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.
Pay, authority and responsibility are the differences between a captain and a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. A lieutenant may serve as the captain of a vessel without holding the military rank of captain. His rank, lieutenant, is the equivalent of a captain in the land services. His position, however, is that of captain. A captain in the Navy is the equivalent of a colonel in the land-based services.