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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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