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B

B-  -  Convective Inhibition
B - Blue
B+ -  Convective Available Potential Energy
BA - Braking action
BACLIN - Baroclinic
BAJA - Baja California
BASE - Cloud base
BATROP - Barotropic
BC - British Columbia
BCFG - Fog patches
BCH - Beach
BCKG - Backing
BCM - Become
BCMG - Becoming
BCMS - Becomes
BD - Blowing dust
BDA - Bermuda
BDRY - Boundary
BECMG - Becoming
BFDK - Before dark
BFR - Before
BGN - Begin
BGNG - Beginning
BGNS - Begins
BHND - Behind
BINOVC - Breaks in overcast
BKN - Broken
BL... - Blowing (followed by DU = dust, SA = sand or SN = snow)
BLD - Build
BLDG - Building
BLDS - Builds
BLDU -   Blowing Dust
BLDUP - Buildup
BLKHLS - Black Hills
BLKT - Blanket
BLKTG - Blanketing
BLKTS - Blankets
BLO - Below
BLSA -  Blowing Sand
BLSN -   Blowing Snow
BLW - Below ...
BLZD - Blizzard
BM -   Benchmark
BND - Bound
BNDRY - Boundary
BNDRYS - Boundaries
BNTH - Beneath
BOOTHEEL - Bootheel
BR -   Mist
BRF - Brief
BRG - Branching
BRK - Break
BRKG - Breaking
BRKHIC - Breaks in higher clouds
BRKS - Breaks
BRKSHR - Berkshire
BRKSHRS - Berkshires
BRM - Barometer
BRN -   Bulk Richardson Number
BRS - Branches
BT -   Bathythermograph
BTL - Between layers
BTWN - Between
BWER -   Bounded Weak Echo Region
BYD - Beyond  


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