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Old 29th Feb 2012, 15:44
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Can anyone enlighten me with the meaning of the abbreviation "FBL" on an actual weather report? Saw it the other day at EKCH. Is it French perhaps?
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Any chance of posting the whole metar? Also i doubt you'd find french abbreviations at copenhagen.
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Google + metar+FBL = Aeronautical Abbreviations
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Old 29th Feb 2012, 16:00
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ICAO term for 'light' intensity.

I believe it's derived from 'feeble'.
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i doubt you'd find french abbreviations at copenhagen
Actually there are a few French abbreviations used in weather reports:

BR - Mist - Brouillard
GR - Hail - Grele
FBL - Light - Faible
PO - Dust devils - Poussiere

Possibly more, but my French isn't up to it.
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I can confirm FBL means feeble (meaning weak, for our non native English speakers)
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I thought BR was for brume.
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I thought it was 'barely raining'
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Mea culpa. I misunderstood what the op meant by 'is it French'
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Light (to qualify icing, turbulence etc)

otherwise known as, Fuc&ing Bloody Light!
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