GOESR PG Demonstration Aviation Weather Aviation Weather Center

GOES-R PG Demonstration Aviation Weather • Aviation Weather Center (Kansas City) – – – Convective Initiation and Nearcasting (Dec-Jan) Volcanic Ash: Detection and Height; SO 2 Detection (Dec-Jan) Aircraft Icing Threat (Jan-Feb) Low Cloud and Fog (Feb-Mar) WRF Lightning Threat (Mar-Apr) • AK Aviation Weather Unit (Anchorage) – – – Convective Initiation (Nov) Volcanic Ash: Detection and Height (Nov) SO 2 Detection (Nov) Cloud Top Height (Dec) Low Cloud and Fog (Nov) • NWS Regions (TBD) – Plan to work with RHQ to bring in Aviation related products to their WFOs.

GOES-R PG Demonstration HPC (Jointly with SAB) • Focus: Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts (QPFs) • Dates: May 2011 -April 2012 • Products: – – Cloud/Moisture Imagery Derived Motion Winds RGB Air Mass (initially not in N-AWIPS) Rainfall Rate/QPE • POCs: Ed Danaher and Dave Novak (HPC) Jamie Kibler (SAB) • Status: Providers and consumers should expect a phone call coordination telecon soon

GOES-R PG Demonstration OPC Plans • OPC sent in 4 PG proposals – Offshore T-Storms (Mar 2011) • • Cloud/Moisture Imagery Convective Initiation Cloud Top Phase Cloud Top Height Cloud Top Temperature Derived Stability Indices Enhanced "V"/OTD Lightning Detection – Explosive Cyclones (Dec 2011) • • • Cloud/Moisture Imagery Derived Motion Winds Ozone Total RGB Airmass Tropopause Fold/Turbulence • OPC sent in 4 PG proposals (cont. ) – Ocean (Jun 2011) • • • SST Currents: Offshore Sea Ice Age Sea Ice Concentration Sea Ice Motion – Fog/Visibility (Apr 2011) • Cloud/Moisture Imagery • Low Cloud and Fog • Visibility Status – Focusing on Offshore T-Storms demonstration in March 2011 – Providers and consumers should expect a phone call and coordination meeting soon

GOES-R PG Guidelines for WFO Participation • Document that provides guidance on Weather Forecast Office (WFO) participation in GOES-R Proving Ground activities demonstrating, evaluating, and providing feedback on GOES-R products • Includes instructions on how to become a WFO partner, demonstrate new PG products, interact with Regional Headquarters, and collect feedback from the WFO forecasters who use our PG products • Provides an overview of the GOES-R Proving Ground concept • Describes the GOES-R PG Management Structure • Defines what it is meant by being a “WFO Partner” • Explains the PG planning and execution activities • Identifies information required in agreement between the provider and WFO Partner