Elevated to critical fire weather conditions remain for portions of the Southern Plains and Central/Southern Rockies. Pacific energy continues to bring mountain snow and rain to the Pacific Northwest and Northern Rockies.
A skipper is a person who has command of a boat or sea craft or tug, more or less equivalent to captain in charge aboard ship. At sea, or upon lakes and rivers, the skipper as shipmaster or captain has command over the whole crew.
A ship prefix is a combination of letters, usually abbreviations, used in front of the name of a civilian or naval ship. Prefixes for civilian vessels may either identify the type of propulsion, such as PS for paddle steamer, or purpose, such as RV for research vessel.Civilian prefixes are often used inconsistently, and frequently not at all. Sometimes a slash is used to separate the letters, as in M/S.n the United States Navy that prefix officially only applies while the ship is in active commission, with only the name used before or after a period of commission and for all vessels in service rather than commissioned status.