BendixKing KMD 540 - Addendum System KMD 850 - Manual (Page 115)

AMP Amplify
AMPG Amplifying
AMPLTD Amplitude
AMS Air
mass
AMT Amount
ANLYS Analysis
ANS Answer
AO1
Automated
Reporting Station
AO2 Automated
Reporting Station
AOA At or above
AOB At or below
AP Anomalous
Propagation
APCH Approach
APCHG Approaching
APCHS Approaches
APLCN Appalachian
APLCNS Appalachians
APPR Appear
APPRG Appearing
APPRS Appears
APRNT Apparent
APRNTLY Apparently
APRX Approximate
APRXLY Approximately
AR Arkansas
ARL
Air Resources Lab
ARND Around
ARPT Airport
ASAP
As soon as possible
ASL Above Sea Level
ASMD As Amended
ASOS Automated Surface
Observing System
ASSOCD Associated
ASSOCN Association
ATCT
Air Traffic Control
Tower
ATLC Atlantic
ATTM
At this time
ATTN Attention
AUTO
Automated report
AVBL Available
AVG Average
AVN Aviation
model
AWC Aviation Weather
Center
AWIPS Advanced Interactive
Weather Processing
System
AWOS Automated Weather
Observing system
AWT Awaiting
AWW
Alert Weather Watch
AZ Arizona
AZM Azimuth
B
Began
BACLIN Baroclinic
BAJA Baja,
California
BATROP Barotropic
BC
British Columbia or
patches (descriptor
used with FG)
BCFG Patchy fog
BCH Beach
BCKG Backing
BCM Become
BCMG Becoming
BCMS Becomes
BD
Blowing dust
BDA Bermuda
BDRY Boundary
BECMG
Becoming
BFDK Before dark
BFR Before
BGN Begin
BGNG Beginning
BGNS Begins
BHND Behind
BINOVC
Breaks in overcast
BKN Broken
BL
Blowing
BLD Build
B-2
Revision 6 Feb/2009
Common Weather Abbreviations
KMD 550/850 FIS Addendum
Appendix B