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NHC and Emergency Management Acronyms
- ARWO Aerial Reconnaissance Weather
- AFOS Automation of Field Operations and Services
- ASOS Automated Surface Observing Systems
- AST Atlantic Standard Time (EST + 1 or same as EDT)
- AVN AViatioN run of the NCEP Medium Range Forecast (MRF)
- AWIPS Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System
- AOC Army Operations Center, Pentagon
- ARC American Red Cross
- ARES Amateur Radio Emergency Services
- ARRL American Radio Relay League
- AVN AViation ruN of the NCEP MRF model
- CARCAH Chief, Aerial Reconnaissance Coordination, All Hurricanes
- CDT Central Daylight Time
- CLIPER CLImatology and PERsistence (statistical track forecast model)
- CONUS Continental United States
- CP Continental Polar (dry (continental) and cold (polar) airmass)
- CST Central Standard Time
- DAE Disaster Assistance Employee
- DAC Disaster Application Center
- DCO Defense Coordinating Officer
- DFO Disaster Field Office
- DOC Department of Commerce
- EAS Emergency Alert System
- EBS Emergency Broadcast System
- EDT Eastern Daylight Time
- EICC Emergency Information and Coordination Center (FEMA)
- EMS Emergency Medical Services
- EMWIN Emergency Manager's Weather Information Center
- EOC Emergency Operations Center
- EOP Emergency Operations Plan
- ERT Emergency Response Team (FEMA)
- ERT-A Advance Element of the Emergency Response Team (FEMA)
- ESF Emergency Support Function
- EST Emergency Support Team (FEMA) / Eastern Standard Time
- FAST Field Assessment Team
- FCO Federal Coordinating Officer (FEMA)
- FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
- FRP Federal Response Plan
- GFDL Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (a location and a computer model)
- GFS Global Forecasting System
- GMT Greenwich Mean Time
- GOES Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
- GUNS GFDL-UKMET-NOGAPS model ensemble average
- GUNA GFDI-UKMI-NGPI-AVNI model ensemble average
- HES Hurricane Evacuation Study
- HF High Frequency
- ICS Incident Command System
- IT Information Technology Directorate (FEMA)
- ITCZ Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone
- JIC Joint Information Center
- KM Kilometers
- KT Knots (nautical miles per hour 1 KT = 1.15 MPH)
- LBAR Limited area BARotropic (NCEP model)
- LGE Logistic Growth Equation (modified SHIPS)
- LLCC Low Level Cloud Center
- M Statute Mile
- MB Millibars
- MEOW Maximum Envelope of Water or Maximum Envelope of Winds
- MERS Mobile Emergency Response Support (FEMA)
- MPH Miles Per Hour
- MOC MERS Operations Center (FEMA)
- MRF Medium Range Forecast (NCEP)
- M/S Meters Per Second
- MT Mitigation Directorate (FEMA)
- NAM North American Mesoscale model
- NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- NAWAS National Warning System
- NDMS National Disaster Medical System
- NECC National Emergency Coordination Center (FEMA)
- NEXRAD Next Generation of Radar
- NHC National Hurricane Center
- NM Nautical Mile
- NPSC National Process Serving Center (FEMA)
- NTC National Teleregistration Center (FEMA)
- NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- NOGAPS Naval Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System
- NVOAD National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
- NWS National Weather Service
- NWSFO National Weather Service Forecasting Office
- OSC On-Scene Coordinator
- OS Operations Support Directorate (FEMA)
- PIO Public Information Officer
- PT Preparedness, Training and Exercises Directorate (FEMA)
- PUP Principle User Processor
- RACES Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service
- RADAR Radio Detection And Ranging
- RD Regional Director
- REACT Radio Emergency Associated Communication Team
- ROC Regional Operations Center
- RR Response and Recovery Directorate (FEMA)
- SCO State Coordinating Officer
- SFMR Stepped Frequency Microwave Radiometer
- SHIFOR Statistical Hurricane Intensity FORecast
- SHIPS Statistical Hurricane Intensity Prediction Scheme
- SITREP Situation Report
- SLOSH Sea, Lake, and Overland Surges for Hurricanes
- SOP Standard Operating Procedure
- TD Tropical Depression
- TS Tropical Storm
- TPC Tropical Prediction Center (no longer used)
- TAFB Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch (at NHC)
- TSB Technical Support Branch (at NHC)
- UKMET United Kingdom Office of Meteorology (a place and a computer model)
- USACE United States Army Corps of Engineers
- USAF United States Air Force
- USCG United States Coast Guard
- USGS United States Geological Survey
- USN United States Navy
- USAR Urban Search and Rescue
- UTC Coordinated Universal Time
- VT Valid Time
- WFO Weather Forecast Office
- WRF Weather Research and Forecasting model
- Z Zulu Time (same as UTC)
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