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EXTDD Extended
EXTDG Extending
EXTDS Extends
EXTN Extension
EXTRAP Extrapolate
EXTRAPD Extrapolated
EXTRM Extreme
EXTRMLY Extremely
EXTSV Extensive
F Fahrenheit
FA Aviation area fore-
cast
FAH Fahrenheit
FAM Familiar
FC Funnel cloud
(+FC = Tornado or
water spout)
FCST Forecast
FCSTD Forecasted
FCSTG Forecasting
FCSTR Forecaster
FCSTS Forecasts
FEW Few (used to
describe cloud
cover or weather
phenomena, >0
octas to 2 octas
cloud amount)
FG Fog (METAR, only
when visibility is
less than 5/8 mile)
FIBI Filed but impracti-
cable to transmit
FIG Figure
FILG Filling
FIR Flight information
region
FIRAV First available
FIS Flight Information
Service
FIS-B Flight Information
Service - Broadcast
FIRST First observation
after a break in cov-
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Common Weather Abbreviations
FL
FLG
FLRY
FLRYS
FLT
FLW
FLWG
FM
FMGGgg
FMT
FNCTN
FNT
FNTL
FNTS
FNTGNS
FNTLYS
FORNN
FPM
FQT
FQTLY
FRM
FRMG
FRMN
FROPA
FROSFC
FRQ
FRST
FRWF
FRZ
FRZLVL
FRZN
FRZG
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erage at manual
station
Florida or flight level
Falling
Flurry
Flurries
Flight
Follow
Following
From
From the time (UTC)
indicated by GGgg.
Generic WMO format
code group, indi-
cating a significant
and rapid (in less
than 1 hour) change
to a new set of
prevailing conditions
Format
Function
Front
Frontal
Fronts
Frontogenesis
Frontolysis
Forenoon
Feet per minute
Frequent
Frequently
Form
Forming
Formation
Frontal passage
Frontal surface
Frequent
Frost
Forecast wind factor
Freeze
Freezing level
Frozen
Freezing
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