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weatherlover427
wl = will
trof = trough
cdfnt = cold front
vsby(s) = visibilit(ies)
sws = special weather statement
tw = tornado watch
stw = severe thunderstorm watch
sxns = sections
afd = area forecast discussion
zfp = zone forecast package
avn = aviation (can be used to refer to both a weather model and a weather discussion, the former is now called the GFS, or Global Forecasting System)
GFS = see above
ETA = ??? (I can't remember this one off top
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NAM = Was the ETA, stands for North American Model I believe; only goes out to 84hrs instead of 240 or 384 hrs like the GFS does
Hrcn = Hurricane
TD = Touchdown (j/k
) It really means Tropical Depression
TS = Tropical Storm
Hur = See Hrcn
MD = (not Doctor
) Mesoscale Discussion, usually issued for the following:
* Heavy rain events over a large area
* Organized strong / severe thunderstorm areas
* Organized heavy snow squalls
* Sometimes for hurricanes
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trof = trough
cdfnt = cold front
vsby(s) = visibilit(ies)
sws = special weather statement
tw = tornado watch
stw = severe thunderstorm watch
sxns = sections
afd = area forecast discussion
zfp = zone forecast package
avn = aviation (can be used to refer to both a weather model and a weather discussion, the former is now called the GFS, or Global Forecasting System)
GFS = see above
ETA = ??? (I can't remember this one off top
)
NAM = Was the ETA, stands for North American Model I believe; only goes out to 84hrs instead of 240 or 384 hrs like the GFS does
Hrcn = Hurricane
TD = Touchdown (j/k
) It really means Tropical Depression
TS = Tropical Storm
Hur = See Hrcn
MD = (not Doctor
) Mesoscale Discussion, usually issued for the following:
* Heavy rain events over a large area
* Organized strong / severe thunderstorm areas
* Organized heavy snow squalls
* Sometimes for hurricanes
S2K = Storm2K, this forum
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Brandon007
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, it looks like a pretty big learning curve to the technical aspect of all this this thread is making my head hurt one term I saw a lot was SST=Sea Surface Temp this thread is quite helpful I think a sticky would be good for us noobs-
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