CONTRACTIONS

HERE IS A SET OF WORD 
CONTRACTIONS REGULARLY USED BY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
AND THE FEDERAL AVIATION 
ADMINISTRATION WHICH MIGHT HELP
IN INTERPRETING WEATHER REPORTS.


ACFT	aircraft
ACTV	active
AFDK	after dark
AGL	above ground level
ALF	aloft
AMS	air mass
ARND	around
ASL	above sea level
BFDK	before dark
BKN	broken
BLZD	blizzard
BRF	brief
BTN	between
BTR	better
BYD	beyond
CAT	clear air
	turbulence
CAVOK	cloud and
	visibility  OK
CHG	change
CIG	ceiling
CONT	continue
CSDRBL	considerable
CVR	cover
DCR	decrease
DMSH	diminish
DNS	dense
DRZL	drizzle
DSIPT	dissipate
DVLP	develop
EMBDD	embedded
EXTRM	extreme
EXTSV	extensive
FCST	forecast
FLRY	flurry
FORNN	forenoon
FQT	frequent
FROPA	frontal
	passage
FROSFC	frontal
	surface
GNDFG	ground fog 
GRDL	gradual
HGT	height
HLSTO	hailstones
HND	hundred
HURCN	hurricane
HVY	heavy
ICGIC	icing in 
	clouds
ICGIP	icing in
	precipitation
IMDT	immediate
INCR	increase
INDEF	indefinate
INTSFY	intensify
ISOLD	isolated
JTSTR	jet stream
KT	knot(s)
LGT	light
LMT	limit
LVL	level
LWR	lower
LYR	layer
MDT	moderate
MRTM	maritime
MSL	mean sea
	level
MXD	mixed
NMI	nautical
	mile(s)
NMRS	numerous
NOTAM	notice to
	airmen
OBSC	obscure
OCLN	occlusion
OCNL	occasional,
	occasionally
OCR	occur
OTLK	outlook
OTRW	otherwise
OVC	overcast
PCPN	precipitation
PIREP	pilot report
PRST	persist
PBL	probable
PSBL	possible
PSG	passing
PTLY	partly
PVL	prevail
RAREP	radar
	report
RESTR	restrict
RDG	ridge
RGD	ragged
RMN	remain
RPD	rapid
RTE	route
RUF	rough
SCT	scattered
SCTR	sector
SHFT	shift
SHWR	shower
SKC	sky clear
SLGT	slight
SMK	smoke
SNW	snow
SQLN	squall line
STBL	stable
STG	strong
SVR 	severe
THN	thin
TSHWR	thundershower
TSTM	thunderstorm
TURBC	turbulence
TWD	toward
UPSLP	up slope
VRBL	variable
VSBY	visibility
WDLY	widely
WEA	weather
WK	weak
WV	wave
WX	weather