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Common Weather Abbreviations
RVR
Runway Visual
Range
RVRNO
RVR system not
available
RVS
Revise
RVSD
Revised
RVSG
Revising
RVSS
Revises
RW
Rain shower
RWY
Runway
RY
Runway
S
South
SA
Sand (METAR)
SAB
Satellite Analysis
Branch
SAO
Surface observation
SASK
Saskatchewan
SATFY
Satisfactory
SBND
Southbound
SBSD
Subside
SBSDD
Subsided
SBSDNC
Subsidence
SBSDS
Subsides
SC
South Carolina or
stratocumulus
SCND
Second
SCNDRY
Secondary
SCSL
Stratocumulus
standing lenticular
SCT
Scatter or Scattered
(describing cloud
cover or weather
phenomena, 3 to 4
octas cloud amount
SCTD
Scattered
SCTR
Sector
SD
South Dakota
SE
Southeast
SEC
Second
SELY
Southeasterly
SEPN
Separation
SEQ
Sequence
SERN
Southeastern
Rev 2 Apr/2004
SEV
SEWD
SFC
SFERICS
SG
SGFNT
SGFNTLY
SH
SHFT
SHFTD
SHFTG
SHFTS
SHLD
SHLW
SHRT
SHRTLY
SHRTWV
SHUD
SHWR
SIERNEV
SIG
SIGMET
SIMUL
SK
SKC
SKED
SLD
SLGT
SLGTLY
SLO
SLOLY
SLOR
SLP
SLPG
SLPNO
SLT
SLW
SLY
SM
B-16
Severe
Southeastward
Surface
Atmospherics
Snow grains
Significant
Significantly
Showers
Shift
Shifted
Shifting
Shifts
Shield
Shallow
Short
Shortly
Shortwave
Should
Shower
Sierra Nevada
Signature
Significant meteoro-
logical information
Simultaneous
Sky cover
Sky clear
Schedule
Solid
Slight
Slightly
Slow
Slowly
Slower
Slope or sea level
pressure
Sloping
Sea-level pressure
not available
Sleet
Slow
Southerly
Statute mile
KMD 250 Pilot's Guide
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