stormchasing best acronyms- your own , others, and your creations

[Eric Flescher]

Darren Eddy posted these new acronyms:

LOMRTG (Lots of model runs to go) and
WASALWO (We are still a long ways out).

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stormchasing best acronyms-
your own ,
by others,
and your creations

 

[David Wolfson]

MCM - Mesoscale Convective Mess
TEJ - Tail End Jane (the feminine, i.e. "less upper-body strength", version of TEC)

 

[Stan Olson]

My personal favorite:

MNY - Maybe next year!

 

[Rick Smith]

SLC - Scary Looking Cloud

and Chris Novy came up with this one...
CRAP - Convective Remnants and Precipitation

 

[aaron.burkham]

VOL-very ominous looking

 

[Doug Lee]

DSH - dime-sized hail
PSH - penny-sized hail, not to be confused with pea-sized
GSH - you should have the idea by now, golfball-sized hail

WFI - waiting for initiation
BSL - below severe limits

 

[Jesse Risley]

BAT - big ass tornado
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[Angie Norris]

Then there's FLC...funny looking cloud.

 

[Doug Lee]

MPF - maximum pucker factor, for VERY close lightning strikes and other near misses.

 

[Eric Flescher]

TSSBOTM and more

TSSBOTM- Tornadic supercells should be on the menu ( words from Brian Stertz - my acronym

OIYTFTG- Okay it is your turn for the gas

FLM- Funny looking mammatus

SIVOPI- should I videotape it or photograph it?

NTTELTTGS- no time to eat, let's try the gas station

 

[Darin Kaiser]

PDS - Picking Dandelion Situation when a PDS doesn't pan out.

 

[Shane Adams]

PITA

Pain In The A....

Used to describe chasing situations such as east-of-35 before April chasing, the road networks in the NE TX pan, or any HP storm for tornado chasers.