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**Widely Used Acronyms**

"A"

AC: Convective Outlook.
Airmet: Airmans Inflight Advisory.
ARTCC: Air Route Traffic Control Center.
ASOS: Automatic Surface Observation System.
ATC: Air Traffic Control.
ATIS: Automatic Terminal Information Service.
AWOS: Automatic Weather Observation System.
AWS: Air Weather Service.

"B"

BINOVC: Breaks In The Overcast.
BWS: Base Weather Station.
BTU: British Termal Unit.

"C"

CAT: Clear Air Turbulence.
CAVOK: Ceiling & Visibility OK.
CB: Cumulonimbus Cloud. Thunderstorm.
CCL: Convective Condensation Level.
CCN: Cloud Condensation Nuclei.

"D"

DBASI: Digital Barometer Altimeter Setting Indicator.

"E"

ENSO: EL-NIÑO/Southern Oscillation.

"F"

FA: Area forecast.
FAA: Federal Aviation Administration.
FD: Wind & Temperature Aloft Forecasts.
FIH: Flight Information Handbook.
FSS: Flight Service Station. FAA
FT: Aviation Terminal Forecasts.

"G"

GMT: Greenwich Mean Time.
GOES: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite.

"H"

HIWAS: Hazardous In-Flight Weather Advisory.

"I"

IFR: Instrument Flight Rules.
IN: Ice-forming Nuclei.
ITCZ: Intertropical Convergence Zone. Located at the Earth's Equator.

"L"

LCL: Lifting Condensation Level.
LDN: Lightning Detection Network.
LST: Local Standard Time.
LIFR: Low IFR Ceiling. Aviation
LLWS: Low Level Wind Shear.

"M"

MCC: Mesoscale Convective Complex.
McIDAS: Man-Computer Interactive Data Access System.
MVRF: Marginal VFR Ceiling. Avaition.
METOR: Aviation Routine Weather Report.

"N"

NCDC: National Climatic Data Center. Ashville, NC. USA.
NEXRAD: Next Generation Radar. (Doppler Radar)
NHC: National Hurricane Center. Coral Gables FL. USA.
NMC: National Meteorological Center. Washington, D.C. USA.
NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration. Washington, D.C. USA.
NOTAM: Notice To Airman.
NSSFC: National Severe Storms Forecast Center. Kansas City, MO. USA.

"O"

OVC: Overcast.

"P"

PIBAL: Pilot Balloon.
PIREP: Pilot Report.
PPI: Planned Position Indicator. Radar Scope.

"R"

RAOB: Radio Observation Balloon.
RADAR: Radio Detection and Ranging.
RAREP: Radar Report.
RHI: Range Height Indicator. Radar Scope.
RVR: Runway Visual Range.

"S"

SA: Surface Aviation Weather Report.
SIGMET: Significant Meteorological Information Inflight Advisory.

"T"

TAF: Temminal Aviation Forecast.
TCU: Towering Cumulus.
TDWR: Terminal Doppler Weather Radar.
TWEB: Transcribed Weather Broadcast.

"U"

UV: Ultra Vilot Rays.

"V"

VFR: Visual Flight Rules. Aviation.

"W"

WSFO: Weather Service Forecast Office. National Weather Service. Buffalo, NY. USA.
WSO: Weather Service Office. National Weather Service. Erie. PA. USA.
WMO: World Meteorological Organizrtion. Geneva, Switzerland.
WWW: World Weather Watch.

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