| Product Name |
Brief Description |
Submitter |
Date |
| Experimental Bulleted Winter Storm (WSW) and Non-Precipitation (NPW) Products National Optional |
Last year, WFO Reno issued bullet formatted WSW
and NPW products with a format similar to severe
thunderstorm and flash flood warnings. This
format is easier for users to read and quickly
gather vital watch, warning and advisory
information. During the 2009/2010 winter season,
the use of the bullet formatted WSW/NPW will be
expanded to all of Western and Central Region
offices plus selected offices in other regions |
Paul Stokols |
2009-11-09 |
| Experimental National Fire Weather Web Page |
Multiple federal fire weather user agencies have
expressed a need for an improved national fire
weather web page that includes more interactive
graphics. In addition, the old national fire
weather web page is out of date and not compliant
with the corporate layout of NWS pages. OS/22
will test a new fire weather web page from
October 2 2009 to March 1, 2010.
|
Larry Van Bussum |
2009-10-02 |
| EXPERIMENTAL Web-based TRACON Briefings (Southern Region) |
The National Weather Service-Southern Region
Center Weather Service Units (CWSU) may develop
web-based briefings for Terminal Radar Approach
CONtrol (TRACON) that aviation customers can use
for tactical and strategic planning for
operations. Maps and other graphics used in the
web-based TRACON briefings are culled from
various maps, models and charts available on the
web. Variations in the presentation and
depiction are authorized based on the needs and
requirements of the specific ARTCC TMU and
TRACON. |
Paul Witsaman |
2009-09-25 |
| Enhanced Product National Implementation of the use of 1 inch Diameter Hail Criteria |
The Severe Thunderstorm Warning (SVR) is an
alphanumeric product providing short-fused
warning in¬formation on hazardous conditions
associated with thunderstorms which are expected
to pose a threat to life and/or real property.
This product is prepared by each National Weather
Service (NWS) Weather Forecast Office (WFO)
for their County Warning Area (CWA) of
responsibility. In the Western Region (WR) and
Central Region (CR) a Severe Thunderstorm Warning
is currently being issued experimentally based on
expectation of winds gusting to 58 mph or greater
and/or hail of one (1) inch diameter or greater.
Pending successful completion of this experiment,
all NWS sites will issue Severe Thunderstorm
Warnings based on these criteria.
|
John Ferree |
2009-09-23 |
| Experimental National Water Resources Web Page |
The Experimental Water Resources Web Page provides
a single web page for displaying water resources
information from all River Forecast Centers
(RFC). Water resources information includes
expected streamflow conditions for next 30, 60,
and 90 days. A range of flows are provided for
each time period. Forecasts of the most likely
value are color coded according to percentage of
normal streamflow. More specific information for
individual forecast points are available by
drilling down to points. Gridded information,
such as soil moisture and snow water equivalent
may also be provided.
|
Jeff Zimmerman |
2009-09-22 |
| EXPERIMENTAL TRACON APPROACH and DEPARTURE GATE FORECAST PRODUCT (Southern Region) |
The Experimental Tracon Approach and Departure
Gate Forecast will complement the Collaborative
Convection Forecast Product (CCFP) by providing
greater detail of convective occurrence and
coverage of significant reflectivities and echo
tops as determined collaboratively between the
CWSU MIC, the Air Route Traffic Control Center’s
(ARTCC) Traffic Management Unit (TMU) and the
impacted Terminal Radar Approach Control
(TRACON). Variations in the presentation and
depiction are authorized based on the needs and
requirements of the specific ARTCC TMU and TRACON |
Paul Witsaman |
2009-09-18 |
| Experimental Probabilistic Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts (Western Region) |
In response to the NOAA and NWS goals, the Weather
Forecast Office in Tulsa, Oklahoma has developed a
method to provide probabilistic quantitative
precipitation forecasts on a routine basis, in
the form of probability of Exceedance (POE)
forecasts (Amburn and Frederick 2006). These POEs
will provide our clients and customers with more
detailed precipitation forecasts that they can
use in their decision-making processes.
Weather Forecast Office in Great Falls, Montana
has adopted the same methodology as Tulsa to
derive the probabilities and has made slight
modification to the display output which Tulsa
has adopted. This product is an optional product
for Western Region WFOs.
|
David Bernhardt and Donald Britton |
2009-09-08 |
| Experimental NHC Media Briefings : Videocasts |
For the 2009 hurricane season, NHC has entered
into an agreement with America's Emergency
Network (AEN) to provide IP-based audio and video
streaming of it's hourly hurricane briefings. The
URL to the briefings will be posted on the NHC
Web site when the media pool is activated. Anyone
with access to the Internet and a web browser that
supports audio and video can view the briefings
broadcast from the National Hurricane Center.The
Internet browser streaming video format is an
industry standard which allows video products to
be dissemeniated via the Internet. |
Dennis Feltgen |
2009-09-01 |
| Experimental NHC Audio Briefings (Podcasts) |
NHC will be producing experimental audio briefings
(also called podcasts) when the media pool is
activated. The audio feeds will be created in
mp3 format, and to increase their accessibility,
links to the mp3 files will be made available
through XML/RSS technology. Anyone with an mp3
player and podcasting software can receive the
audio file from the National Hurricane Center.
The .mp3 audio format is an industry standard
which allows audio products to be dissemeniated
via the Internet. |
Dennis Feltgen |
2009-08-28 |
| Experimental Western Region Graphical Weather Story of the Day |
Graphical “Weather Story of the Day” is a
graphical representation (product) which depicts
the most important weather feature in the
forecast area of responsibility of individual NWS
Weather Forecast Offices (WFO). The “Weather
Story of the Day” is not time dependent. That
is, the product depicts the most significant
weather feature through the 7-day forecast
period. A graphical user interface allows the
forecaster to include a brief text, a few
sentences in length, describing the “Weather
Story of the Day” graphical product. If
necessary the product may include a series of
images to more clearly communicate complex
weather situations. Availability of this product
is event driven. |
Carl Gorski |
2009-08-17 |
| Experimental TRACON Forecasts |
The web based Tracon Forecast provides categorical
convective guidance for specific locations in the
National Airspace System (NAS) allowing for more
efficient air traffic management. |
Fred McMullen |
2009-08-10 |
| Experimental Mountain Recreational Point Forecasts |
The Experimental Mountain Recreational Point
Forecasts complements the official narrative text
recreational forecasts that have long been issued
by WFO Burlington, and in similar forms by other
WFOs across the country. The web based display
leverages the Google Maps interface to allow the
user to readily access the specific mountain peak
forecasts available. The WFO Burlington Mountain
Recreational Forecast program serve a public
safety purpose by providing weather forecasts for
the highest elevations across the region, which
are frequently impacted by severe and
life-threatening weather that is not experienced
at the lower elevations |
Andy Nash |
2009-08-03 |
| Experimental Probabilistic Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge Exceedance products |
The Experimental Probabilistic Tropical Cyclone
Storm Surge Exceedance products for 2009 consist
of a series of exceedance probability graphics
for the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coastal
areas. The graphics indicate the probabilities of
storm surge heights being exceeded. The suite of
graphics range from 10 to 90 percent, at 10
percent intervals. The storm surge graphics are
based upon an ensemble of Sea, Lake, and Overland
Surge from Hurricanes (SLOSH) model runs using the
National Hurricane Center (NHC) official advisory
and accounts for track, size, and intensity
errors based on historical errors. Additional
information on the SLOSH model can be found at:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/surge/slosh.shtml. |
Timothy Schott |
2009-07-24 |
| Experimental Alaska Region NDFD Grids |
PDD updated to include new elements:
Hazards, Weather, Temperature, Dew Point, Wind
Gust, Sky Cover, Apparent TEmperature, RElative
Humidity, Quantitative Precipitation Forecast
(QPF) and Snow Amount.
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 |
2009-07-08 |
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