Appendix B: Common Weather Contractions -Cont.

APPENDIX B

METEOROLOGY FLIGHT PLANNING

RMNDR ............................................................................................................................ remainder

RQR........................................................................................................................................ require

RTD ....................................................................................................... routine delayed observation

RVR................................................................................................................... runway visual range

RVRNO ............................................................................................................... RVR not available

RWU ................................................................................................ rain shower intensity unknown

RWY/RY ............................................................................................................................... runway

S.................................................................................................................................................south

SA............................................................................................................................................... sand

SCSL .................................................................................. stratocumulus standing lenticular cloud

SCT ..................................................................................................................................... scattered

SD................................................................................................................................ South Dakota

SE ....................................................................................................................................... southeast

SECS .................................................................................................................................... sections

SERN............................................................................................................................. southeastern

SEWD ........................................................................................................................ southeastward

SEV/SVR ................................................................................................................................ severe

SFC.........................................................................................................................................surface

SG................................................................................................................................... snow grains

SGFNT/SIG...................................................................................................................... significant

SH...................................................................................................................................... shower(s)

SHD/SHLD .............................................................................................................................should

SHFTG .................................................................................................................................. shifting

SHLW.................................................................................................................................... shallow

SHWRS ................................................................................................................................ showers

SIG CLD................................................................................................................. significant cloud

SKC ..................................................................................................................................... sky clear

SLD ........................................................................................................................................... solid

SLGT ........................................................................................................................................ slight

SLP ........................................................................................................................ sea level pressure

SLPG ..................................................................................................................................... sloping

SLPNO .............................................................................................sea level pressure not available

SLY .................................................................................................................................... southerly

SM ................................................................................................................................. statute miles

SMTH.................................................................................................................................... smooth

SN.............................................................................................................................................. snow

SNBXX ................................................................................. snow began xx minutes after the hour

SPECI ...............................................................................................................a special observation

SPRDG ...............................................................................................................................spreading

SQ........................................................................................................................................... squalls

SQLN ................................................................................................................................squall line

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