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Showers and Storms in the East; Dangerously Hot and Dry in the West

A front will bring scattered showers and storms to portions of the Central and Eastern US. Severe storms are expected in parts of the Great Plains and Ozarks today. Meanwhile, dangerous heat will intensify across the Desert Southwest and Intermountain West. Elevated wildfire conditions will develop across portions of the Northern/Central Plains and air quality issues will persist in the Northwest. Read More >

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Abbreviation Label Enhancement Descriptions:
AVN AVN Aviation color enhancement
BD Dvorak Dvorak enhancement - used for Tropical Classifications with the Dvorak Technique
FT Funktop Funktop enhancement - developed by Ted Funk to highlight intense areas of precipitation
JSL JSL JSL2 enhancement - developed by Jim Lynch to bring out low level and high level clouds in tropical cyclones
IR2 Shortwave (IR2) Channel 2 Shortwave Infrared imagery - Shortwave, sometimes considered "night visible"
IR2F Fire (IR2) Infrared Channel 2 with the standard fire enhancement to show hot spot activity
IR2H Fire Hot Infrared Channel 2 with enhancemnet for the hot summer season
IR2W Fire Winter Infrared Channel 2 with enhancement for the cool winter season
IR4 None Unenhanced Channel 4 Infrared Imagery
RB Rainbow Rainbow enhancement curve - Colorful enhancement for a vivid data image.
RBTOP Rainbow New variation on the Rainbow enhancement curve - Colorful enhancement
RGB RGB Combination of Visible and Infrared using a three channel technique to form a Red/Green/Blue false color image.
VIS Visible Unenhanced Visible imagery that usually transitions to Infrared Channel 2 overnight
WV Water Vapor Infrared Channel 3