Appendix
Acronyms: N's
N | North or Refractivity |
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NAB | Not above |
NAT | North Atlantic |
NATL | National |
NAV | Navigation |
Navtex | Navigational Telex |
NB | New Brunswick or Northbound |
NBFR | Not before |
NBND | Northbound |
NBRHD | Neighborhood |
NC | North Carolina or No change |
NCCF | NOAA Central Computer Facility. |
NCDC | National Climatic Data Center |
NCEP | National Centers for Environmental Prediction |
NCWX | No change in weather |
ND | North Dakota |
NE | Northeast or Nebraska |
NEB | North-eastbound or Nebraska |
NEC | Necessary |
NEG | No, negative, permission not granted, or that is not correct |
NEGLY | Negatively |
NELY | Northeasterly |
NERN | Northeastern |
NESDIS | National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service |
NEW ENG | New England |
NEWD | Northeastward |
NEXRAD | NEXt generation of weather RADar |
NFDRS | National Fire Danger Rating System |
NFLD | Newfoundland |
NGM | Nested Grid Model |
NGT | Night |
NH | New Hampshire |
NHC | National Hurricane Center |
NIDS | NEXRAD Information Dissemination Service |
NIL | None or I have nothing to send to you |
NJ | New Jersey |
NL | No layers |
NLT | Not later than |
NLY | Northerly |
NM | Nautical mile or New Mexico |
NMBR | Number |
NMBRS | Numbers |
NMC | National Meteorological Center - the former name of NCEP |
NML | Normal |
NMRS | Numerous |
NNE | North north east |
NNELY | North-northeasterly |
NNERN | North-northeastern |
NNEWD | North-northeastward |
NNNN | End of message |
NNW | North-northwest |
NNWLY | North-northwesterly |
NNWRN | North-northwestern |
NNWWD | North-northwestward |
NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NOHRSC | The National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center |
NOPAC | Northern Pacific |
NOSIG | No significant change (used in trend-type landing forecasts) |
NOTAM | A notice containing information concerning the establishment, condition or change in any aeronautical facility |
NOV | November |
NOW | Short Term Forecast |
NOWcast | Short Term Forecast |
NPRS | Nonpersistent |
NR | Number or Near |
NRCS | Natural Resources Conservation Service |
NRLY | Nearly |
NRN | Northern |
NRW | Narrow |
Ns | Nimbostratus |
NS | Nimbostratus or Nova Scotia |
NSC | Nil significant cloud |
NSH | Nearshore Lake Forecast |
NSSFC | National Severe Storms Forecast Center now known as SPC |
NSSL | National Severe Storms Laboratory |
NSW | Nil significant weather |
NTFY | Notify |
NTFYD | Notified |
NV | Nevada |
NVA | Negative Vorticity Advection |
NW | Northwest |
NWB | North-westbound |
NWD | Northward |
NWFO | National Weather Service Forecast Office |
NWLY | Northwesterly |
NWP | Numerical Weather Prediction |
NWR | NOAA Weather Radio |
NWRN | Northwestern |
NWS | National Weather Service |
NWSH | National Weather Service Headquarters |
NWSO | National Weather Service Office |
NWSRFS V5.0 | National Weather Service River Forecast Model Version 5 |
NWWS | NOAA Weather Wire System |
NXT | Next |
NY | New York |