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TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER/ NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER OVERVIEW MARCH 16, 2004

TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER/ NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER OVERVIEW MARCH 16, 2004. “Where America’s climate and weather services begin”. TPC/NHC BRANCH RESPONSIBILITIES.

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TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER/ NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER OVERVIEW MARCH 16, 2004

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  1. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER/ NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER OVERVIEW MARCH 16, 2004 “Where America’s climate and weather services begin”

  2. TPC/NHC BRANCH RESPONSIBILITIES Hurricane Specialists (NHC) develop, coordinate (domestically and abroad) and issue tropical cyclone warnings, forecasts, and outlooks in text and graphical formats, nominally on a six-hour cycle; provide "off-season” training to emergency managers, meteorologists and the media; conduct applied research and public awareness programs. Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch (TAFB) produces marine and satellite analyses, forecasts and warnings in text and graphical formats; augments operational support staffing to Hurricane Specialists. Technical Support Branch (TSB)provides computer systems support 24x7, applications development and technology infusion, and emergency operational support staffing to Hurricane Specialists and TAFB.

  3. N E V I R R O O N F M S E R N E T T A N L TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER E P C R L E A D N I C O T I T I O A NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER N N R E T N E T R O P I C C A L N O P T I R E I C D FRONT OFFICE ADMINISTRATION DIRECTOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER DEPUTY DIRECTOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER SECRETARY ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT ASSISTANT TECHNICAL SUPPORT BRANCH (12) TROPICAL ANALYSIS and HURRICANE SPECIALIST FORECAST BRANCH (18) UNIT (6) BRANCH CHIEF BRANCH CHIEF COMPUTER SUPPORT GROUP (3) LEAD FORECASTERS (5) TECHNIQUES DEVELOPERS and FORECASTERS (10) APPLIED RESEACHERS (4) INTERNS (2) OCEANOGRAPHER SCIENCE OPERATIONS OFFICER AOML EMPLOYEES (2) SUPERVISORY COMPUTER SPECIALIST LIBRARIAN MATHEMATICIAN COMPUTER SPECIALIST SUPPORT STAFF (~13) NOAA CONTRACTORS (3) DEPT.OFDEFENSE WEB MASTER NOAA CORPS OFFICER STUDENT INTERNS and VOLUNTEERS CARCAH (3) SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATOR TESTBED FACILITATOR NAVAL LIAISON January 2002

  4. TPC/NHC AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY TPC HURRICANE FORECAST AREA TPC TAFB FORECAST AREA TPC TAFB ADDITIONAL SURFACE ANALYSIS AREA TPC BACKUP AREA FOR MARINE PREDICTION CENTER (MOSTLY HIDDEN) TPC BACKUP AREA FOR WFO HONOLULU AND CPHC AREAS (PARTIALLY HIDDEN) TPC BACKUP AREA FOR AVIATION WEATHER CENTER (COMPLETELY HIDDEN)

  5. CORE OPERATIONAL PRODUCTS • Hurricane Specialists • Tropical Cyclone Public Advisory • Tropical Cyclone Forecast/Advisory • Tropical Cyclone Discussion • Tropical Cyclone Strike Probabilities • Special Disturbance Statements • Tropical Cyclone Updates • Tropical Cyclone Position Estimates • Tropical Cyclone Graphics • Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch • High Seas Forecasts • Offshore Waters Forecasts • Surface analyses • Tropical and Marine Weather Discussions • Graphical marine products • Dvorak technique tropical cyclone intensity estimates • Satellite rainfall forecast guidance • Pan-American temperature and precipitation table

  6. CORE OPERATIONAL SERVICES • Backup office for: • Ocean Prediction Center (OPC) • Aviation Weather Center (AWC) • Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC) • “Hurricane Hotline” coordination with DOD and NWS offices • Briefings to FEMA through Hurricane Liaison Team (HLT), other emergency managers, and media • Warning coordination in English, Spanish and French with international weather services

  7. CORE OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PRODUCTS • Conduct outreach programs nationally and abroad: • - Workshops for emergency managers, media, marine • community and meteorologists • - National and international awareness tours • - Represent NWS as tropical/marine experts in scientific conferences, and literature and proposal reviews • Awareness and preparedness presentations • Guide research community priorities • Work with research community on transfers of research to operations via the USWRP Joint Hurricane Testbed (JHT) • Publish applied research results • Provide post-storm data and documentation • Marine outreach events

  8. Media briefing during Hurricane Debby (2000)

  9. NWS and FEMA give Hurricane Liaison Team (HLT) video briefing from TPC/NHC FEMA director and representatives of other Federal agencies at FEMA HQ receive HLT briefing

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