National Weather ServiceDecision Support Workshop

NWS MISSION

"NOAA's National Weather Service provides weather, hydrologic, and climate forecasts and warnings for the United States, its territories, adjacent waters and ocean areas, for the protection of life and property and the enhancement of the national economy. NWS data and products form a national information database and infrastructure which can be used by other governmental agencies, the private sector, the public, and the global community."

Decision Support ServicesWhat is it?

The Simple Answer – NWS is Decision Support

The mission has not changed…the environment in which we deliver our mission has. How?

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Decision Support ServicesWhat is it?

The Simple Answer – NWS is Decision Support

The mission has not changed…the environment in which we deliver our mission has. How?

•Explosion of instantly available information •Our reach has been extended (i.e., the new collaborative world)•Rapid technological advances•The value of our science has improved• Cultural change within the NWS

Decision Support Services

Legacy NWS Business

Info Forecaster Products

Decision Support ServicesExtend our reach with new technologies

Info Forecaster Products and Services

Multimedia WebBriefing

ConferenceCalls

IC CenterOn-site

IC Incident On-site

NWS 2010

Decision Support ServicesNWS in the 2010 – A New Operating Environment

Multimedia Weather Briefing

NWS ST. Louis EM Decision Support Webpage

Insert link to LSX EM Webpage

DEMO SPOT FORECAST for WILDFIRE OR HAZMAT

HYSPLITNWS St. Louis will run this program to compute air parcel trajectories

and dispersion simulations.

Decision Support ServicesRecent Examples of NWS WFO St. Louis

Event-Specific Decision Support

Major League Baseball All-Star Game (City of St. Louis)

- Provided on-site morning weather briefings and severe weather support at the City of St. Louis EOC (5 days)

Tour of Missouri Bike RaceState of Missouri

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lsx/?n=stage2

2010 St. Louis Mardi Gras(City of St. Louis

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lsx/?n=mardigras

Basic Rule for NWS St. Louis Decision Support

If the recipient is a government entity, and

public safety is a concern, then we can provide specific

decision support

Decision Support ServicesPrimary Points

•Decision Support Services is just an evolution of our basic mission (the environment has changed!)•NWS St. Louis is committed to supporting core

partners (emergency managers, first responders, etc.) with decision support services•We need your input to continually evolve our

decision support services

•We are very interested in hearing (and learning) from you!