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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...COMMENT REQUEST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
842 AM EST MON MAY 7 2007
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY
MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/
SUBSCRIBERS...NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE /NWS/ PARTNERS AND OTHER USERS...AND NWS
EMPLOYEES
FROM: THOMAS GRAZIANO
ACTING CHIEF...HYDROLOGIC SERVICES DIVISION
SUBJECT: EXPERIMENTAL ENHANCEMENT OF GRIDDED EXCESSIVE
PRECIPITATION FORECAST PRODUCT TO INCLUDE GRIDDED DAY 2
AND DAY 3 FORECASTS
BEGINNING ON JUNE 5 2007 AT 1200 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME
/UTC/...ON AN EXPERIMENTAL BASIS...THE NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER /HPC/ WILL BEGIN INCLUDING DAY 2 AND DAY 3
FORECASTS WITH THE CURRENT DAY 1 GRIDDED EXCESSIVE PRECIPITATION
FORECAST PRODUCT AND WILL PROVIDE DRILL DOWN CAPABILITIES ON THE
INTERNET GRAPHICS.
THE CURRENT DAY 1 GRIDDED EXCESSIVE PRECIPITATION FORECAST USES
WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION /WMO/ HEADER...MENC98 KWBC...
AND AWIPS IDENTIFIER RBG94E AND IS PROVIDED ONLINE AT /USE LOWER
CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.HPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/QPF/EXCESS_RAIN.SHTML
THE EXCESSIVE PRECIPITATION FORECAST GRAPHIC FOR DAY 1 DISPLAYS
AREAS WHERE THE PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION EXCEEDING FLASH
FLOOD GUIDANCE ISSUED BY THE RIVER FORECAST CENTERS IS:
-SLIGHT /SLGT/: DEFINED AS THREAT IN THE RANGE 5 PERCENT TO LESS
THAN 10 PERCENT
-MODERATE /MDT/: DEFINED AS THREAT FROM 10 PERCENT TO LESS THAN
15 PERCENT
-HIGH: DEFINED AS THREAT 15 PERCENT OR GREATER. AREAS WHERE THE
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO EXCEED 5 INCHES ARE ALSO INDICATED.
THE HPC ROUTINELY DISSEMINATES A DAY 1 GRIDDED EXCESSIVE
PRECIPITATION FORECAST PRODUCT FOUR TIMES DAILY. THE VALID TIME
PERIOD IS 30 HOURS FOR THE PRIMARY ISSUANCES AT 0600 UTC AND 1800
UTC AND FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE INITIAL PERIOD ON THE UPDATE
CYCLES AT 1500 UTC AND 0300 UTC. THE PRODUCT IS ISSUED ON AWIPS
GRID 227 IN GRIDDED BINARY /GRIB2/ FORMAT AT 5 KILOMETER
RESOLUTION.
THE EXCESSIVE PRECIPITATION FORECAST GRAPHIC FOR DAYS 2 AND 3
DISPLAYS AREAS WHERE THE PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS
EXCEEDING THE FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE AVAILABLE AT TIME OF PRODUCT
ISSUANCE IS SLIGHT...MODERATE...AND HIGH AS DEFINED ABOVE. THE
RIVER FORECAST CENTERS DO NOT CURRENTLY ISSUE FLASH FLOOD
GUIDANCE FOR DAYS 2 AND 3...SO AT THIS TIME THE PRODUCT WILL BE
BASED ON THE DAY 1 FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE.
THE DAY 2 AND DAY 3 FORECASTS OF EXCESSIVE PRECIPITATION WILL BE
DISSEMINATED TWO TIMES A DAY. THE VALID TIME PERIOD FOR THE DAY 2
AND DAY 3 PRODUCTS WILL BE 1200 UTC TO 1200 UTC FOR THE 0600 UTC
ISSUANCE AND 000 UTC TO 000 UTC FOR THE 1800 UTC ISSUANCE. FOR
THE DAY 2 PRODUCT...THE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION /WMO/
HEADER WILL BE MENS98 KWNH. FOR THE DAY 3 PRODUCT...THE WMO
HEADER IS MENU98 KWNH.
THE DAY 2 AND DAY 3 EXCESSIVE PRECIPITATION FORECAST GRAPHICS
WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.HPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/QPF/EXCESS_RAIN.SHTML
THE INTERNET GRAPHICS WILL PROVIDE DRILL DOWN CAPABILITIES AND
LINKS TO LOCAL WATCHES AND WARNINGS.
USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THESE EXPERIMENTAL
PRODUCTS BY NOVEMBER 15 2007 USING THE BRIEF SURVEY AND COMMENT
FORM AVAILABLE ONLINE AT THE HPC EXCESSIVE PRECIPITIATION WEB
PAGE OR AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=D2D3EPF
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...PLEASE CONTACT:
MARY MULUSKY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
NATIONAL FLASH FLOOD PROGRAM COORDINATOR
PHONE: 301-713-0006 EXT. 169
E-MAIL: MARY.MULUSKY@xxxxxxxx
THIS NOTICE AND OTHER CURRENT NATIONAL PUBLIC INFORMATION
STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
THIS NOTICE IS LISTED AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE...ABOVE THE SERVICE
CHANGE NOTICE AND TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE BOX.
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