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Alaska Region NWS VOS and Marine Services

Get comprehensive marine and coastal forecast and warning services for Alaska's vast and complex coastline. Direct contact with mariners, hazardous material support, sea ice analysis, and more.

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Alaska Region NWS VOS and Marine Services

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  1. Alaska Region NWS VOS and Marine Services

  2. NWS Alaska - perspective

  3. NWS Alaska - perspective • AK By the Numbers • 709,670 sq mi Nearshore waters • 503,819 sq mi Offshore waters • 75,108 sq mi of very complex coastline • Total responsibility: 1,795,177 sq mi (including land)

  4. NWS Alaska Region Facilities

  5. Marine and Coastal Services • Forecast and warning services for the North Pacific, Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska, Beaufort and Chukchi Seas • Spot support for HAZMAT and SAR missions • Sea ice analysis and prediction • Direct contact with mariners for delivery of critical information and collection of volunteer observations New experimental offshore forecasts in Arctic Sea ice analysis

  6. Alaska Sea Ice Program Sea Ice Services-Current • Sea Ice Analysis and Outlooks • Decision Support Services (DSS) • Spot support for Search & Rescue (SAR) • Hazardous Material Release (HAZMAT) • Federal Partners (BOEM Alaska, MIZOPEX) • Industry (Shell Oil) • Direct contact with mariners for delivery of critical information and collection of volunteer observations • Integrated in the marine forecast and warning services for the Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, and Cook Inlet

  7. West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center • Monitors seismic activity 24 x 7 x 365 • Issues earthquake information statements and tsunami warnings for nearly all of the North American coast • Leadership in preparedness and public education

  8. Coastal Alaska

  9. November 2011 • ~37 communities with damage • over 1,000 miles of coastline (closer to 1,500miles) • Presidential Disaster Declaration • Damage estimates delayed until spring/summer due to ice

  10. DSS November 2011 Golovin Bay Nome

  11. NDBC Observations

  12. Guidance Limitations ET Surge

  13. VOS Goals in AK • More data, more data, more data! • (But good quality, timely data!) • Ice observations • Freezing spray observations • Wind/Wave observations • Model Improvement

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