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hazardous in-flight weather advisory service — A program for broadcasting hazardous weather information (severe weather forecast alerts), SIGMETs (significant meteorological information), convective SIGMETs, center weather advisories, AIRMETs (airmen’s meteorological information), and urgent… … Aviation dictionary
National Weather Service — NWS Agency overview Formed February 9, 1870 Jurisdiction … Wikipedia
weather modification — Deliberate or inadvertent alteration of atmospheric conditions by human activity, sufficient to modify the weather on a local or regional scale. Deliberate alterations include covering plants to keep them warm at night, seeding clouds to induce… … Universalium
Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion — The Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture created on December 1, 1994, and is the focal point within the USDA where scientific research is linked with the nutritional needs of the… … Wikipedia
Severe weather terminology (United States) — This article describes the United States National Weather Service (NWS) severe weather terminology. The NWS defines precise meanings for nearly all its weather terms. This article describes NWS terminology and related NWS weather scales. Some… … Wikipedia
Severe weather — is any destructive weather phenomenon. The term is usually used to refer to severe thunderstorms and related phenomena, such as tornados, hail, and downbursts. [ [http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/search?p=1 query=severe+weather… … Wikipedia
hazardous weather information — A meteorological summary containing information that is considered significant but not included in a current hazardous weather advisory broadcast. It includes significant meteorological information, convective significant meteorological… … Aviation dictionary
Hydrometeorological Prediction Center — The Hydrometeorological Prediction Center (HPC) is one of nine Service Centers under the umbrella of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), operating under the aegis of the National Weather Service, which in turn is part of the … Wikipedia
National Weather Service bulletin for New Orleans region — Hurricane Katrina 2005 Atlantic hu … Wikipedia
Air Force Weather Agency — The Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA) is a Field Operating Agency (FOA) and the lead weather center of the United States Air Force. AFWA enhances the combat capability of the United States by delivering timely, accurate, and reliable environmental… … Wikipedia
