METAR & TAF

METAR and TAF codes abbreviations

$

Needs maintenance

+

Heavy intensity

ACC

Altocumulus castellanus

ACSL

Altocumulus Standing Lenticular Cloud

A02

Automated Station with Precipitation Discriminator

APCH

Approach

APRX

Approximately

AUTO

Fully automated report

BC

Patches

BL

Blowing

C

Center (Runway designation)

CB

Cumulonimbus cloud

CC

Cloud-cloud lightening - An electrical discharge that travels between two or more separate storm clouds.

CD

Candela

CHI

Cloud-height indicator

CIG

ceiling

CONS

continuous

DOC

Department of Commerce

DOT

Department of Transportation

DS

Duststorm

DSNT

Distant

DZ

Drizzle

FEW

few clouds

FIBI

Filed but impracticable to transmit - automated or manual weather observation was recorded and filed into the system, but network or communication issues prevented it from being sent out or broadcasted on time.

-

Light intensity

/

Indicator that visual range data follows; separator between temperature and dew point data

ACFT MSHP

Aircraft mishap

A01

Automated station without precipitation discriminator

ALP

Airport location point

APRNT

apparent

ATCT

Air traffic control tower

B

began

BKN

broken

BR

mist

CA

cloud-air lightening

CBMAM

cumulonimbus mammatus cloud

CCSL

cirrocumulus standing lenticular cloud

CG

cloud-ground lightening

CHINO

Cloud-height indicator not available

CLR

clear - no clouds detected below 12,000’ AGL

COR

correction to a previously disseminated observation

DOD

department of defense

DR

low drifting

DSIPTG

dissipating

DU

widespread dust

DVR

dispatch visual range

E

east, ended, estimated ceiling

FC

funnel cloud

FG

fog

FIRST

First observation after a break in coverage at manual station

FMH2

Federal Meteorological Handbook No. 2

FRQ

Frequent

FT

feet

FZ

freezing

G

gust

GS

small hail and/or snow pellets

HZ

haze

ICAO

International Civil Aviation Organization

INTMT

Intermittent

L

left (runway designation)

LST

Local standard time

LWR

Lower

Max

Maximum

MI

Shallow

MOV

Moved/moving/movement

N

north

NCDC

National Climatic Data Center

NOS

National Ocean Survey

NOTAM

Notices to Airmen

NWS

National Weather Service

OFCM

Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology

OVC

Overcast

P

Indicates greater than the highest reportable value (Plus)

PL

Ice pellets

PNO

Precipitation amount not available

PRES

Pressure

PRESFR

Pressure falling rapidly

PWINO

Precipitation identifier sensor not available

R

right (runway designation)

RTD

Routine delayed (late) observation

RVR

Runway visual range

RY

runway

SA

sand

FROPA

Frontal Passage

FU

smoke

FZRANO

Freezing rain sensor not available

GR

hail

HLSTO

Hailstone

IC

Ice crystals, in-cloud lighting

INCRG

increasing

KT

knots

LAST

Last observation before a break in coverage at a manual station

LTG

lightening

M

minus, less than

Min

minimum

MT

mountains

N/A

not applicable

NE

northeast

NOSPECI

No SPECI reports are taken at the station

NW

northwest