B-14, Common weather abbreviations – BendixKing KMD 540 - Addendum System KMD 850 User Manual

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B-14

Revision 6 Feb/2009

PROB Probability
PROBC C

Forecaster’s
assessment of the
probability of occur-
rence of a thunder-
storm or precipita-
tion event, along
with associated
weather elements
(wind, visibility,
and/or sky condi-
tion) whose occur-
rences are directly
related to, and con-
temporaneous with,
the thunderstorm or
precipitation event

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

Common Weather Abbreviations

KMD 550/850 FIS Addendum

Appendix B

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