Forecast Collaboration with National Centers

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Forecast Collaboration with National Centers
Shannon White Training Division
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Collaboration

• Collaboration with National Centers
• HPC
• NESDIS SAB
• SPC
• TAFB
• OPC
• QPF
• Discussion/Questions

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Working with HPC

• HPC
• Available 24/7 (in 12Planet and phone)
• Short and medium range forecast problems
• Can be used to mediate inter-office
  collaboration problems
• Dont forget about hpc_qpf1 and hpc_qpf2 in
  12Planet!
• Years of experience in forecasting QPF

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SPC

• SPC
• Available on limited basis
• Day 1 convective outlook from 7-11Z to discuss 6Z
  outlook/new data for 13Z issuance
• Fire Weather
• Generally 5-8Z primarily day 1 but can discuss
  significant day 2 problems

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NESDIS

• NESDIS Satellite Analysis Branch
• New to 12Planet (nesdis_sab)
• Satellite precip estimates
• QPF
• Other satellite interrogation or heavy precip
  issues

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DS and NCEP - Marine

• Gridded Wave Heights, Winds and Swells will not
  be produced by OPC/TPC until sometime in FY05
• OPC is ingesting some east coast offices grids
  through a backdoor method so they can view them
• A requirement as been added to the OB6 voting
  list to provide the capability for ISC of the WFO
  grids with TPC and OPC
• Ask your rep to vote early and often!!

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Working with NCEP - Marine

• About 6 months since OPC and TAFB started
  participating in 12Planet
• Main purpose is to collaborate on needed/desired
  headlines in marine products
• Questions is it working and what can improve??
• They are interested in making collaboration better