B-21, Common weather abbreviations – BendixKing KMD 250 User Manual

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B-21

Rev 2 Apr/2004

KMD 250 Pilot's Guide

Appendix B

Wx Abbreviations

WPLTO Western

Plateau

WRM Warm
WRMG Warming
WRMR Warmer
WRMST Warmest
WRMFNT Warm

front

WRMFNTL Warm

frontal

WRN Western
WRNG Warning
WRS Worse
WS Wind

shear

WSHFT Windshift
WSFO Weather

Service

Forecast Office

WSO

Weather service
office

WSR-88D

NWS Doppler
Radar

WSTCH Wasatch

Range

WSW West-southwest
WSWLY West-southwesterly
WSWRN West-southwestern
WSWWD West-southwest-

ward

WTR Water
WTSPT Waterspout
WUD Would
WV

West Virginia or wind

WVS Waves
WW Severe

weather

watch

WWD Westward
WWS

Severe weather
watches

WX Weather
WY Wyoming
XCP Except
XPC Expect
XPCD Expected
XPCG Expecting
XPCS Expects
XPLOS Explosive
XTND Extend

XTNDD Extended
XTNDG Extending
XTRM Extreme
XTRMLY Extremely
YDA Yesterday
YKN Yukon
YLSTN Yellowstone
Z

Zulu time

ZL

Freezing drizzle

ZN Zone
ZNS Zones
ZR

Freezing rain

Common Weather Abbreviations

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