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Symposium on Weather Information
for Surface Transportation
4 Dec 00
Lt Col Jerry Borger
United States Transportation Command
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Overview
•DoD Current Capabilities (as pertains
to surface transportation)
•Future Initiatives
•Barriers to Achieving Capabilities
The weather itself is not nearly as important as its impacts on human activities.
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• Resource Protection
– Precise forecasts of threatening weather conditions that endanger people, resources, or operations
– Reduced Visibility
– Lightning
– Heavy Snow/”Blizzard”
– Excessive Temperatures
– Hail
– High Winds– Floods– Freezing Precip
DoD Surface Forecasting Capabilities
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DoD Surface Weather Capabilities
Navy (http://www.fnmoc.navy.mil)
•Joint METOC Viewer
•WXMAPS
•Air Force
•AF Weather Information Network– (http://www.afwin.afwa.af.mil/)
•Climatology– (http://www.afccc.af.mil/)
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Joint METOC Viewer SoftwareNOGAPS Surface Temperature, Winds, 12-Hr Precipitation
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Joint METOC Viewer SoftwareCOAMPS Surface Temperature, Winds, 12-Hr Precipitation
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WXMAPSNOGAPS Thickness, Surface Pressure, 12-Hr Precipitation
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DoD Surface Weather Capabilities
AFWIN CONUS THEATER PRODUCTS
•Text Products - Surface OBS/TAFS, NWS forecasts,
model output, bulletins, warnings/advisories, etc. •Surface Charts - Fronts, radar composites, weather
depictions, etc.•Satellite Images - Full GOES images, regional images,
and MPG animations•Radar/Lightning Images - National and single-site radar
and lightning images
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AFWIN CONUS THEATER PRODUCTS (Cont.) •Model Charts - Advect Clouds, NGM, MRF, AVN, ETA
and MM5 products•Forecaster Products - Hazards, Quantitative Precip
Forecasts, Snow Depth, etc. •Tropical Storms - Map with current storms, tracking
products, and links to major storm centers •Climatology - Link to AF Combat Climatology Center •Space - Solar products/images
DoD Surface Weather Capabilities
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AFWINMM5 Surface Pressure, Winds, 3-Hr Precipitation
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AFWINMM5 Surface Temperature, Winds
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AFWIN
MM5 Surface Visibility
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AFWIN
MM5 Total Snow Accumulation
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Temp, Dew PT
3-Hr Precip
Surface Wind
Abs Humidity
Thickness
Rel HumidityCloudsTempWind
AFWIN
Meteogram
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AFWINInteractive Meteogram
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DoD Surface Weather Capabilities
•Climatology (AF Combat Climatology Center)
– Advanced Climate Modeling and Environmental Simulations (ACMES)
– Operational Climatic Data Summary (OCDS)
– Tailored Products
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Coming soon to the Air Force Weather Agency:
•Implementation of Land-Surface Model
(estimated Mar01)– Will improve MM5 boundary physics over land
•Implementation of Wx Research & Forecasting Model (WRF) (next couple of years)
– Fully couples Air and Surface layers
On The Horizon
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Coming soon to the Air Force Weather Agency:
•DMSP Launch (Jan 01)
– Will improve characterization of snow, ice, soil moisture, etc.
•Final Operating Capability of Operational Weather Squadrons (estimated Jul 02)
– Will improve regional forecast products
On The Horizon
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Barriers to Progress
•Technology
•Personnel and Equipment
Resources
•$$$$$$$$$