AWIPS Software Recommendation and Evaluation Committee (SREC) Monthly Status Meeting

1. AWIPS Software Recommendation and Evaluation Committee (SREC) Monthly Status Meeting October 30, 2006 Systems Engineering Center

2. Agenda • OB8 Planning • Remaining SREC Activities • Documentation Needed • OB8.1 Update • DR Team • DR Backlog • Next Meeting • Action Item Review

3. Remaining OB8 SREC Activates • Step 10: Validate/Approve Release Content (August) • Briefed OPS Committee on October 25, 2006. OB8 was approved. NCEP was concerned about not including Great Lakes Forecasts and Ensembles, and including ECMWF • Responsibility: SREC Vice Chair (completed) • Step 11: Prepared Change Requests for AWIPS CCB approval (August) • Responsibility: SREC Vice Chair (completed) • Step 12: Provide the OCWWS Training Division with approved software build contents for inclusion to the NSTEP process (August) • Responsibility: Executive Secretary (completed) • Step 13: Identify SREC Focal Points for each OB8 development item (August) • Responsibility: SREC Vice Chair (completed)

4. Documentation Needed for OB8 • Need to complete OSIP Documentation for: • Infrastructure • (xx-xxx) OB8.2: Transfer of RFC Precipitation Bias Info to RPG (Lynott) • (xx-xxx) OB8.3: Radar Acquisition Improvements (NCF) • (xx-xxx) OB8.3: Port to NCEP GRIB2 Decoder (Gockel) • Strategic • (xx-xxx) OB8.1: Aviation Forecast Preparation System (Graf) • (05-060) OB8.3: GIS for RFCs (Graffman) • (06-003) OB8.3: GIS for NWS (Richards) • (05-083) OB8.3: FNMOC Wave Watch Model Guidance (OST – McAloon) • (xx-xxx) OB9: Ensembles (OST - Nandi) • (05-081) OB9: NWS AWIPS Software Training Capability (Training - Magsig) • (xx-xxx) OB9: WHFS SSHP Model • (05-038) OB9: 4D Weather Information (Johnston, Graf)

5. Documentation Needed for OB8 • Need to complete OSIP Documentation for: • A&C • (06-040) OB8.2 NWRWAVE Enhancements (Browning, Nathan) • (06-020) OB8.2: GFE Formatter for WFO Tropical Cyclone Hazard Graphics (Schott) • (06-026) OB8.2: Headline Flexibility for Long Duration Products (Stokols) • (06-029) OB8.2: Attribution phrase in long-duration products (Stokols) • (06-042) OB8.2: Add Lake Effect attribute to GFE (Stokols) • (05-042) OB8.3: Enhance Chat Server (Hopkins)

6. SREC OB8.1 Updates • Request official nominations (Completed) • Items on next slide • Gather OSIP documentation (Completed) • Obtain LOE from development organizations (in progress) • (06-062) Risk reduction Through GFESuite Pre-Releases – PR (Ward), ER (Novak) • Evaluate and Recommend Changes (in progress) • CONOPS Changes - October 3, 2006

7. Process for SREC Updates • Evaluate and Recommend Changes • In progress for the following task: • CONOPS Changes - October 3, 2006 • Meeting to discuss evaluate the LOE estimates, availability of resources, release schedule, propose options and recommend a change to OB8 baseline • Voting members agreed to: • Move Next Generation Warning Tool (4 months for GSD) from OB9.X • Decrease AWIPS Evolution: Development Tool Kit Evaluation from 15months to 10 months for GSD • Wait until the November 8 Corporate Board meeting before agreeing to any other reductions

8. OB8.1 Update Requested by Development Organization • Proposed Changes • Add to OB8.1 • Decode and Display HPC QPF Grids • Supports prototyping OB8.3 - NCEP Short/Med Range Models • Remove from OB8.1 • GFE (IFPS Server change GFETEST, Text Formatter - FWF Enhancements and Period Combining Refinement) • Fixed with local configurations per Mark Mathewson • Notification Server • Not a valid task

9. OB8.1 Update Requested by Development Organization • Proposed Changes • Move from OB8.1 to OB8.2 • NWRWAVE Enhancements • Development Organization (CR/OPS) is unable to complete this task within the OB8.1 timeframe. Need to transition the maintenance of this application to OPS prior to making the OB8.1 proposed changes • Fog Monitor: Monitor Enhancements and Add statistical calculations for users • Development Organization (CR/OPS) is unable to complete this task within the OB8.1 timeframe • SAFESEAS: Add NOS tide gage water depth values • Development Organization (CR/OPS) is unable to complete this task within the OB8.1 timeframe • Gridded MOS (add data elements) • Data not available • Low Cloud Base Product • Data not available • Aviation Graphical Products on AWIPS • Als0 move OB8.2 task to OB8.3 • Still working out requirement and working on getting prototype code from GSD • AVNFPS: Tactical Decision Aids • Need an OSIP task started. No set of requirements

10. DR team • Review of DR Backlog • Objective • Prioritize Unassigned DRs and Assign to a release • Results • Planned: OB8.1 (53 majors and 59 minors) • Actual: (36 majors and 19 minors) • Planned: OB8.2 (51 majors and 26 minors) • Actual: (29 majors and 17 minors) • Planned: OB8.3 (13 Majors and 50 minors) • Actual: (45 majors and 6 minors) • DR Team is validating the release assignments • Looking to complete this task by October 15, 2006

11. Next Meeting • Regular meeting on November 27 at 2:00pm EDT

12. Actions • Old Action Items • Review of Charter – Get NWS management to review and approve SREC and DR team charters. (in progress) • Insure that NWS CONOPS is provided the necessary resources to meet the objectives of the group (Working)