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.
When speaking of a naval ship, the meaning of flagship is precise and is not the same as the usage as the word when NOT talking about naval ships. The common useage is derived from the more precise meaning, and bears a resemblance to the more precise meaning, as by analogy.