B-14, Common weather abbreviations – BendixKing KMD 250 User Manual
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Rev 2 Apr/2004
KMD 250 Pilot's Guide
Appendix B
Wx Abbreviations
PROC Procedure
PROD Produce
PRODG Producing
PROG Forecast
PROGD Forecasted
PROGS Forecasts
PRSNT Present
PRSNTLY Presently
PRST Persist
PRSTS Persists
PRSTNC Persistence
PRSTNT Persistent
PRVD Provide
PRVDD Provided
PRVDG Providing
PRVDS Provides
PS Plus
PSBL Possible
PSBLY Possibly
PSBLTY Possibility
PSG Passage
PSN Position
PSND Positioned
PTCHY Patchy
PTLY Partly
PTNL Potential
PTNLY Potentially
PTNS Portions
PUGET Puget
Sound
PVA Positive
vorticity
advection
PVL Prevail
PVLD Prevailed
PVLG Prevailing
PVLS Prevails
PVLT Prevalent
PWB Pilot
weather
briefing
PWINO
Precipitation identi-
fier sensor not avail-
able
PWR Power
PY
Spray
QN Question
QPFERD
NCEP excessive
rainfall discussion
QPFHSD
NCEP heavy snow
discussion
QPFSPD
NCEP special
precipitation discus-
sion
QSTNRY Quasistationary
QTR Quarter
QUAD Quadrant
QUE Quebec
R
Right (with reference
to runway designa-
tion) or rain
RA
Rain (METAR)
RADAT Radiosonde
addi-
tional data
RAOB Radiosonde
obser-
vation
RCA
Reach Cruising
Altitude
RCH Reach
RCHD Reached
RCHG Reaching
RCHS Reaches
RCKY Rocky
RCKYS Rockies
RCMD Recommend
RCMDD Recommended
RCMDG Recommending
RCMDS Recommends
RCRD Record
RCRDS Records
RCV Receive
RCVD Received
RCVG Receiving
RCVS Receives
RDC Reduce
RDGG Ridging
RDR
Radar
RDVLP Redevelop
Common Weather Abbreviations
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