Met - Metar/taf Abbrieviations

Front 1

DZ

Back 1

Drizzle

Front 2

RA

Back 2

Rain

Front 3

FZ

Back 3

Freezing

Front 4

SH

Back 4

Showers

Front 5

SQ

Back 5

Squalls

Front 6

TS

Back 6

Thunderstorms

Front 7

FC

Back 7

Funnel cloud

Front 8

SN

Back 8

Snow

Front 9

BL

Back 9

Blowing

Front 10

DR

Back 10

DRIFTING

Front 11

GR

Back 11

Hail

Front 12

GS

Back 12

Small hail or snow pellets

Front 13

PL

Back 13

Ice pellets

Front 14

IC

Back 14

Ice crystals

Front 15

SG

Back 15

Snow grains

Front 16

FG

Back 16

Fog

Front 17

BR

Back 17

Mist

Front 18

PR

Back 18

Banks

Front 19

BC

Back 19

Patches

Front 20

MI

Back 20

Shallow

Front 21

HZ

Back 21

Haze

Front 22

FU

Back 22

Smoke

Front 23

SA

Back 23

Sand

Front 24

SS

Back 24

Sandstorm

Front 25

DU

Back 25

Dust

Front 26

VA

Back 26

Volcanic ash

Front 27

VC

Back 27

In the vicinity

Front 28

Cloud

Back 28

Up to 3 cloud groups maybe reported. Cloud heights reported above the airfield

Front 29

FEW

Back 29

1-2 oktas

Front 30

SCT

Back 30

Scattered, 3-4 OKTAS

Front 31

BKN

Back 31

Broken, 5-7 oktas

Front 32

OCV

Back 32

Overcast 8 oktas

Front 33

NSC

Back 33

No significant cloud, (none below 5000ft and no TCU or CB)

Front 34

TCU

Back 34

Towering cumulus

Front 35

CB

Back 35

Cumulonimbus

Front 36

VV///

Back 36

Vertical visibility- state of sky obscured. (Cloud base not discern able)

Front 37

NCD

Back 37

No cloud detected - AuTO Metars only

Front 38

CAVOK

Back 38

Vis is equal to or greater than 10k, no CB or TCU reported, no cloud below 5000ft or the highest minimum sector altitude (whichever greater) and no significant weather

Front 39

BECMG

Back 39

Becoming - a permanent change at sometime in the stated period

Front 40

BECMG

Back 40

Becoming - a permanent change at sometime in the stated period

Front 41

TEMPO

Back 41

Temporarily (non permanent change) - forecast conditions are less likely than the general conditions

Front 42

NOSIG

Back 42

No significant change

Front 43

NOSIG

Back 43

No significant change

Front 44

NSW

Back 44

No significant weather

Front 45

AT

Back 45

At a permanent change at stated time

Front 46

FM

Back 46

From (a permanent change) from the stated time.

Front 47

FM

Back 47

From (a permanent change) from the stated time.

Front 48

TL

Back 48

Until the stated time

Front 49

FM

Back 49

From (a permanent change) from the stated time.

Front 50

TL

Back 50

Until the stated time

Front 51

NSC

Back 51

No significant cloud

Front 52

RE

Back 52

Recent weather - may be followed by up to 3 weather groups from present weather section