Abbreviation

Sr. No.
Abbreviation
Description
Automatic Rain Gauge Station (ARG)
1
NR Normal
No Rainfall
2
UR Normal
Unreliable Rainfall
3
NR Normal
Not Responding
4
VL Normal
Very Light Rainfall(>=0.1-<=2.4mm)
5
LR Normal
Light Rainfall (>2.4 - <=15.5 mm)
6
MR Normal
Moderate Rainfall (>15.5 - <=64.5 mm)
7
HR Normal
Heavy Rainfall (>64.5 - <=115.5 mm)
8
VH Normal
Very Heavy Rainfall (>115.5 - <204.5 mm)
9
EH Normal
Extremely Heavy Rainfall (>=204.5 mm)
Automatic Water Level Gauging Station (AWLG)
10
UR Normal
Un-Reliable
11
NR Normal
Not Responding
12
DR Normal
Dry
13
ER Normal
Error
14
Normal
Below Warning Level and Steady
15
Normal
Below Warning Level and Rising
16
Normal
Below Warning Level and Falling
17
Normal
Above Warning Level and Steady
18
Normal
Above Warning Level and Rising
19
Normal
Above Warning Level and Falling
20
Normal
Above Danger Level and Steady
21
Normal
Above Danger Level and Rising
22
Normal
Above Danger Level and Falling
23
Normal
30cms Below HFL and Steady
24
Normal
30cms Below HFL and Rising
25
Normal
30cms Below HFL and Falling
26
Normal
Above HFL and Steady
27
Normal
Above HFL and Rising
28
Normal
Above HFL and Falling
Common
29
NA
Not Available
30
AWL
Above Warning Level
31
ADL
Above Danger Level
32
AHFL
Above High Flood Level
33
WL
Water Level
34
ARG
Automatic Rain Gauge Station
35
AWLG
Automatic Water Level Gauging Station
36
m
Metre
37
mm
Millimetre
38
Max
Maximum
39
Min
Minimum
40
Cumecs
Cubic meter per second
41
WRD
Water Resources Department
42
FMISC
Flood Management Improvement Support Centre