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Developing a Weather-Ready Nation

Developing a Weather-Ready Nation. “Pilot Project: Impact-Based Decision Support Services”. Baltimore/Washington Weather Forecast Off ice Open House 2012. Today’s Topic. New Pilot Project to Enhance Services Weather-Ready Nation NWS Role with Core Partners Pilot Project Objectives.

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Developing a Weather-Ready Nation

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  1. Developing a Weather-Ready Nation “Pilot Project: Impact-Based Decision Support Services” Baltimore/WashingtonWeather Forecast Office Open House 2012

  2. Today’s Topic • New Pilot Project to Enhance Services • Weather-Ready Nation • NWS Role with Core Partners • Pilot Project Objectives

  3. NWS Baltimore/Washington OverviewArea of Responsibility 9.3 Million People over 27,000 square miles Maryland • 13 Counties • City of Baltimore • Chesapeake Bay West Virginia • 8 Counties Virginia • 22 Counties • 11 Independent Cities The District of Columbia • Major Rivers • Potomac • Shenandoah • Rappahannock Region is prone to all weather hazards

  4. NWS Baltimore/WashingtonOperations & Services • Warnings • Severe Thunderstorms/Tornadoes • Winter Storms • Flooding • Temperature/Wind • Marine Hazards • Fire Weather • Decision Support Services • Data Collection • Climate • Cooperative Observers • Forecasts • Public • Marine • Aviation • Fire Weather • River

  5. New NWS Initiative To build a “Weather-Ready Nation”

  6. What is a Weather-Ready Nation? • A nation that effectively prepares for and responds to hazardous weather events.

  7. What is Our Part in “Weather-Ready Nation?” • To Improve Weather Forecast Services for Core Partners • Core partners make important decisions to protect communities during high-impact events. • We call it “IDSS”: • Impact-Based Decision Support Services

  8. NWS Core Partners • Emergency Management • State / Region / Local • Other Government Agencies • DOTs / Public Works • Public Health • Public Universities and Colleges

  9. Our Partnership NWS Emergency Response Meteorologists • On-site deployment • Provide critical information to Emergency Managers • Develop new forecast tools. • Emergency Managers • Receives critical weather information. • Shares it with local police/fire, etc. • Deploys emergency responders.

  10. A New Direction • Not Just Forecasts…. • …Decision-Support Services ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 805 AM EDT WED MAY 9 2012 DCZ001-VAZ054-091600- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-ARLINGTON/ FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON... ALEXANDRIA...FALLS CHURCH 805 AM EDT WED MAY 9 2012 ... COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. .

  11. How does it all work? A winter storm will impact the region. NWS ERS Meteorologists relay critical forecast interpretation to Core Partners. • Emergency Managers receive the information and coordinate with: • Police • Fire • Hospitals • Dept. of Transportation • Schools • Red Cross End result=Community preparedness.

  12. Important emergency manager decisions: • How many snow plows? • Do we open shelters? • Do we need emergency food/water? • How many police/fire personnel need to be on hand?

  13. The weather will affect the answers to those questions. • How much snow • When it starts/ends • How heavy will it snow and will it impact the rush hour? • What’s the chance it will be worse? (or not so bad)

  14. 4 Pilot Project Objectives • Improve Information Flow • On-Demand Briefings • Video conferencing • Phone • On-Site briefings at Emergency Operations Centers

  15. 4 Pilot Project Objectives • Explain Range of Possibilities • Best / Worst Case • Probability

  16. 4 Pilot Project Objectives • Catalog Weather Impact on Society • What areas would be evacuated? • What would cause shelters to be opened? • What would cause travel disruption? • Build a Weather-Ready Nation • Work with the Public & Weather Enterprise • Everyone gets a clear message and knows how to protect themselves.

  17. Summary • New Pilot Project to Enhance Services • Emergency Managers & Other Core Partners • ERS Meteorologists • Build Relationships with Core Partners • Develop Impacts Catalog • Provide Enhanced Weather Support (on & off site)

  18. Links • Weather-Ready Nation http://www.nws.noaa.gov/com/weatherreadynation/ • Weather-Ready Nation YouTube Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pp3JJNcZfE • National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington www.weather.gov/washington

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