ACSL -

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• ACSL -   Altocumulus Standing Lenticular  BFDK -
  Before dark  BL... - Blowing (followed by DU
  dust, SA sand or SN snow)  BWER -   Bounded
  Weak Echo Region  CASCDS - Cascades  CIN -  
  Convective Inhibition  CISK -   Conditional
  Instability of the Second Kind.  CLA - Clear
  type of ice formation  CNCLG - Cancelling  CRP
  -   Critical Rainfall Probability  CUF -
  Cumuliform  CUFRA - Cumulus Fractus  CW -  
  Cloud-Water Lightning or Continuous Wave  DGNLLY
  - Diagonally  DMSH - Diminish  DSTBLZ -
  Destabilize  DTRT - Deteriorate or deterioring
   ETIM - Elapsed time  FC - Funnel cloud
  (tornado or waterspout)  FFA -   Flood or Flash
  Flood Watch  FIRAV - First available  FROPA -
  Frontal passage  HCVIS - High clouds visible
   HDFRZ - Hard freeze  HLSTO - Hailstones  JTST
  - Jet stream  JTSTR - Jet stream  KFRST -
  Killing frost  KOCTY - Smoke over city  LCTMP -
  Little change in temperature  LEWP -   Line Echo
  Wave Pattern  MEGG - Merging  MIFG - Shallow
  fog  MOGR - Moderate or greater  OTP - On top
   PCPN - Precipitation PL -   Ice Pellets or
  Sleet  PRESFR - Pressure falling rapidly
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• PRESRR - Pressure rising rapidly  PRJMP -
  Pressure jump  PROG - Forecast  PROGD -
  Forecasted  PROGS - Forecasts  PSG - Passing or
  Passage  PVL - Prevail  PY -   Spray    SAO -
  Surface observation  SCSL - Standing lenticular
  stratocumulus  SEL -   Severe Thunderstorm
  Watch, Tornado Watch  SG - Snow Grains  SHARS
  -   Subtle Heavy Rainfall Signature  SHSN -  
  Snow Shower  SPCLY - Especially  SS - Sandstorm
  or sunset  THRFTR - Thereafter  THRU - Through
   THRUT - Throughout  THSD - Thousand  THTN -
  Threaten  THTND - Threatened  THTNG -
  Threatening  THTNS - Threatens  TSQLS -
  Thundersqualls  U/S - Unservicable  UDDF - Up
  and down drafts  VAL - In valleys  VIL -  
  Vertically Integrated Liquid Water  WIBIS - Will
  be issued  WIE - effective immediately  WTSPT -
  Waterspout  WTSPTS - Waterspouts  WWAMKC -
  Severe Thunderstorm ZL - Freezing drizzle  ZN -
  Zone  ZNS - Zones  ZR - Freezing rain  
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• ACSL -   Altocumulus Standing Lenticular  BFDK -
  Before dark  BL... - Blowing (followed by DU
  dust, SA sand or SN snow)  BWER -   Bounded
  Weak Echo Region  CASCDS - Cascades  CIN -  
  Convective Inhibition  CISK -   Conditional
  Instability of the Second Kind.  CLA - Clear
  type of ice formation  CNCLG - Cancelling  CRP
  -   Critical Rainfall Probability  CUF -
  Cumuliform  CUFRA - Cumulus Fractus  CW -  
  Cloud-Water Lightning or Continuous Wave  DGNLLY
  - Diagonally  DMSH - Diminish  DSTBLZ -
  Destabilize  DTRT - Deteriorate or deterioring
   ETIM - Elapsed time  FC - Funnel cloud
  (tornado or waterspout)  FFA -   Flood or Flash
  Flood Watch  FIRAV - First available  FROPA -
  Frontal passage  HCVIS - High clouds visible
   HDFRZ - Hard freeze  HLSTO - Hailstones  JTST
  - Jet stream  JTSTR - Jet stream  KFRST -
  Killing frost  KOCTY - Smoke over city  LCTMP -
  Little change in temperature  LEWP -   Line Echo
  Wave Pattern  MEGG - Merging  MIFG - Shallow
  fog  MOGR - Moderate or greater  OTP - On top
   PCPN - Precipitation PL -   Ice Pellets or
  Sleet  PRESFR - Pressure falling rapidly
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• PRESRR - Pressure rising rapidly  PRJMP -
  Pressure jump  PROG - Forecast  PROGD -
  Forecasted  PROGS - Forecasts  PSG - Passing or
  Passage  PVL - Prevail  PY -   Spray    SAO -
  Surface observation  SCSL - Standing lenticular
  stratocumulus  SEL -   Severe Thunderstorm
  Watch, Tornado Watch  SG - Snow Grains  SHARS
  -   Subtle Heavy Rainfall Signature  SHSN -  
  Snow Shower  SPCLY - Especially  SS - Sandstorm
  or sunset  THRFTR - Thereafter  THRU - Through
   THRUT - Throughout  THSD - Thousand  THTN -
  Threaten  THTND - Threatened  THTNG -
  Threatening  THTNS - Threatens  TSQLS -
  Thundersqualls  U/S - Unservicable  UDDF - Up
  and down drafts  VAL - In valleys  VIL -  
  Vertically Integrated Liquid Water  WIBIS - Will
  be issued  WIE - effective immediately  WTSPT -
  Waterspout  WTSPTS - Waterspouts  WWAMKC -
  Severe Thunderstorm ZL - Freezing drizzle  ZN -
  Zone  ZNS - Zones  ZR - Freezing rain  
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