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Rev 2 Apr/2004
KMD 250 Pilot's Guide
Appendix B
Wx Abbreviations
RVR Runway Visual
Range
RVRNO RVR system not
available
RVS Revise
RVSD Revised
RVSG Revising
RVSS Revises
RW Rain shower
RWY Runway
RY Runway
S South
SA Sand (METAR)
SAB Satellite Analysis
Branch
SAO Surface observation
SASK Saskatchewan
SATFY Satisfactory
SBND Southbound
SBSD Subside
SBSDD Subsided
SBSDNC Subsidence
SBSDS Subsides
SC South Carolina or
stratocumulus
SCND Second
SCNDRY Secondary
SCSL Stratocumulus
standing lenticular
SCT Scatter or Scattered
(describing cloud
cover or weather
phenomena, 3 to 4
octas cloud amount
SCTD Scattered
SCTR Sector
SD South Dakota
SE Southeast
SEC Second
SELY Southeasterly
SEPN Separation
SEQ Sequence
SERN Southeastern
SEV Severe
SEWD Southeastward
SFC Surface
SFERICS Atmospherics
SG Snow grains
SGFNT Significant
SGFNTLY Significantly
SH Showers
SHFT Shift
SHFTD Shifted
SHFTG Shifting
SHFTS Shifts
SHLD Shield
SHLW Shallow
SHRT Short
SHRTLY Shortly
SHRTWV Shortwave
SHUD Should
SHWR Shower
SIERNEV Sierra Nevada
SIG Signature
SIGMET Significant meteoro-
logical information
SIMUL Simultaneous
SK Sky cover
SKC Sky clear
SKED Schedule
SLD Solid
SLGT Slight
SLGTLY Slightly
SLO Slow
SLOLY Slowly
SLOR Slower
SLP Slope or sea level
pressure
SLPG Sloping
SLPNO Sea-level pressure
not available
SLT Sleet
SLW Slow
SLY Southerly
SM Statute mile
Common Weather Abbreviations
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