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| 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. | GraphicalFA.pdf |
| Audio Weather Briefing | The Audio Weather Briefing is an Internet-accessible recording that provides a wide suite of weather information. The recording contains information that alerts users to any hazardous weather that is forecast to affect the region for a period of seven days from the recording date, with a heavy emphasis on the current day�s weather. The recording explains, in broad and primarily non-technical terms, what weather features are expected to affect the region, as well as what specific weather hazards may result from these features (flooding, tornadoes, excessive heat, severe thunderstorms, tropical weather, fog, rip currents, etc.) | DailyAudioWeatherBriefingPDD.pdf |
| Experimental Southern Region Multi-Sensor Precipitation Estimates Web-Based Service | The National Weather Service (NWS) collects rainfall data to support its forecast and warning operations. Individual River Forecast Centers (RFCs) and Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs) typically provide rainfall collectives in text and graphical formats for their areas of responsibility. This service provides unified precipitation estimates for the NWS Southern Region (SR) on the Internet. The service includes graphics that display these precipitation data, as well as the ability to download the information in shapefile format for seven days post-event. This suite of graphics includes precipitation estimates for the last 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, and 72 hourly accumulations, as well as “since 12z” accumulations. Hourly archives will be maintained. | PDDregionalprecip.pdf |
| EXPERIMENTAL: Graphical Milepost Forecast | The experimental Graphical Milepost Forecast allows the user to check the forecast in either meteogram or table format for the next 24 hours at mileposts along all major highways across the Pendleton CWA. | milepostpddpdt.pdf |
| Weather, Water, and Climate Information Podcasts | Podcasts are produced through the use of Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds and industry-standard mp3 files created by the NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards (NWR) broadcast management system that can be distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds, for playback on mobile devices and personal computers, thus making NWS data and products available in Internet-accessible, vendor-neutral form. The Podcasts are not a replacement for NWR and do not offer the warning capability of NWR Specific Area Message Encoding or Warning Alarm Tone, but rather allow the user to download products for playback at a later time on their computer or portable mp3 player. | Podcasts2007-0426.pdf |
| Experimental NWS web services via wireless technologies | NWS is responsible to make its weather, water and climate information widely available
to taxpayers using commonly accepted standards and technologies. One of the most
widely accepted, available and cost effective means of accomplishing this objective is
the use of web services via the internet, and NWS has implemented a corporate-wide
HTTP-based web service. This service has allowed users instant access to current NWS
information via industry standard web browsers and internet connections.
A rapidly evolving technology in the United States today is the ability to access internet
content via wireless devices such as Personal Digital Assistants (PDA) and cell phones.
| sddnationalwirelessservice.pdf |
| EXPERIMENTAL Tabular Product Evolution in eXtensible Markup Language | Four new extensible markup language (XML) products: two forecasts in XML (FOX3 and FOX7) products, one observations in XML (OBX) product, and one temperature extremes in XML (TEX) product. In addition...these XML products will be used to generate an experimental version of the legacy SCS text product using extensible stylesheet language transformation (XSLT) style sheets. | TPEXPDDFinal_5.pdf |
| EXPERIMENTAL: National Ceiling and Visibility (NCV) Analysis Project | The NCV product is a frequently updated representation of current ceiling and visibility conditions derived from METAR (ASOS) stations and GOES satellite information.
The product�s ceiling and visibility fields are derived through nearest-neighbor interpolation of METAR data. This interpolation process, in effect, 'stretches' limited-area METAR observations across the broader domain between stations while an accompanying process accounts for terrain effects on ceiling height. The resulting field helps to visualize the 'likely' conditions at range from METARS. | NCVAPDD2.pdf |
| 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 | GFDIPDD1.pdf |
| Experimental Western Region Fire Weather/Marine Point Forecast Matrix (PFM) | Land management agencies 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. This is turn allows 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. | FWM_PFM.pdf |
| Experimental Weekend Weather Graphic | Web site statistics have shown that traffic on WFO websites increases as the weekend approaches. Customers are looking for the forecast for the upcoming weekend so that they can plan their activities. The experimental Weekend Weather Graphic provides a quick and easily found look at the forecast for the weekend. MaxT, MinT, and PoP derived from the NDFD grids for the WFO forecast area comprise the Weekend Weather Graphic which will be placed on all 38 Central Region web pages. When a WFO generates this optional product, reference in the Top News of the Day display is recommended | exp_weekend_wx_graphic.pdf |
| 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 .
| PDDPFW.pdf |
| Experimental Water Resource Outlook Multi-Media Briefing | This Internet-based multi-media recorded briefing provides water managers in the Southeast U.S. with a one to three month water resource outlook based on current surface water/groundwater/soil conditions, reservoir conditions, input from state and federal water resource partners on supply and water use, Climate Prediction Center weekly/monthly temperature and precipitation forecasts, and SERFC ensemble streamflow predictions. | serfcwro.pdf |
| National Digital Forecast Database (NDFD) Gridded Data | Under statute, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (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 customers and partners. The 2003 Fair Weather report, produced by the National Research Council, recommended making NWS data and products available in an Internet accessible digital form. The specific recommendation is as follows: �Information held in digital databases should be based on widely recognized standards, formats, and metadata descriptions to ensure that data from different observing platforms, databases, and models can be integrated and used by all interested parties in the weather and climate enterprise.� The Internet is now a principal means of communicating NWS forecasts.
| NDFDGrids.pdf |
| EXPERMIENTAL; Miami Approach and Departure Gates Forecast | The Miami Approach and Departure Gates Forecast will complement the Collaborative Convection Forecast (CCFP) product by providing greater detail of convective occurrence and coverage of thunderstorms. This graphic forecast product is a modification of the Tracon and Gate Forecast product used at the ZTL CWSU. | proddescrptdoc.pdf |
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