2007 Partners Meeting Scott Kiser Tropical Cyclone Program
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2007 Partner’s Meeting Scott Kiser Tropical Cyclone Program June 20, 2007
Products to Watch For • Local Tropical Cyclone Hazards • Tropical Cyclone Hazards Graphics • Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook
Local Tropical Cyclone Hazards (HLZ) • In the development phase • Text based • It is a sophisticated Hurricane Local Statement
HLZ Product Advantages • Reduces number of WFO products issued during tropical event • Segmented product designed to improve data distribution • EAS, VTEC and UGC compliant • GIS compatible for graphical display • Bullet and columnar format
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TROPICAL CYCLONE LOCAL HAZARDS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL 1115 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2005 …TROPICAL STORM XAVIER EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN WHILE HEADING SLOWLY THROUGH THE YUCATAN CHANNEL…. STORM INFORMATION…XAVIER WAS ENTERING YUCATAN CHANNEL…. FLZ 039 -042 -048>051 -055 -060 -062 -065 -050930/O. NEW. KTBW. HU. A. 0001. 051204 T 0315 Z-051207 T 0300 Z/ LEVY-CITRUS-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGHMANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE 1115 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * HURRICANE WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS… LEVY COUNTY IN FLORIDA. * UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING * NEW INFORMATION * WIND NEXT UPDATE LAT. . . LON 2672 8226 2644 8213 2702 8174 2702 8207 $$
Experimental Tropical Cyclone Graphics Hazards • Wind • Coastal Flooding • Inland Flooding • Tornadoes
Plans for 2007 • 9 Weather Forecasts Offices participating Wakefield, VA Melbourne, FL Morehead City, NC Miami, FL Wilmington, NC Key West, FL Charleston, SC Corpus Christi, TX Jacksonville, FL • Product details and feedback at: www. weather. gov/os/tropical/
Experimental Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook • A visual companion to the current text Tropical Weather Outlook • Will highlight current location of significant weather • Include same text descriptions from the text version
Experimental Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook
Experimental Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook
Experimental Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook URLs • Atlantic www. nhc. noaa. gov/gtwo_atl. shtml • Pacific www. nhc. noaa. gov/gtwo_epac. shtml