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The National Weather Service

The National Weather Service. Helping to Build a Weather-Ready Nation. 2011: A Year of Extremes ~ 600 Fatalities and $ 50 Billion in Economic Losses. 546 Fatalities from 1,748 Tornadoes. Historic U.S. Floods. Pacific Tsunami. Devastating Blizzards. 6 Million Acres Burned.

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The National Weather Service

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  1. The National Weather Service Helping to Build a Weather-Ready Nation

  2. 2011: A Year of Extremes~600 Fatalities and $50 Billion in Economic Losses • 546 Fatalities from • 1,748 Tornadoes • Historic U.S. Floods • Pacific Tsunami • Devastating Blizzards • 6 Million Acres Burned

  3. U.S. Thunderstorm Loss TrendsAnnual Totals 1980 – 2010 vs. First Half 2011 Average thunderstorm losses have increased fivefold since 1980. First Half 2011 $16.4 bn Source: Property Claims ServiceMR NatCatSERVICE

  4. A Changing World Society Increasingly Vulnerable Extreme impacts from weather, water, climate events Population growth and demographic changes Technological dependence Water Availability—too much, too little, quality

  5. Is the U.S. Weather-Ready?The Vision:Build a Weather-Ready Nation

  6. Building a Weather-Ready Nation Provide weather, water, and climate data, forecasts and warnings Protect life and property Enhance national economy Vision A Weather-Ready Nation: Society is Prepared for and Responds to Weather-Dependent Events Mission 6

  7. Improve warning accuracies and lead times for high-impact weather and water events Exploit probability information to communicate uncertainty Improve community emergency preparedness and response Meeting the Nation’s Needs Building a Weather-Ready Nation GOAL 1: Improve weather decision services for events that threaten lives and livelihoods

  8. Test Projects • A total of nine test projects have been planned to support the key concepts of the NWS Roadmap • Plans are underway to launch six this fall: • National Operations Center • Regional Operations Center • WFO Provision of IDSS in Coastal Environment • WFO provision of IDSS in Urban Environment • Ecological forecasting • Warn-on-forecast test Making the extraordinary ordinary

  9. The SR ROC Pilot Project • Support to our field offices • Support to partners • States • FEMA • National Media • Support to our agency leadership • Helping to communicate Decision Support Services throughout the NWS

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