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National Weather Service Decision Support Workshop

National Weather Service Decision Support Workshop. NWS MISSION

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National Weather Service Decision Support Workshop

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  1. National Weather ServiceDecision Support Workshop

  2. NWS MISSION "NOAA's National Weather Service provides weather, hydrologic, and climate forecasts and warnings for the United States, its territories, adjacent waters and ocean areas, for the protection of life and property and the enhancement of the national economy. NWS data and products form a national information database and infrastructure which can be used by other governmental agencies, the private sector, the public, and the global community."

  3. Decision Support Services What is it? The Simple Answer – NWS is Decision Support • The mission has not changed…the environment in which we deliver our mission has. How? • Watch this!

  4. Decision Support Services What is it? The Simple Answer – NWS is Decision Support • The mission has not changed…the environment in which we deliver our mission has. How? • Explosion of instantly available information • Our reach has been extended (i.e., the new collaborative world) • Rapid technological advances • The value of our science has improved • Cultural change within the NWS

  5. Decision Support Services Legacy NWS Business Info Forecaster Products

  6. Decision Support Services Extend our reach with new technologies NWS 2010 Multimedia Web Briefing Conference Calls IC Center On-site IC Incident On-site Info Forecaster Products andServices

  7. Decision Support Services NWS in the 2010 – A New Operating Environment Multimedia Weather Briefing

  8. NWS ST. Louis EM Decision Support Webpage Insert link to LSX EM Webpage DEMO SPOT FORECAST for WILDFIRE OR HAZMAT

  9. HYSPLIT NWS St. Louis will run this program to compute air parcel trajectories and dispersion simulations.

  10. Decision Support Services Recent Examples of NWS WFO St. Louis Event-Specific Decision Support Major League Baseball All-Star Game (City of St. Louis) - Provided on-site morning weather briefings and severe weather support at the City of St. Louis EOC (5 days) Tour of Missouri Bike Race State of Missouri http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lsx/?n=stage2 2010 St. Louis Mardi Gras (City of St. Louis http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lsx/?n=mardigras

  11. Basic Rule for NWS St. Louis Decision Support If the recipient is a government entity, and public safety is a concern, then we can provide specific decision support

  12. Decision Support Services Primary Points • Decision Support Services is just an evolution of our basic mission (the environment has changed!) • NWS St. Louisis committed to supporting core partners (emergency managers, first responders, etc.) with decision support services • We need your input to continually evolve our decision support services • We are very interested in hearing (and learning) from you!

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