WEATHER AWARENESS Joe Sienkiewicz Science and Operations Officer NOAA Ocean Prediction Center opc.ncep.noaa

1. WEATHER AWARENESS Joe Sienkiewicz Science and Operations Officer NOAA Ocean Prediction Center www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov

8. NOAA Forecast Responsibility High Seas Warning Categories GALE – 34-47 knots Force 8/9 STORM – 48-63 knots Force 10/11 HURRICANE FORCE - >64 knots Force 12

9. NOAA Forecast Responsibility Wind Warning Categories GALE – 34-47 knots Force 8/9 STORM – 48-63 knots Force 10/11 HURRICANE FORCE - 64 knots and greater Force 12 Tropical Cylone Warning Categories TROPICAL STORM – 34-63 knots Force 8-11 HURRICANE - >64 knots Force 12

10. NWS Ocean Prediction Center Responsibilities High Seas Text • North Pacific and North Atlantic Offshore Waters Forecasts • New England Waters Mid - Atlantic Waters to 250 nm Washington and Oregon Waters California and Northern Mexican Waters Weather Fax Graphic Products • North Pacific and North Atlantic Surface, 500 mb, Sea State analyses Surface and 500 mb Forecasts to 5 days • WARNINGS GALE STORM HURRICANE FORCE

12. NOAA/NWS Ocean Prediction Center Offshore Zones

13. Offshore Waters Forecast ANZ089-182030- 1030 AM EDT SUN MAR 18 2007 .SYNOPSIS FOR MID ATLC WATERS... HIGH PRES WILL BUILD E INTO THE WATERS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...THEN PASS E OF THE AREA LATE MON. THE HIGH WILL MAINTAIN A RIDGE OVER THE SRN WATERS MON NIGHT AND TUE MORNING. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SE OVER THE AREA TUE... WEAKEN AND BECOME STATIONARY ACROSS THE SRN WATERS LATE TUE...THEN DISSIPATE WED MORNING. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD SE INTO THE WATERS N OF THE FRONT ON WED...THEN SPREAD OVER THE ENTIRE AREA THU.

14. Offshore Waters Forecast BALTIMORE CANYON TO HATTERAS CANYON OUT TO 36N 70W TO 34N 71W 1030 AM EDT SUN MAR 18 2007 . .THIS AFTERNOON...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...EXCEPT 7 TO 13 FT E OF 1000 FMS...HIGHEST NE. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT...EXCEPT TO 5 TO 10 FT E OF 1000 FMS...HIGHEST E. .MON...WINDS BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT BY AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASING TO S TO SW 15 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS BECOMING 4 TO 7 FT THROUGHOUT. HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS NW. .MON NIGHT...SW WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 5 TO 10 FT. HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS NW. .TUE...SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT EARLY...THEN BECOMING N TO NE 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS BUILDING TO 7 TO 11 FT...THEN SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 8 FT LATE...HIGHEST NE. .WED...E TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 7 FT...BECOMING HIGHEST SE. .THU...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS BECOMING 3 TO 5 FT . $$

15. Communications How can you receive weather warnings and forecasts? INMARSAT NAVTEX NOAA Weather Radio E-mail Single Side - Band Weatherfax SAT phone

16. Surface Charts Analysis, 24, 48, 96 HR Forecasts Fronts Isobars Pressure Centers 24 hour forecast of motion / intensity WARNINGS

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22. Microwave SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE Cyclone Formation Areas Tropical Cyclone Formation Areas Bermuda

23. SPAWNING GROUND FOR T-STORMS THE GULF STREAM

24. Surface Analysis 1200 UTC 17 Mar

25. NCEP GFS PMSL 2m Temp

26. Sea Surface Temp Deg C

27. QuikSCAT Winds

28. OPC Gridded Wave Heights 1200 UTC 17 Mar

30. Wind Against Current

31. Norwegian Dawn Jan 2005

33. THUNDERSTORMS

34. MATURE GROWING

35. MAMMATUS GREEN TINGE

37. SQUALL LINES MAMMATUS MAMMATUS MAMMATUS

39. MICROBURSTS

40. CELL MOVEMENT X LINE MOVEMENT

41. CELL MOVEMENT LINE MOVEMENT NOAA WEATHER RADIO IS YOUR CONNECTION TO THE NWS DOPPLER RADAR NETWORK

47. Thunderstorms Squall drill Down and stowed Anchor Tether in - ahead of time Assigned tasks

48. THUNDERSTORM TIPS Know the forecast! NOAA WX Radio Fronts, troughs, boundaries Watch the sky!!! Gulf Stream Flow parallel to the Stream Max activity at night AM Radio Radar (rain clutter/sea clutter) Act early!

49. TROPICAL CYCLONES