| Product Name |
Brief Description |
Submitter |
Date |
| EXPERIMENTAL Instant Messaging (IM) During Significant Weather and Hydrologic Events |
IM is utilized by NWS operational personnel to
share critical warning decision expertise and
other types of significant weather information
essential to the NWS mission of saving lives and
property. This information is exchanged in
real-time with the media and emergency response
community, who in turn play a key role in
communicating the NWS hazardous weather messages
to the public. IM also provides media and
emergency response partners with the ability to
communicate significant event reports back to NWS
operational personnel, who in turn utilize the
information to make effective warning decisions.
NWS partners can also use IM as an efficient
means of seeking clarifications and enhancements
to the communication stream originating from the
NWS during a fast-paced significant weather or
hydrologic event. Feedback processes such as
these are crucial to maintain and improve our
agency�s warning performance. |
Darone Jones |
2007-09-28 |
| Experimental 10 Percent Probability of Exceedance Wind Gust Grid (G10) |
Web page showing a graphical presentation of the
10% Probability of Exceedance Wind Gust Grid
(G10) probability covering the Elko WFO's County
Warning Area.These graphics represent a 10
percent chance of wind gusts exceeding the given
value over the 12-hr period stated, or a 90
percent chance that the maximum wind gust during
the 12-hr period will not exceed the given value.
The graphics cover two 12 hour periods out to 24
hours |
Ryan Knutsvig |
2008-05-20 |
| Experimental 7-Day Evapotranspiration Forecast |
The experimental 7-day evapotranspiration forecast
displays graphically on the Internet the expected
amount of evapotranspiration in hundredths of an
inch for each of the next 7 days using a
reference crop of alfalfa. A second graphic is
provided for each day that indicates whether the
evapotranspiration is expected to be above or
below normal. This product will be issued daily
at 5 am local time on a seasonal basis (March
15-October 15). |
Rich Douglas |
2007-07-09 |
| Experimental Alaska Region NDFD Grids |
Under statute, the National Oceanic and
AtmosphericAdministration (NOAA) National Weather
Service (NWS) is charged to collect data on
climate, water, and weather, provide forecasts
and
warnings of severe weather in order to protect
life and property, and create and disseminate
forecasts and other weather information for the
benefit of a wide range of weather sensitive
businesses and activities. By capitalizing on
rapid advances in science and technology and
infusing these advances into its operations, the
NWS has taken steps to proactively respond to
ever changing and growing demands of its users.
The most
recent experimental digital datasets (and
associated graphic forecast displays) integrated
into NDFD are the following elements for Alaska:
Maximum Temperature, Minimum Temperature, 12-hour
Probability of Precipitation, Wind Speed, Wind
Direction, and Significant Wave Height. |
Duane Carpenter |
2006-09-06 |
| Experimental Carolinas Coast/Southeastern Marine Web Portal |
The National Weather Service's (NWS)Experimental
Carolinas Coast/Southeastern Marine Web Portal
provides marine observations, forecasts and short
and long-fuse warnings for the coastal waters of
North Carolina, South Carolina and northern
Georgia and the Atlantic and Gulf coast areas of
the Southern Region. The recent development of
regional and sub regional coastal ocean observing
systems under the national Integrated Ocean
Observing System (IOOS) initiativecreates new
opportunities for increased meteorological and
oceanographicdata availability. |
Michael Caropolo, MIC |
2007-03-19 |
| Experimental D Region Absorption Prediction, Release 2 |
The D-Region Absorption Prediction, Release 2
(D-RAP2) product provides a suite of graphic and
text information about the global High Frequency
(HF) radio propagation conditions related to the
state of the ionosphere's D-region. D-RAP2 will
be web based (http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/drap) and
is an enhancement of the current D Region
Absorption Prediction product
(http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/dregion/index.html).
D-RAP2 fills a void that exists in the current
product by providing absorption information due
to energetic proton precipitation at high
latitudes. The web site provides:
o A main page containing a global map of the
highest HF frequencies affected by a 1dB
attenuation, estimated recovery times, and links
to subordinate pages.
o Subordinate pages containing: north and south
polar maps of the highest frequencies affected by
a 10dB attenuation, ASCII tabular values of
total absorption at 10 MHz, and an ASCII message
indicating warning and recovery times.
o DRAP2 is updated every minute (see below for
regional update latency)
SWPC data and products are designed to provide
accurate and real-time space weather information
for the safety and benefit of our customers.
|
Steven Hill |
2008-06-19 |
| Experimental Enhanced Thunder Product in the SPC Product Suite |
This Product Description Document describes an
improved thunder guidance product that adds
greater specificity for the probability of
lightning production (i.e., Thunderstorms). The
additional temporal and spatial resolution in
the experimental thunderstorm outlooks provide
better lightning forecast guidance for local NWS
Weather Forecast Offices, emergency managers,
media, and the general public. The enhanced
product changes the temporal subdivision of the
convective day to provide improved guidance on
whether thunderstorms are expected to continue
into the overnight hours. To accomplish this,
the breakpoint between the two probabilistic
products will be shifted from 0000 UTC to 0300
UTC. |
Art Thomas |
2006-04-18 |
| Experimental Expanded Point Forecast Matrix Webpage Product |
The National Weather Services (NWS)Experimental
Expanded Point Forecast Matrix provides point
forecast information using the NDFD data base for
36 sites across the Charleston CWA. This
experimental web page will be linked to from the
main Charleston, SC National Weather Service web
page. |
Ross Dickman |
2007-05-15 |
| Experimental Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrix |
Land management agencies in Georgia and North
Carolina have expressed a need for easily
accessible tabular forecast data that is tailored
toward fire behavior applications. A fire weather
version of the Point Forecast Matrix (PFM) table
fits this need well because it allows agency
specialists to quickly run simple fire behavior
models for planning purposes. The experimental
product will be called the Fire Weather Point
Forecast Matrix (PFW) and will be generated
routinely for the National Fire Danger Rating
System (NFDRS) sites or other areas as determined
by the users. This additional data will help land
management agencies to ensure the safety of fire
crews as well as better plan prescribed burns and
other projects in a cost and resource effective
manner. Also, land managers have expressed a need
for better tools to predict and manage smoke
dispersion. They have also requested that the NWS
include an Atmospheric Dispersion Index (ADI) and
Low Visibility Occurrence Risk Index (LVORI) in
the PFW product.
WFO Fire Weather PFW’s are generated for the
Remote Automated Weather Station (RAWS)/NFDRS
sites using an edited version of the standard PFM
formatter. This formatter produces needed fire
weather parameters from the local WFO’s Digital
Forecast Database (DFD). Although experimental
PFW’s have been well-received by local WFO
customers, there has been no attempt to
standardize either the product or a web-based
delivery method. Experimental PFW’s could be
generated for any grid point in a DFD based upon
user request. The web delivery of the product for
fire weather customers will include a disclaimer
at the top of the page stating “This
experimental product is for planning and review
purposes only and is not to be substituted for an
official fire weather spot forecast. The data
displayed are calculated from a 5.0 by 5.0 km
digital database and only approximates weather
conditions in highly varying terrain. Please
relay any comments you have to your local NWS
office.
An example of the experimental PFW can be seen
at:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/productview.php?pil=GSPPFWGSP
.
|
Larry Gabric |
2008-04-04 |
| Experimental Graphical Area Forecast (GFA) |
The Graphical Area Forecast (GFA) product is an
experimental graphical representation of the
current operational production of aviation area
forecasts, which provide an overview of weather
conditions which could impact aviation
operations. |
Dorothy Haldeman |
2003-01-28 |
| Experimental Graphical Convective Outlook for the Alaska FIR |
The Alaska Aviation Weather Unit (AAWU) issues
area forecasts that include thunderstorm
information for each zone. These forecasts
contain information as to the timing and some
detail in a text format. This new product would
provide this information in a graphical format.
It will be the convective guidance for 0-12 and
12-24-hour time periods.
Included are areas where convection will occur as
isolated, scattered, or numerous. Severe
convection potential would be outlined. Other
details such as the thunderstorm bases and tops,
timing of development, and some graphical
reasoning indicated.
|
Duane Carpenter |
2008-06-30 |
| Experimental Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook |
PDD modified to include the Central Pacific
Hurricane Center in this experimental product.
There were no other changes to the PDD.
This product is a visual companion to the text
TWO. The text TWO is an existing product that
describes areas of disturbed weather and their
potential for tropical cyclone formation. The
gTWO indicates the current location of the
weather systems by encircling them and indicating
their potential for development by a color code.
The gTWO will be issued for the Atlantic and east
Pacific basins.
|
Scott Kiser |
2007-06-14 |
| Experimental Grassland Fire Danger Index for the Kansas Plains |
The Grassland Fire Danger Index (GFDI)
product/service will be a text and graphical
representation of the Grassland Fire Danger Index
values that correspond to the likelihood that
fires will get out of control. Three-hourly GFDI
values will be represented, giving customers a
clear indication of not only the index value but
also the time and duration of the values at a
specific grid location |
Mary-Beth Schreck |
2008-02-14 |
| Experimental Gridded Significant Wave Heights from the National Centers |
The traditional format for the significant wave
height products from the National Centers are
graphical depictions of the observed and forecast
wind-driven waves for the Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans adjacent to the coasts of the Continental
United States (US) and extending south over the
Caribbean Sea and the west coast of Central
America. These graphical products have been
prepared for many years in the raster format by
the Ocean Prediction Center (OPC) and the
Tropical Prediction Center’s (TPC) Tropical
Analysis and Forecast Branch (TAFB) and
transmitted via radiofax and the internet. The
production and dissemination of the traditional
raster format for the graphical significant wave
height products from the OPC and TAFB will
continue.
The experimental gridded products will be
prepared for the initial wave heights, the 24
hour and 48 hour forecast wave heights in a
gridded format. The experimental gridded
products will be disseminated by the National
Weather Service (NWS) Telecommunications Gateway
to the Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs), National
Centers, and other users.
|
Wayne Weeks |
2006-09-21 |
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