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{
"WPC": "(US) Weather Prediction Center",
"AGL": "Above Ground Level",
"U-2": "Lockheed U-2 a very high-altitude research and reconnaissance aircraft operated by NASA, which is occasionally used to investigate hurricanes. Several versions exist, including the ER-2 and TR-1. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_U-2)",
"MIA": "Miami, Florida",
"VIIRS": "Visible/Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite, instrument on the NPP satellite",
"NAM": "North American Mesoscale model. A numerical weather model generated by NCEP.",
"NAM 3K": "North American Mesoscale model with a 3-kilometer grid size. A numerical weather model generated by NCEP.",
"WV": "Water Vapor",
"CONUS": "Continental/Contiguous United States (of America)",
"C-130": "Lockheed WC-130J, weather reconnaissance aircraft operated by the US Air Force",
"BOC": "Bay of Campeche (southern Gulf of Mexico)",
"LIX": "The Weather Forecast Office (WFO) in Slidell, LA, whose County Warning Area (CWA) includes New Orleans, LA. The NEXRAD radar located at the Slidell, LA WFO.",
"KLIX": "The Weather Forecast Office (WFO) in Slidell, LA, whose County Warning Area (CWA) includes New Orleans, LA. The NEXRAD radar located at the Slidell, LA WFO.",
"VFR": "Visual Flight Rules (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_flight_rules)",
"WX": "Weather",
"SOP": "Standard Operating Procedure",
"TAF": "Terminal Aerodrome Forecast",
"TMFM": "Too Many Fu--- Finely-detailed Models (http://derecho.math.uwm.edu/models/models.html)",
"SPC": "(US) Storm Prediction Center",
"RI": "Rapid Intensification",
"GPM": "Global Precipitation Model/Global Precipitation Measurement satellite",
"CIMSS": "Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, Madison, WI",
"T&C": "Turks and Caicos Islands, southeast of the Bahamas",
"VORT": "Vorticity. Angular velocity around a point. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorticity)",
"NEXRAD": "NEXt generation RADar, operated by NWS. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEXRAD)",
"WMO": "World Meteorological Organisation",
"NOAA": "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, responsible for US ~~generation~~ monitoring of the climate",
"RSMC": "Regional Specialized Meteorological Center (NHC is the RSMC for Atlantic and East Pacific)",
"SLOSH": "Sea Lake and Overland Surges from Hurricanes storm model",
"VIS": "Visible-light satellite imagery",
"GOES": "Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOES)",
"RQ-4": "Northrop-Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk, a large, high-altitude unmanned weather reconnaissance aircraft operated by NASA",
"BVI": "British Virgin Islands",
"NPP": "National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite",
"BAMM": "Beta and Advection Model, Medium layer (generated by NHC)",
"WFO": "Weather Forecast Office. The National Weather Service facility serving a given area. (List of WFOs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_National_Weather_Service_Weather_Forecast_Offices)",
"IFR": "Instrument Flight Rules (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrument_flight_rules)",
"ECMWF": "European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts (Euro model)",
"BAMD": "Beta and Advection Model, Deep layer (generated by NHC)",
"CMC": "Canadian Meteorological Center. Usually in reference to their global weather model.",
"CPHC": "Central Pacific Hurricane Center (RSMC for the Central Pacific)",
"FOUS": "Forecast Output United States",
"BAMS": "Beta and Advection Model, Shallow layer (generated by NHC)",
"PR": "Puerto Rico",
"TWOAT": "Tropical Weather Outlook, Atlantic",
"RAMSDIS": "RAMMB Advanced Meteorological Satellite Demonstration and Interpretation System",
"NWS": "National Weather Service",
"MFL": "The Weather Forecast Office in Miami, FL, whose County Warning Area includes southern Florida. The NEXRAD radar located at the Miami WFO.",
"G-IV": "Gulfstream IV, medium-to-high altitude weather reconnaissance aircraft operated by NOAA",
"JMA": "Japan Meterological Agency (RSMC for the Western Pacific)",
"SRSOR": "Super-Rapid Scan Operations (1-minute satellite imagery) from GOES",
"GEM": "Global Environmental Multiscale forecast",
"AFD": "Area Forecast Discussion. The scientific comments regarding the forecast from a Weather Forecast Office.",
"EC": "European Centre",
"MIATWOEP": "Tropical Weather Outlook, East Pacific (from NWS Miami)",
"CPAC": "Central Pacific ocean",
"JTWC": "Joint Typhoon Warning Center (issues tropical cyclone warnings in the Northwest and Southern Pacific, and Indian Ocean)",
"MIATWOAT": "Tropical Weather Outlook, Atlantic (from NWS Miami)",
"GOES-R": "Geostationary Operational Environment Satellite, R series, launched in Nov 2016 and currently in a testing phase. Renamed GOES-16 once it reached orbit. It is scheduled to take over GOES-East in Nov 2017. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOES-R)",
"AIRMET": "Airman's Meteorological information",
"SST": "Sea Surface Temperature",
"TBW": "The Weather Forecast Office in Tampa Bay, FL, whose County Warning Area includes western peninsular Florida. The NEXRAD radar located at the Tampa Bay WFO.",
"UL": "Upper Level winds/conditions",
"AVN": "Aviation",
"POES": "Polar Operational Environment Satellite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POES)",
"GLM": "Geostationary Lightning Mapper. A lightning-sensing instrument aboard GOES-16. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOES-16#Geostationary_Lightning_Mapper)",
"SFMR": "Stepped-Frequency Microwave Radiometer measurements",
"ATL": "Atlantic ocean",
"OFCI": "Official NHC forecast (as seen on spaghetti plots) interpolated for the next 6 hours",
"ATK": "Alliant Techsystems, predecessor to Orbital ATK",
"OFCL": "Official NHC forecast (as seen on spaghetti plots)",
"EPAC": "East Pacific ocean",
"ECM": "European Center for Medium-range Weather Forecasts (\"the Europeans\")",
"NOLA": "New Orleans, Louisiana",
"NCEP": "National Centers for Environmental Prediction",
"MESO": "Mesoscale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoscale_meteorology. Medium-sized, larger than micro- or storm-scale, but smaller than synoptic scale. Mesoscale Sector. On of two 1000km x 1000km box in which GOES-16 can acquire imagery every minute.",
"SH/TS": "Showers/Thunderstorms. Often seen in AFDs (Area Forecast Discussions).",
"SHTS": "Showers/Thunderstorms. Often seen in AFDs (Area Forecast Discussions).",
"MDR": "Main Development Region",
"HWRF": "Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting model (from NCEP)",
"EWRC": "Eyewall Replacement Cycle weather pattern",
"MIATWO": "Tropical Weather Outlook (from NWS Miami)",
"WB-57": "Martin WB-57F Canberra, a highly modified bomber aircraft reconfigured for high-altitude weather reconnaissance, operated by NASA",
"OBX": "Outer Banks (of North Carolina)",
"TWOEP": "Tropical Weather Outlook, East Pacific",
"Z": "NATO timezone designator: UTC",
"GMT": "Greenwich Mean Time / Coordinated Universal Time",
"NOGAPS": "Naval Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System, superceded by NAVGEM",
"SS": "Storm Surge",
"MVFR": "Marginal Visual Flight Rules",
"NOVA": "Northern Virginia",
"SRSO": "Super-Rapid Scan Operations (1-minute satellite imagery)",
"OECD": "Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development",
"CIRA": "Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere",
"USVI": "United States Virgin Islands",
"WPAC": "West Pacific ocean",
"GFDL": "Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab",
"NAVGEM": "Navy Global Environmental Model (generated by NOAA)",
"WP-3": "Lockheed WP-3D Orion, a weather reconnaissance aircraft operated by NOAA. NOAA has two of these aircraft, named *Miss Piggy* and *Kermit*.",
"USAF": "United States Air Force",
"RAMMB": "Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology Branch",
"MIMIC": "Morphed Integrated Microwave Imagery at CIMSS",
"ITCZ": "Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone",
"CLCDR": "Central Launch Command Director",
"NOTAM": "Notice to Airmen of flight hazards (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOTAM)",
"DT": "Dry Tortugas (westernmost of the Florida Keys)",
"DR": "Dominican Republic",
"SCAT": "Scatterometer mounted on POES, measures ocean wind speeds",
"DP": "Dual-Polarity radar (as operated by NEXRAD)",
"NDBC": "(US) National Data Buoy Center",
"NHC": "National Hurricane Center",
"TW": "Tropical Wave",
"LL": "Lower Level winds/conditions",
"NESDIS": "National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NOAA department)",
"TS": "Tropical Storm Thunderstorm",
"B-57": "Martin WB-57F Canberra, a highly modified bomber aircraft reconfigured for high-altitude weather reconnaissance, operated by NASA",
"GOES-16": "Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, # 16. The latest geostationary weather satellite with cutting edge technology. Formerly known as GOES-R before launch. Scheduled to take over the GOES-East position in Nov 2017. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOES-16)",
"WC-130": "Lockheed WC-130J, weather reconnaissance aircraft operated by the US Air Force",
"TD": "Tropical Depression",
"SCADA": "Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition remote monitoring and control (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCADA)",
"GOM": "Gulf of Mexico ocean region",
"UTC": "Coordinated Universal Time, the standard time used by meteorologists and forecasts worldwide. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time)",
"GOH": "Gulf of Honduras (western Caribbean, separated from Bay of Campeche by the Yucatan peninsula)",
"HGX": "The Weather Forecast Office in Houston, TX, whose County Warning Area includes southeastern Texas. The NEXRAD radar located at the Houston WFO.",
"IR": "Infrared satellite imagery",
"SHIPS": "Statistical Hurricane Intensity Prediction Scheme",
"POP": "Probability of Precipitation",
"AEMI": "(GFS) Ensemble Mean forecast, Interpolated for the next 6 hours",
"METAR": "Meterological Aerodrome Report",
"HOU": "Houston, Texas",
"GOES-EAST": "The GOES satellite positioned to watch the eastern half of the United States. Currently occupied by GOES-13. GOES-16 is scheduled to take over in Nov 2017. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geostationary_Operational_Environmental_Satellite)",
"GOES-E": "The GOES satellite positioned to watch the eastern half of the United States. Currently occupied by GOES-13. GOES-16 is scheduled to take over in Nov 2017. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geostationary_Operational_Environmental_Satellite)",
"GOES-13": "The 13th GOES satellite. First unit of the previous GOES-N series. Currently operating as GOES-East.",
"AEMN": "(GFS) Ensemble Mean forecast (based on NOAA data)",
"CWA": "County Warning Area. The geographical region served by a given Weather Forecast Office.",
"GOES-WEST": "The GOES satellite positioned to watch the western half of the United States. Currently occupied by GOES-15. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geostationary_Operational_Environmental_Satellite)",
"GOES-W": "The GOES satellite positioned to watch the western half of the United States. Currently occupied by GOES-15. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geostationary_Operational_Environmental_Satellite)",
"GOES-15": "The 15th GOES satellite. One of the previous GOES-N series. Currently operating as GOES-West.",
"GOES-14": "The 14th GOES satellite. One of the previous GOES-N series. Currently it is in a storage orbit acting as the on-orbit spare, in case of problems with one of the operational satellites.",
"TPW": "Total Precipitable Water",
"P-3": "Lockheed WP-3D Orion, weather reconnaissance aircraft operated by NOAA",
"GFS": "Global Forecast System model, generated by NOAA (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Forecast_System)",
"UKMET": "United Kingdom Meteorological Office unified model",
"GEFS": "Global Ensemble Forecast System",
"OTS": "Out To Sea",
"SPORT": "Short-term Prediction Research and Transition Center. A NASA satellite observation research group. (https://weather.msfc.nasa.gov/sport)",
"RADAR": "Radio Detection and Ranging.",
"HRRR": "High Resolution Rapid Refresh. A numerical weather model with a 3-kilometer resolution.",
"RAP": "Rapid Refresh model. A numerical weather model similar to the HRRR but with lower resolution.",
"PWAT": "Precipitable Water. The measure of the depth of liquid water at the surface that would result after precipitating all of the water vapor in a vertical column over a given location.",
"ERC": "Eyewall Replacement Cycle",
"DZIBAN303": "A minor demigod who rules certain IRC channels with an iron fist.",
"DOW": "Doppler On Wheels. A mobile radar unit, typically used to observe tornadoes, but also deployed for hurricanes.",
"ABI": "Advanced Baseline Imager. The primary instrument on GOES-16 (and other GOES-R series satellites).",
"AHI": "Advanced Himawari Imager. The primary instrument on Japan's Himawari-8 and -9 satellites. It is similar to the ABI instrument aboard GOES-16.",
"IAH": "The IATA airport code for George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas.",
"KIAH": "The ICAO airport code for George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas.",
"ICAO": "International Civil Aviation Organization, a UN agency which helps regulates air traffic. ICAO codes are four-character airport codes. American airports begin with K, e.g. KIAH for George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. American airport ICAO codes are often the same as the IATA code, with the addition of the leading K.",
"IATA": "International Air Transport Association. An airline trade association. IATA codes are three-character airport codes.",
"MSY": "The IATA code for Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans, LA, formerly known as Moisant Field, from which the code is derived.",
"KMSY": "The ICAO code for Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans, LA, formerly known as Moisant Field, from which the code is derived.",
"NBG": "The IATA code for New Orleans Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, located in Belle Chasse, LA.",
"KNBG": "The ICAO code for New Orleans Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, located in Belle Chasse, LA.",
"INVEST": "A weather system for which an RSMC is interested in collecting specialized data sets (e.g., microwave imagery) and/or running model guidance. The designation of an invest does not correspond to any particular likelihood of development into a tropical cyclone."
}