Weather Glossary

SPC: Storm Prediction Center.

NSRL: National Severe Research Lab.

NHC: National Hurricane Center. 

CPHC: Central Pacific Hurricane Center.

CPC: Climate Prediction Center.

WPC: Weather Prediction Center.

OPC: Ocean Prediction Center.

NWS: National Weather Service.

NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

GFS: Global Forecast System.

NAM: North American Model.

HRRR: High Resolution Rapid Refresh.

NAM-WRF: High Resolution NAM Weather Research Forecast model.

CMC: Canadian Meteorology Center.

ECMWF: European Centre For Medium Range Weather Forecast.

ICON: German Forecast Model. 

RGEM/HRDPS: Short Term High Resolution Models.  

GEFS: Global Ensemble Forecast System.

HREF: High Resolution Ensemble Forecast.

HWRF: Hurricane Weather Research Forecast model.

HMON: Hurricane Model Ocean Nest.

ECM EPS: European Ensemble System.

EPS: Ensemble Prediction Center.

JMA: Japanese Meteorology Agency.

CMA: Chinese Meteorology Agency. 

JTWC: Joint Typhoon Warning Center.

ASOS: Automatic Surface Observation System.