National Weather Service Decision Support Workshop
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National Weather ServiceDecision Support Workshop
NWS MISSION
"NOAA's National Weather Service provides weather, hydrologic, and climate forecasts and warnings for the United States, its territories, adjacent waters and ocean areas, for the protection of life and property and the enhancement of the national economy. NWS data and products form a national information database and infrastructure which can be used by other governmental agencies, the private sector, the public, and the global community."
Decision Support ServicesWhat is it?
The Simple Answer – NWS is Decision Support
The mission has not changed…the environment in which we deliver our mission has. How?
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Decision Support ServicesWhat is it?
The Simple Answer – NWS is Decision Support
The mission has not changed…the environment in which we deliver our mission has. How?
•Explosion of instantly available information •Our reach has been extended (i.e., the new collaborative world)•Rapid technological advances•The value of our science has improved• Cultural change within the NWS
Decision Support Services
Legacy NWS Business
Info Forecaster Products
Decision Support ServicesExtend our reach with new technologies
Info Forecaster Products and Services
Multimedia WebBriefing
ConferenceCalls
IC CenterOn-site
IC Incident On-site
NWS 2010
Decision Support ServicesNWS in the 2010 – A New Operating Environment
Multimedia Weather Briefing
NWS ST. Louis EM Decision Support Webpage
Insert link to LSX EM Webpage
DEMO SPOT FORECAST for WILDFIRE OR HAZMAT
HYSPLITNWS St. Louis will run this program to compute air parcel trajectories
and dispersion simulations.
Decision Support ServicesRecent Examples of NWS WFO St. Louis
Event-Specific Decision Support
Major League Baseball All-Star Game (City of St. Louis)
- Provided on-site morning weather briefings and severe weather support at the City of St. Louis EOC (5 days)
Tour of Missouri Bike RaceState of Missouri
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lsx/?n=stage2
2010 St. Louis Mardi Gras(City of St. Louis
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lsx/?n=mardigras
Basic Rule for NWS St. Louis Decision Support
If the recipient is a government entity, and
public safety is a concern, then we can provide specific
decision support
Decision Support ServicesPrimary Points
•Decision Support Services is just an evolution of our basic mission (the environment has changed!)•NWS St. Louis is committed to supporting core
partners (emergency managers, first responders, etc.) with decision support services•We need your input to continually evolve our
decision support services
•We are very interested in hearing (and learning) from you!