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B-17, Common weather abbreviations – BendixKing KMD 250 User Manual

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B-17

Rev 2 Apr/2004

KMD 250 Pilot's Guide

Appendix B

Wx Abbreviations

SMK

Smoke

SML Small
SMLR Smaller
SMRY Summary
SMS

Sunchronous mete-
orological satellite

SMTH Smooth
SMTHR Smoother
SMTHST Smoothest
SMTM Sometime
SMWHT Somewhat
SN Snow
SNBNK Snowbank
SND

Sand

SNFLK Snowflake
SNGL Single
SNOINCR Snow

increase

SNOINCRG Snow

increasing

SNST Sunset
SNW

Snow

SNWFL

Snowfall

SOP Standard

operating

procedure

SP

Snow pellets

SPC Storm

Prediction

Center

SPCLY Especially
SPD Speed
SPECI

Special observation

SPENES

Satellite precip.

estimate statement

SPKL Sprinkle
SPLNS Southern

Plains

SPRD Spread
SPRDG Spreading
SPRDS Spreads
SPRL Spiral
SQ Squall
SQAL

Squall

SQLN Squall

line

SR Sunrise
SRN Southern

SRND Surround
SRNDD Surrounded
SRNDG Surrounding
SRNDS Surrounds
SS

Sunset or sand
storm (METAR)

SSE South-southeast
SSELY South-southeasterly
SSERN South-southeastern
SSEWD South-southeastward
SSW South-southwest
SSWLY South-southwesterly
SSWRN South-southwestern
SSWWD South-southwest-

ward

ST Stratus
STAGN Stagnation
STBL Stable
STBLTY Stability
STD Standard
STDY Steady
STFR Stratus

fractus

STFRM Stratiform
STG Strong
STGLY Strongly
STGR Stronger
STGST Strongest
STLT

Satellite

STM Storm
STMS Storms
STN Station
STNRY Stationary
SUB Substitute
SUBTRPCL Subtropical
SUF Sufficient
SUFLY Sufficiently
SUG Suggest
SUGG Suggesting
SUGS Suggests
SUP Supply
SUPG Supplying

Common Weather Abbreviations

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