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OTRW
Otherwise
OUTFLO
Outflow
OV
Over
OVC
Overcast
OVHD
Overhead
OVNGT
Overnight
OVR
Over
OVRN
Overrun
OVRNG
Overrunning
OVTK
Overtake
OVTKG
Overtaking
OVTKS
Overtakes
P
Higher than greatest
sensor value
P6SM
Visibility forecast to
be greater than 6
statute miles
PA
Pennsylvania
PAC
Pacific
PATWAS
Pilot's automatic
telephone weather
answering service
PBL
Planetary boundary
layer
PCPN
Precipitation
PD
Period
PDS
Periods
PDMT
Predominant
PE
Ice pellets
PEN
Peninsula
PERM
Permanent
PGTSND
Puget Sound
PHYS
Physical
PIBAL
Pilot balloon obser-
vation
PIREP
Pilot weather report
PK WND
Peak wind
PL
Ice pellets
PLNS
Plains
PLS
Please
PLTO
Plateau
PM
Postmeridian
PNHDL
Panhandle
Rev 2 Apr/2004
Common Weather Abbreviations
PNO
PO
POS
POSLY
PPINA
PPINE
PPSN
PR
PRBL
PRBLY
PRBLTY
PRECD
PRECDD
PRECDG
PRECDS
PRES
PRESFR
PRESRR
PRFG
PRIM
PRIN
PRIND
PRJMP
PROB
PROBC C
B-13
Precipitation amount
not available
Dust/ sand swirls
Positive
Positively
Radar weather
report not available
Radar weather
report no echoes
observed
Present position
Partial
Probable
Probably
Probability
Precede
Preceded
Preceding
Precedes
Pressure
Pressure falling
rapidly
Pressure rising
rapidly
Partial fog
Primary
Principal
Present indications
are...
Pressure jump
Probability
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
KMD 250 Pilot's Guide
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