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|  APPENDIX B
METEOROLOGY FLIGHT PLANNING
VOR ..........................................................................Very high frequency/Omni-directional Range
VR .................................................................................................................................. visual range
VRB/VRBL .......................................................................................................................... variable
VRY ........................................................................................................................................... very
VSBYDR............................................................................................... visibility decreasing rapidly
VV .......................................................................................................................... vertical visibility
W
W ................................................................................................................................................ west
WA ................................................................................................................................. Washington
WBND.............................................................................................................................. westbound
WDLY .................................................................................................................................... widely
WL............................................................................................................................................... will
WM .......................................................................................................................................... warm
WND ......................................................................................................................................... wind
WRN ..................................................................................................................................... western
WS .................................................................................................................................... wind shear
WSCONDS .................................................................................................... wind shear conditions
WSHFT ............................................................................................................................. wind shift
WTRS...................................................................................................................................... waters
WX ........................................................................................................................................weather
X
XCP/XCPT.............................................................................................................................. except
XTNDG ............................................................................................................................. extending
Z
Z ............................................................................................................................Zulu Time (UTC)
WIND DIRECTIONS (8 POINTS)
N
NORTH
000 or 360
NE
NORTHEAST
045
E
EAST
090
SE
SOUTHEAST
135
S
SOUTH
180
SW
SOUTHWEST
225
W
WEST
270
NW
NORTHWEST
315
For additional contractions, acronyms, and locations not found in this Appendix, consult Section
14 of the AC 00-45E, Aviation Weather Services, available at the following location:
http://www.faa.gov/avr/afs/afs400
B-10 COMMON WEATHER CONTRACTIONS
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