ALPW

Advected Layer Precipitable Water

AWIPS

Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System

CAPE

Convective Available Potential Energy

CINH

Convective inhibition

CIRA

Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere

DCPD

Day Cloud Phase Distinction

DMW

Derived Motion Wind

EF

Enhanced Fujita

GLM

Geostationary Lightning Mapper

GOES-R

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - the R series is the current generation of these geostationary satellites, currently operational as GOES-16 (GOES-East) and GOES-17 (GOES-West)

JPSS

Joint Polar Satellite System

LCL

Lifting Condensation Level

LDM

Local Data Manager

MDS

Mesoscale Domain Sector

MLCAPE

Mixed Layer Convective Available Potential Energy

MRMS

Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NUCAPS

NOAA Unique Combined Atmospheric Processing System

NWS

National Weather Service

RGB

Red Green Blue image composite

SBCAPE

Surface-Based Convective Available Potential Energy

SBN

Standard Broadcast Network

S-NPP

Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership

SPC

Storm Prediction Center

WFO

Weather Forecast Office