Honeywell Bendix/King KMD 550 Pilot's Manual Addendum page 127

Common Weather Abbreviations
PROB Probability
PROBC C Forecaster's
assessment of the
probability of occur-
rence of a thunder-
storm or precipita-
tion event, along
with associated
weather elements
(wind, visibility,
and/or sky condi-
tion) whose occur-
rences are directly
related to, and con-
temporaneous with,
the thunderstorm or
precipitation event
PROC Procedure
PROD Produce
PRODG Producing
PROG Forecast
PROGD Forecasted
PROGS Forecasts
PRSNT Present
PRSNTLY Presently
PRST Persist
PRSTS Persists
PRSTNC Persistence
PRSTNT Persistent
PRVD Provide
PRVDD Provided
PRVDG Providing
PRVDS Provides
PS Plus
PSBL Possible
PSBLY Possibly
PSBLTY Possibility
PSG Passage
PSN Position
PSND Positioned
PTCHY Patchy
PTLY Partly
PTNL Potential
PTNLY Potentially
PTNS Portions
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PUGET
PVA
PVL
PVLD
PVLG
PVLS
PVLT
PWB
PWINO
PWR
PY
QN
QPFERD
QPFHSD
QPFSPD
QSTNRY
QTR
QUAD
QUE
R
RA
RADAT
RAOB
RCA
RCH
RCHD
RCHG
RCHS
RCKY
RCKYS
RCMD
KMD 550/850 FIS Addendum
B-14
Puget Sound
Positive vorticity
advection
Prevail
Prevailed
Prevailing
Prevails
Prevalent
Pilot weather
briefing
Precipitation identi-
fier sensor not avail-
able
Power
Spray
Question
NCEP excessive
rainfall discussion
NCEP heavy snow
discussion
NCEP special
precipitation discus-
sion
Quasistationary
Quarter
Quadrant
Quebec
Right (with reference
to runway designa-
tion) or rain
Rain (METAR)
Radiosonde addi-
tional data
Radiosonde obser-
vation
Reach Cruising
Altitude
Reach
Reached
Reaching
Reaches
Rocky
Rockies
Recommend
Appendix B