Honeywell Bendix/King KMD 550 - Page 127

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Revision 6 Feb/2009
PROB Probability
PROBC C Forecaster’s
assessment of the
probability of occur-
rence of a thunder-
storm or precipita-
tion event, along
with associated
weather elements
(wind, visibility,
and/or sky condi-
tion) whose occur-
rences are directly
related to, and con-
temporaneous with,
the thunderstorm or
precipitation event
PROC Procedure
PROD Produce
PRODG Producing
PROG Forecast
PROGD Forecasted
PROGS Forecasts
PRSNT Present
PRSNTLY Presently
PRST Persist
PRSTS Persists
PRSTNC Persistence
PRSTNT Persistent
PRVD Provide
PRVDD Provided
PRVDG Providing
PRVDS Provides
PS Plus
PSBL Possible
PSBLY Possibly
PSBLTY Possibility
PSG Passage
PSN Position
PSND Positioned
PTCHY Patchy
PTLY Partly
PTNL Potential
PTNLY Potentially
PTNS Portions
PUGET Puget Sound
PVA Positive vorticity
advection
PVL Prevail
PVLD Prevailed
PVLG Prevailing
PVLS Prevails
PVLT Prevalent
PWB Pilot weather
briefing
PWINO Precipitation identi-
fier sensor not avail-
able
PWR Power
PY Spray
QN Question
QPFERD NCEP excessive
rainfall discussion
QPFHSD NCEP heavy snow
discussion
QPFSPD NCEP special
precipitation discus-
sion
QSTNRY Quasistationary
QTR Quarter
QUAD Quadrant
QUE Quebec
R Right (with reference
to runway designa-
tion) or rain
RA Rain (METAR)
RADAT Radiosonde addi-
tional data
RAOB Radiosonde obser-
vation
RCA Reach Cruising
Altitude
RCH Reach
RCHD Reached
RCHG Reaching
RCHS Reaches
RCKY Rocky
RCKYS Rockies
RCMD Recommend
Common Weather Abbreviations
KMD 550/850 FIS Addendum
Appendix B