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## A
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* ACARS - Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System
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* AEV - AFOS-Era Verification
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* AFOS - Automation of Field Operations and Services
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* AGL - above ground level
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* AI - AWIPS Identifier
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* AMSU - Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
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* ARD - AWIPS Remote Display
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* ASL - Above Sea Level
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* ASOS - Automated Surface Observing System
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* ASR - Airport Surveillance Radar
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* ATMS - Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder
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* AvnFPS - Aviation Forecast Preparation System
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* AVP - AWIPS Verification Program
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* AWC - Aviation Weather Center
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* AWIPS - Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System
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## B
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* BGAN - Broadboand Global Area Network
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* BUFR - Binary Universal Form for the Representation of meteorological data
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## C
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* CAPE - Convective Available Potential Energy
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* CAVE - Common AWIPS Visualization Environment
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* CC - Correlation Coefficient
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* CCF - Coded Cities Forecast
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* CCFP - Collaborative Convective Forecast Product
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* CCL - Convective Condensation Level
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* CDP - Cell Display Parameters
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* CFC - Clutter Filter Control
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* CGI - Common Gateway Interface
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* CIN - Convective Inhibition
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* CITR - Commerce Information Technology Requirement
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* CONUS - Conterminous/Contiguous/Continental United States
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* COOP - Continuity Of Operations Planning
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* COTS - commercial off-the-shelf
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* CrIMSS - Cross-track Infrared and Microwave Sounder Suite
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* CrIS - Cross-track Infrared Sounder
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* CWA - County Warning Area
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* CWSU - Center Weather Service Unit
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* CZ - Composite Reflectivity
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## D
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* D2D - Display 2 Dimensions
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* DFM - Digital Forecast Matrix
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* DMD - Digital Mesocyclone Display
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* DMS - Data Monitoring System
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* DOC - Department of Commerce
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* DPA - Digital Precipitation Array
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## E
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* ECMWF - European Centre for Medium-Range Forecasts
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* EDEX - Environmental Data EXchange
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* EMC - Environmental Modeling Center
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* EL - Equilibrium Level
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* ESA - Electronic Systems Analyst
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* ESRL - Earth System Research Laboratory
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## F
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* FFG - Flash Flood Guidance
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* FFFG - Forced Flash Flood Guidance
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* FFMP - Flash Flood Monitoring and Prediction
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* FFMPA - Flash Flood Monitoring and Prediction: Advanced
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* FFTI - Flash Flood Threat Index
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* FFW - Flash Flood Warning
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* FSL - Forecast Systems Laboratory
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## G
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* GFE - Graphical Forecast Editor
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* GFS - Global Forecasting Systems
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* GHG - Graphical Hazards Generator
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* GIS - Geographic Information Systems
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* GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
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* GOES - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
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* GSD - Global System Division
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## H
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* HC - Hydrometeor Classification
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* HI - Hail Index
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* HM - Hydromet
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* HPC - Hydrologic Precipitation Center
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* HWR - Hourly Weather Roundup
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## I
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* ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organization
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* IFP - Interactive Forecast Program
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* IFPS - Interactive Forecast Preparation System
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* IHFS - Integrated Hydrologic Forecast System
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* IMET - Incident Meteorologist
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* IR - infrared
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* ISS - Incident Support Specialist IST - Interactive Skew-T
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## J
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* JMS - Java Messaging System
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## K
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* KDP - Specific Differential Phase
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* KML - Keyhole Markup Language
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* KMZ - KML zipped (compressed).
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## L
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* LAC - Listening Area Code
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* LAMP - Localized Aviation MOS Program
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* LAN - Local Area Network
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* LAPS - Local Analysis and Prediction System
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* LARC - Local Automatic Remote Collector
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* LCL - Lifting Condensation Level
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* LDAD - Local Data Acquisition and Dissemination
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* LFC - Level of Free Convection
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* LSR - Local Storm Report
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## M
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* MAPS - Mesoscale Analysis and Prediction System
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* mb - millibar; pressure
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* MDCRS - Meteorological Data Collection and Receiving System
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* MDL - Meteorological Development Laboratory
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* MDP - Mesocyclone Display Parameters
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* MDPI - Microburst-Day Potential Index
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* MEF - Manually Entered Forecast
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* METAR - Meteorological Aviation Report
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* MHS - message handling system
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* ML - Melting Layer
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* MND - Mass News Dissemination
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* MOS - Model Output Statistics
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* MPC - Marine Prediction Center
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* MPE - Multisensor Precipitation Estimator
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* MRD - Message Reference Descriptor
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* MRU - Meso Rapid Update
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* MSAS - MAPS Surface Assimilation System
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* MSL - Mean Sea Level
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## N
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* NAM - North American Mesoscale model
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* NCEP - National Centers for Environmental Prediction
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* NCF - Network Control Facility
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* NDFD - National Digital Forecast Database
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* NE-PAC - Northeastern Pacific
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* NESDIS - National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service
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* NH - Northern Hemisphere
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* nMi - nautical miles
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* NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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* NPN - NOAA Profiler Network
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* NPP - Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership
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* NUCAPS - NOAA Unique CrIS/ATMS Processing Systems
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* NWP - Numerical Weather Prediction
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* NWR - NOAA Weather Radio
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* NWS - National Weather Service
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* NWRWAVES - NOAA Weather Radio With All-Hazards VTEC Enhanced Software
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* NWSRFS - National Weather Service River Forecast System
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* NWWS - NOAA Weather Wire Service
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## O
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* OCP - Ocean Prediction Center
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* OH - Office of Hydrology
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* OPC - Ocean Prediction Center
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* ORPG - Open Radar Products Generator
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* OSD - One Hour Snow Depth
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* OSW - One Hour Snow Water
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* OTR - One Time Request
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## P
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* PID - Product Identification
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* PIL - Product Inventory List
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* PIREP - Pilot Weather Report
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* POES - Polar Operational Environmental Satellite
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* POSH - Probability of Severe Hail
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* POH - Probability of Hail
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* POP - Probability of Precipitation
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* PQPF - Probabilistic QPF
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* PRF - Pulse Repetition Frequency
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## Q
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* QC - quality control
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* QCMS - Quality Control and Monitoring System
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* QPE - Quantitative Precipitation Estimator
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* QPF - Quantitative Precipitation Forecast
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* QPS - Quantitative Precipitation Summary
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## R
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* RAOB - Radiosonde Observation
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* RAP - Rapid Refresh (Replaced RUC)
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* RCM - Radar Coded Message
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* RER - Record Report
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* RFC - River Forecast Center
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* RGB - Red, Green, Blue
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* RHI - Range Height Indicator
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* RMR - Radar Multiple Request
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* ROSA - Remote Observing System Automation
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* RPG - Radar Product Generator
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* RPS - routine product set
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* RTD - Requirements Traceability Document; Routine, Delayed
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* RTMA - Real Time Mesoscale Analysts
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* RUC - Rapid Update Cycle (Replaced by RAP)
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## S
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* SAFESEAS - System on AWIPS for Forecasting and Evaluation of Seas and Lakes
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* SBN - Satellite Broadcast Network
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* SCAN - System for Convection Analysis and Nowcasting
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* SCD - Supplementary Climatological Data
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* SCID - Storm Cell Identification Display
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* SCP - Satellite Cloud Product
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* SCTI - SCAN CWA Threat Index
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* SDC - State Distribution Circuit
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* SNOW - System for Nowcasting Of Winter Weather
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* SOO - Science and Operations Officer
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* SPC - Storm Prediction Center
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* SPE - Satellite Precipitation Estimate
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* SREF - Short Range Ensemble Forecast
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* SRG - Supplemental Product Generator
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* SRM - Storm Relative Motion
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* SSD - Storm-Total Snow Depth
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* SSM/I - Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
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* SSW - Storm-Total Snow Water
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* STI - Storm Track Information
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* Suomi NPP - Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership
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* SW - Spectrum Width
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* SWEAT Index - Severe Weather Threat Index
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* SWP - Severe Weather Probability
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## T
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* TAF - Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (international code)
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* TAFB - Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch
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* TCM - Marine/Tropical Cyclone Advisory
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* TCP - Public Tropical Cyclone Advisory
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* TDWR - Terminal Doppler Weather Radio
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* TE-PAC - Tropical Pacific
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* TMI - Text Message Intercept
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* TRU - TVS Rapid Update
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* TT - Total Totals
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* TVS - Tornado Vortex Signature
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* TWB - Transcribed Weather Broadcasts
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## U
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* UGC - Universal Geographic Code
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* ULR - User Selectable Layer Reflectivity
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* URL - Universal Resource Locator
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* USD - User Selectable Snow Depth
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* USW - User Selectable Snow Water
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* UTC - Coordinated Universal Time
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## V
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* VAD - Velocity Azimuth Display
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* VCP - volume coverage pattern
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* VIIR - Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite
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* VIL - Vertically Integrated Liquid
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* VTEC - Valid Time and Event Code
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* VWP - VAD Wind Profile
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## W
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* W-ATL - Western Atlantic
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* WFO - Weather Forecast Office
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* WINDEX - Wind Index
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* WMO - World Meteorological Organization
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* WSFO - Weather Service Forecast Office
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* WSO - Weather Service Office
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* WSOM - Weather Service Operations Manual
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* WSR-88D - Weather Surveillance Radar-1988 Doppler
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* WWA - Watch Warning Advisory
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* WV - water vapor
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## Z
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* Z - Reflectivity
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* ZDR - Differential Reflectivity
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