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OLS O DUG NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE • ASOS + AWOS FED JUNE 2005 WESTERN REGION • AWOS NON-FED
MIRS GIS GROUP Figure A-4. ASOS and AWOS Locations - NWS Western Region (southern half) AC 00-45F (July 2008) Appendix A: ASOS and AWOS Locations Page 10-4
Aviation Weather Services, Advisory Circular 00-45F, Revision 1 ASOS and AWOS Locations
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LBL WLD IDP O& CFV NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE • ASOS
• AWOS FED OCTOBER 2004 CENTRAL REGION • AWOS NON-FED
MIRS GIS GROUP Figure A-5. ASOS and AWOS Locations - NWS Central Region (western half) AC 00-45F (July 2008) Appendix A: ASOS and AWOS Locations Page 10-5
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MIRS GIS GROUP Figure A-6. ASOS and AWOS Locations - NWS Central Region (eastern half) AC 00-45F (July 2008) Appendix A: ASOS and AWOS Locations Page 10-6
Aviation Weather Services, Advisory Circular 00-45F, Revision 1 ASOS and AWOS Locations
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MIRS GIS GROUP Figure A-7. ASOS and AWOS Locations - NWS Southern Region (western half) AC 00-45F (July 2008) Appendix A: ASOS and AWOS Locations Page 10-7
Aviation Weather Services, Advisory Circular 00-45F, Revision 1 ASOS and AWOS Locations
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AFJ WWD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE • ASOS + AWOS FED OCTOBER 2004 EASTERN REGION • AWOS NON-FED
MIRS GIS GROUP Figure A-9. ASOS and AWOS Locations - NWS Eastern Region (northern half) AC 00-45F (July 2008) Appendix A: ASOS and AWOS Locations Page 10-9
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MIRS GIS GROUP Figure A-10. ASOS and AWOS Locations - NWS Eastern Region (southern half) AC 00-45F (July 2008) Appendix A: ASOS and AWOS Locations Page 10-10
Aviation Weather Services, Advisory Circular 00-45F, Revision 1 AC 00-45F (July 31, 2008) Appendix B: Contractions and Acronyms Page 11-1 11 APPENDIX B: CONTRACTIONS AND ACRONYMS
A
AAA (or AAB, AAC…etc., in sequence) Amended meteorological message (message type designator) AAWU Alaskan Aviation Weather Unit ABNDT Abundant ABNML Abnormal ABT About ABV Above AC Altocumulus or Convective Outlook ACARS Aircraft communication and addressing system ACC Altocumulus Castellanus ACCID Notification of an aircraft accident ACCUM Accumulate ACFT Aircraft ACPY Accompany ACRS Across ACSL Altocumulus Standing Lenticular ACT Active or activated or activity ACYC Anticyclone ADA Advisory area ADDN Addition or additional ADJ Adjacent ADQT Adequate ADQTLY Adequately ADRNDCK Adirondack ADVCT Advect ADVCTD Advected ADVCTG Advecting ADVCTN Advection ADVCTS Advects ADVN Advance ADVNG Advancing ADVY Advisory ADVYS Advisories AFCT Affect AFCTD Affected AFCTG Affecting AFT After…(time or place) AFTN Afternoon AFSS Automated Flight Service Station AGL Above ground level AGN Again AGRD Agreed AGRS Agrees AGRMT Agreement AHD Ahead AIREP Air-report AIRMET Airman’s Meteorological Information (Information concerning en-route weather phenomena which may affect the safety of low-level aircraft operations) AK Alaska AL Alabama ALF Aloft ALG Along ALGHNY Allegheny ALQDS All quadrants ALSTG Altimeter setting ALT Altitude ALTA Alberta ALTHO Although ALTM Altimeter ALUTN Aleutian AMD Amend or amended (used to indicate amended meteorological message;
message type designator) AMDG Amending AMDT Amendment AMP Amplify AMPG Amplifying AMPLTD Amplitude AMS AMSL Above mean sea level AMT Amount ANLYS Analysis ANS Answer AOA At or above AOB At or below
Aviation Weather Services, Advisory Circular 00-45F, Revision 1 AC 00-45F (July 2008) Appendix B: Contractions and Acronyms Page 11-2
AP
Airport or anomalous propagation APCH Approach APCHG Approaching APCHS Approaches APLCN Appalachian APLCNS Appalachians APPR Appear APPRG Appearing APPRS Appears APR April APRNT Apparent APRX Approximate or approximately AR Arkansas ARFOR Area Forecast (in aeronautical meteorological code) ARND Around AS Altostratus ASC Ascend to or ascending to ASSOCD Associated ASSOCN Association AT… At (followed by time at which weather change is forecast to occur) ATLC Atlantic ATP At…(time or place) ATTM At this time ATTN Attention AUG August AVBL Available or availability AVG Average AWC Aviation Weather Center AWT Awaiting AZ Arizona AZM Azimuth
B
BACLIN Baroclinic BAJA Baja, California BASE Cloud base BATROP Barotropic BC British Columbia BCFG Fog patches BCH Beach BCKG Backing BDA Bermuda BDRY Boundary BECMG Becoming BFR Before BGN Begin BGNG Beginning BGN Begins BHND Behind BINOVC Breaks in overcast BKN Broken BL… Blowing (followed by DU = dust, SA = sand or SN = snow) BLD Build BLDG Building BLDUP Buildup BLKHLS Black Hills BLKT Blanket BLKTG Blanketing BLKTS Blankets BLO Below clouds BLW Below… BLZD Blizzard BND Bound BNTH Beneath BR Mist BRF Brief BRK Break BRKG Breaking BRKHIC Breaks in higher clouds BRKS Breaks BRKSHR Berkshire BRM Barometer BLDU Blowing Dust BLSA Blowing Sand BLSN Blowing Snow BTL Between layers BTN Between BYD Beyond
C
C Degrees Celsius (Centigrade) or centre (runway identification) CA California CAA Cold air advection
CAPE
Convective Available
Aviation Weather Services, Advisory Circular 00-45F, Revision 1 AC 00-45F (July 2008) Appendix B: Contractions and Acronyms Page 11-3 Potential Energy CARIB Caribbean CASCDS Cascades CAT Category or Clear air turbulence CAVO Visibility, cloud and present weather better than prescribed values or conditions CB Cumulonimbus CC Cirrocumulus CCA (or CCB, CCC…etc., in sequence) Corrected meteorological message CCLDS Clear of clouds CC Counterclockwise CCSL Cirrocumulus Standing Lenticular CDFNT Cold front CDN Coordination CFP Cold front passage CHC Chance CHCS Chances CHG Modification (message type designator) CHGD Changed CHGG Changing CHGS Changes CHSPK Chesapeake CI Cirrus CIG Ceiling CIGS Ceilings CIT Near or over large towns CLA Clear type of ice formation CLD Cloud CLDNS Cloudiness CLDS Clouds CLKWS Clockwise CLR Clear(s) or cleared to…or clearance CLRG Clearing CLRS Clears CLSD Close or closed or closing CM Centimeter CMPLX Complex CNL Cancel or cancelled CNDN Canadian CNTR Center CNTRD Centered CNTRL Central CNTY County CNTYS Counties CNVG Converge CNVGG Converging CNVGNC Convergence CNVTN Convection CNVTV Convective CNVTVLY Convectively CONFDC Confidence CO Colorado COMPR Compare COMPRG Comparing COMPRD Compared COMPRS Compares COND Condition CONS Continuous CONT Continue(s) or continued CONTLY Continually CONTG Continuing CONTRAILS Condensation trails CONTDVD Continental Divide CONUS Continental U.S.
COORD Coordinates COR Correct or correction or corrected (used to indicate corrected meteorological message; message type designator COT At the coast COV Cover or covered or covering CPBL Capable CPC Climate Prediction Center CRLC Circulate CRLN Circulation CRNR Corner CRNRS Corners CRS Course CS Cirrostratus CSDR Consider CSDRBL Considerable CST Coast CSTL Coastal CT Connecticut CTSKLS Catskills CU Cumulus CUFRA Cumulus Fractus COV Cover or covered or covering CWSU Center Weather Service Unit
Aviation Weather Services, Advisory Circular 00-45F, Revision 1 AC 00-45F (July 2008) Appendix B: Contractions and Acronyms Page 11-4 CYC Cyclonic CYCLGN Cyclogenesis
D
D Downward (tendency in RVR during previous 10 minutes) DABRK Daybreak DALGT Daylight DBL Double DC District of Columbia DCR Decrease DCRD Decreased DCRG Decreasing DCRGLY Decreasingly DCRS Decreases DE Delaware or from (used to precede the call sign of the calling station) (to be used in AFS as a procedure signal) DEC December DEG Degrees DELMARVA Delaware-Maryland-Virginia DFCLT Difficult DFCLTY Difficulty DFNT Definite DFNTLY Definitely DFRS Differs DGNL Diagonal DGNLLY Diagonally DIF Diffuse DIGG Digging DIR Direction DISC Discontinue DISCD Discontinued DISCG Discontinuing DISRE Disregard DISRED Disregarded DISREG Disregarding DIST Distance DKTS Dakotas DLA Delay or delayed or delay (message type designator) DLT Delete DLTD Deleted DLTG Deleting DLY Daily DMG Damage DMGD Damaged DMGG Damaging DMNT Dominant DMSH Diminish DMSHD Diminished DMSHG Diminishing DMSHS Diminishes DNG Danger or dangerous DNS Dense DNSLP Downslope DNSTRM Downstream DNWND Downwind DOM Domestic DP Dew point temperature DPND Deepened DPNG Deepening DPNS Deepens DPR Deeper DPT Depth DR… Low drifting (followed by DU =dust, SA = sand or SN = snow) DRFT Drift DRFTD Drifted DRFTG Drifting DRFTS Drift DRG During DS Duststorm DSCNT Descent DSIPT Dissipate DSIPTD Dissipated DSIPTG Dissipating DSIPTN Dissipation DSIPTS Dissipates DSND Descend DSNDG Descending DSNDS Descends DSNT Distant DSTBLZ Destabilize DSTBLZD Destabilized DSTBLZG Destabilizing DSTBLZS Destabilizes DSTBLZN Destabilization DTG Date-time group DTRT Deteriorate or deteriorating DU Dust DUC Dense upper cloud DUR Duration DURC During climb