where a given code could
 * correspond to both slight and moderate.
 *
 * @param metadataItem The metadata item to check.
 * @returns The highest possible precipitation severity for the metadata item,
 * or null if no precipitation severities were found.
 */
export declare const highestPossiblePrecipitationSeverity: (metadataItem: WeatherMetadataItem<number, string>) => PrecipitationSeverity | null;
/**
 * Gets the lowest (i.e. least bad) possible precipitation severity for a given
 * metadata item. Useful e.g. when using WMO4677 where a given code could
 * correspond to both slight and moderate.
 *
 * @param metadataItem The metadata item to check.
 * @returns The lowest possible precipitation severity for the metadata item,
 * or null if no precipitation severities were found.
 */
export declare const lowestPossiblePrecipitationSeverity: (metadataItem: WeatherMetadataItem<number, string>) => PrecipitationSeverity | null;