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New Fire Weather System

New Fire Weather System. Bernard Miville Manager of Operational Forecasting. Collaboration. Collaboration between the NZFS/NRFA, SCION and NIWA Over 16 people involved Based on NIWA’s EcoConnect environmental forecasting tool. EcoConnect Delivers. Real time observations:

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New Fire Weather System

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  1. New Fire Weather System Bernard Miville Manager of Operational Forecasting

  2. Collaboration • Collaboration between the NZFS/NRFA, SCION and NIWA • Over 16 people involved • Based on NIWA’s EcoConnect environmental forecasting tool

  3. EcoConnect Delivers • Real time observations: • Weather, hydrological, satellite. • Forecasts: Site specific and Maps: • Weather: to 2, 6 & 15 days; • River flow; • Sea state: to 2 & 6 days; • Sea level (tides and storm surge); • Warnings: Informed by user requirements • Climate forecasts / outlooks. • Climate analyses (updated daily): • Rainfall, water balance, wind, growing degree days, etc. • Climatologies; • Supported 24  7 operations

  4. EcoConnect Foundations Research: • Weather & weather related hazards; • Climate forecasting; • Climate analysis; • Water quantity & quality. Platforms: • Unified Model (from UK) - ~10,000 FTEs of science • Observational networks; • High Performance Computing Facility (HPCF); • Robust operational (24  7) production systems; • Robust customer facing product delivery systems.

  5. New FWSYS Structure Data Feeds Data Processing & Archiving Products Generation Access Delivery • EcoConnect • All products • Graphs, Maps, Tables • Alerting • RAWS admin • NRFA web site • Maps, Tables • Observed & Forecast Indices • RAWS • RAWS capture • Campbellsloggers • Dialup and IP modems • FTP for other providers (MetService, Horizon, Harvest, …) • QC daily then hourly • Data and station problems monitored • Data and station problems reported • Data fixed when possible • RAWS/Maps Observed Fire Indices and Codes • Daily/hourly • RAWS/Maps Forecast Fire Indices and Codes • 2, 6 days • RAWS/Maps Forecast Weather • 2, 6, 15 days

  6. New FWSYS Coverage NRFA RAWS + MetService + NIWA

  7. New FWSYS Advantages • Robust infrastructure supported 24/7 • Redundant systems (Wellington and Hamilton) • RAWS problems monitoring and reporting • Data problems monitoring, reporting and fixing • Hourly QC • Observed Fire Indices and Codes products • Daily and hourly • Missing data replaced by Virtual Climate Station Network • Forecast Fire Indices and Codes products • 2 and 6 day • Forecast Weather • 2, 6 and 15 day • Bias corrected • Archive • All history available (~15 years RAWS observations) • Integrated Access • One stop shopping

  8. New FWSYS Software

  9. New FWSYS Products

  10. New FWSYS Products

  11. New FWSYS Products

  12. Contact • Bernard Miville • Manager Operational Forecasting • Based in Wellington • Bernard.Miville@niwa.co.nz • 04-528-8316

  13. QUESTIONS?

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