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#1 Postby Matthuff » Thu Aug 15, 2013 11:50 am

I reciently moved to Houston Texas and I'm very concerned about tropical storms. As I have read through many of the posts, I have a hard time understanding what people are talking about because of all the weather related jargon. I would appreciate anyone who would be willing to define any of the common jargon used on this site.

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#2 Postby ROCK » Thu Aug 15, 2013 11:58 am

Matthuff wrote:I reciently moved to Houston Texas and I'm very concerned about tropical storms. As I have read through many of the posts, I have a hard time understanding what people are talking about because of all the weather related jargon. I would appreciate anyone who would be willing to define any of the common jargon used on this site.

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give us some examples and we will explain....thanks and welcome to 2K...
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#3 Postby gatorcane » Thu Aug 15, 2013 12:20 pm

Maybe it would be nice to have a sticky somewhere with a list of some acronyms and other jargon used and a short description of what they mean?

That would probably quite helpful for new members.
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#4 Postby Kalrany » Thu Aug 15, 2013 12:41 pm

agreed. the site's Trpical Reference Liberary is of limited use since not too many terms are defined. but the list page is a good starting place...
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#5 Postby gatorcane » Thu Aug 15, 2013 12:45 pm

Kalrany wrote:agreed. the site's Trpical Reference Liberary is of limited use since not too many terms are defined. but the list page is a good starting place...


Looks like there is already a sticky. :D
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Re: Jargon

#6 Postby Matthuff » Thu Aug 15, 2013 2:26 pm

Thank you for the link page. I am only begining to understand how much I don't know about weather!
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