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National Weather Service 4 th Quarter Review 2001

National Weather Service 4 th Quarter Review 2001. Draft December 6, 2001. Action Items. Milestones and Accomplishments. 90% of Milestones Completed Completed 109 of 120 Milestones. Milestones and Accomplishments. Significant Milestones Completed Deliver Better Products and Services

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National Weather Service 4 th Quarter Review 2001

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  1. National Weather Service4th Quarter Review 2001 Draft December 6, 2001

  2. Action Items

  3. Milestones and Accomplishments • 90% of Milestones Completed • Completed 109 of 120 Milestones

  4. Milestones and Accomplishments • Significant Milestones Completed • Deliver Better Products and Services • Extend public weather forecasts from five to seven days (1st Quarter) • Implement graphical 96-hour wave period and dominant wave direction forecast (2nd Quarter) • Establish “TsunamiReady” Program (3rd Quarter) • Implement 24 hour operation of the Aviation Weather Center’s Collaborative Convective Forecast Product (3rd Quarter) • Develop implementation plan to install 7 buoys in Alaska per Congressional direction (3rd Quarter)

  5. Milestones and Accomplishments • Significant Milestones Completed • Deliver Better Products and Services • Implement procedures to improve NWS fire weather incident response system (3rd Quarter) • Complete assessment of FY 2000 fire weather services (2nd Quarter) • Issue daily 6-10 day and week 2 probabilistic outlooks (1st Quarter) • Award contract to improve NWR voice transmission (4th Quarter) (OST) • Complete installation of backup site for the AWIPS Master Ground Station (4th Quarter) (OST) • Award contract for a permanent S-band Doppler Radar at Evansville, IN (4th Quarter) • Generate operational probabilistic flood forecast maps for Juniata River near Lewiston, PA to serve as prototype for national AHPS implementation (4th Quarter)

  6. Milestones and Accomplishments • Significant Milestones Completed • Capitalize on Scientific and Technological Advances • Establish Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation (2nd Quarter) • Begin Design and coding of AWIPS 5.2 Software (3rd Quarter) • Improve resolution of the global climate model’s from 300 kilometers to 200 kilometers (4th Quarter) • Complete study of the January 2000 East Coast snow storm (2nd Quarter) • Incorporate moisture data from NOAA’s 15 Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit into the data assimilation and forecast models (4th Quarter)

  7. Milestones and Accomplishments • Significant Milestones Completed • Exercise Global Leadership • Establish new river and flood forecast centers in El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua (4th Quarter) • Install EMWIN receivers in Chuuk, Yap, and Palau (2nd Quarter) • Host 4 visiting Chinese scientists in the Office of Science and Technology (2nd Quarter) • Establish and conduct the first training course for international and domestic commercial pilots and air traffic controllers for volcanic ash avoidance (3rd Quarter) • Host 20 meteorologists from Latin America, Africa, and Pacific Islands NWS International Training Desks at NCEP and Pacific Region Headquarters (4th Quarter)

  8. Milestones and Accomplishments • Significant Milestones Completed • Change the NWS Organizational Culture • Implement new web-based numerical weather prediction training (2nd Quarter) • Recruit 4 students for the High School/High Tech and the Workforce Recruitment Program (3rd Quarter) • Participate in the NOAA Graduate Science Program (2nd Quarter) • Develop an exit survey as a means of gathering information on how to make the NWS a better place to work (3rd Quarter)

  9. Milestones and Accomplishments • Significant Milestones Completed • Manage NWS Resources • Develop the new NWS Financial Management System (3rd Quarter) • Complete installation of Phase II of the IBM Supercomputer (1st Quarter) • Complete plan to implement cost accounting in all regions (4th Quarter) • Issue request for proposals for new Central Computer System (4th Quarter)

  10. Milestones and Accomplishments Milestones Not Completed

  11. Milestones and Accomplishments Milestones Not Completed

  12. Milestones and Accomplishments • Forecasting • Provided Advanced Lead Time for Tornados • WFOs Provide Accurate Warnings for Record Number of Tornados • Siren, Wisconsin Tornado • Provided Support and Forecasts for Florida Drought/Fires • Issued Updated 2001 Hurricane Outlook • Forecasted Tropical Storm Allison

  13. Milestones and Accomplishments • Organizational/Programmatic • NWS Receives Straight A’s • Provided Weather Support in Aftermath of September 11th Attacks • Joint NWS and Coast Guard NOAA Weather Radio Expansion • Products • Lighting Public Awareness Campaign Launched: “Lightning Kills, Play it Safe”

  14. Resources--Budget • FY 2001 Obligations • (Dollars in Thousands) ORF PAC

  15. Resources--FTEs • FY 2001 FTE Utilization

  16. Resources—Workforce Demographics

  17. Resources--Infrastructure • Identified 162 Critical Infrastructure Resources • Vulnerability Assessments(91% Completed) • 144 Completed • 3 Declined for audit by NOAA (AWIPS Connected) • 15 Were Scheduled by NOAA via NSA for Review • NSA workload hindering scheduling efforts; • NWS OCIO reviewing alternatives in cooperation with NOAA • outsourcing • in-house teams • Contingency/ Disaster Recovery Plan(All Exist) • 140 Reviewed for compliance, corrective actions identified • 22 Scheduled for review FY02

  18. Congressional, GAO, and OIG Reports • Congressional Reports • Cooperative Observers Network • GAO Reports • USAID • U.S. Assistance to Micronesia and Marshall Islands • OIG Reports • WFO Reports • NWS Weather Observer Program • National Data Buoy Center • NOAA Weather Radio

  19. EEO, MSI, Diversity Accomplishments EEO Accomplishments • Converted 3 Student Career Experience Program (SCEP) positions to permanent positions (1st Quarter) • Provided Special NOAA Weather Radios to Deaf Families (2nd Quarter) • NWS employees participated in 2002 Workforce Recruitment Program (4th Quarter) • 1st Native Alaskan promoted to Meteorological Technician (3rd Quarter) Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) • 2MSI Faculty Members Appointed to NOAA Faculty Research Program (4th Quarter) • 8 MSI Scholarship Students visit NWS Headquarters (4th Quarter) Diversity Accomplishments • Began Weekly Publishing of NWS Focus (2nd Quarter) • OHD begins Telecommuting Program Pilot (3rd Quarter) • WFO Midland Expands local BLAST Initiative (4th Quarter) • Aviation Weather Center Begins Trial Shift-Evaluation Program (4th Quarter)

  20. Class I Class II Class III Health & Safety Open NWS Environmental / SafetyAudit Findings – 4th Quarter FY 2001 10 1 34 25 10 1 0

  21. Upcoming Activities • Alaska Region, Coast Guard to Sign MOA • Host 34th Session of ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee and Workshop on Development of a Unified Northwest Pacific (NWPAC) Best-Track Tropical Cyclone Data Set • National Academy Committee of Public-Private Partnerships Meeting in Washington, D.C. • Implementation of 12 km Eta scheduled for November 27, 2001 • NOAA, NWS Praised for Hurricane Michelle Forecast Accuracy • Eastern Region Conducts MIC/HIC Workshop focused on Customer Service • Establishment of additional “TsunamiReady” Communities

  22. Management Issues

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