Transcript WAS*IS Government/Private Sector Weather Partnership Project National Weather Service Partners Meeting

WAS*IS Government/Private Sector
Weather Partnership Project
National Weather Service Partners Meeting
AMS Annual Meeting
January 18, 2007
Melissa Tuttle Carr
Kevin Barjenbruch
Manager, Weather Information Distribution
Warning Coordination Meteorologist
The Weather Channel
National Weather Service, Salt Lake City
Today’s Presentation
I.
Introduction
II. About WAS*IS / Project Initiation
III. Key Project Messages
IV. Actions/Progress
V. The Future
VI. Wrap-Up
II. About WAS*IS / Project Initiation
WAS*IS
Weather and Society – Integrated Studies
Concepts and Knowledge:
Communication, forecasting, risk assessment, GIS
tools, qualitative research, decision support
systems, economics, vulnerability, verification… and
more!
Partnerships:
Building a passionate and dedicated community of
people for lifelong collaboration and support
II. About WAS*IS / Project Initiation
Three WAS*IS workshops
• Original: Nov. 2005 / Mar. 2006, Boulder
• Norman, OK: April 2006
• Summer: July 2006, Boulder
Upcoming WAS*IS workshops
• Australia: January 2007
• Boulder: Summer 2007
Applications now being accepted
for Summer 2007!
http://www.sip.ucar.edu/wasis/index.jsp
Over 85 participants… and growing!
II. About WAS*IS / Project Initiation
WAS*IS lives on after the workshops!
Participants continue their WAS*IS work and learning
via numerous projects initiated during the
workshops
A few of the many projects:
Societal resilience to weather hazards
Social verification of warnings
…and this partnership project
II. About WAS*IS / Project Initiation
Project Leads
Melissa Tuttle Carr
The Weather Channel
Project Team
Tanja Fransen, Brent MacAloney,
Ernie Ostuno,
Mike Stavish, Greg Stumpf, Britt
Westergard, Ray Wolf
And consultation from:
Amanda Graning, Pamela
Szatanek, Neil Stuart
…plus, input and ideas
from many others!
Kevin Barjenbruch
NWS, Salt Lake City
III. Key Project Messages
Improved communication and collaboration
between the government and private sectors will be
of benefit to the entire weather enterprise and to the
public.
Examples include:
• Enhancing communication between sectors
• Cross-sector collaborative efforts
• Strategic planning of the weather enterprise
III. Key Project Messages
A synergistic approach within the weather enterprise
will lead to improved products and services and
increased visibility.
Specifically, this project focuses on:
• Advocating full engagement of private sector prior
to and during product development
• Launch of storm-based warnings and functional
CAP/XML feeds for NWS bulletins
III. Key Project Messages
The public will benefit by receiving
better and more understandable weather
information.
IV. Actions/Progress
Project has been presented numerous times:
• 9/26/06:
NWS Western Region Headquarters
• 11/3/06:
NWS National Headquarters
• 11/15/06:
The Weather Channel – brief introduction
• 12/5/06:
Storm-Based Warnings Workshop at Texas A&M
• 1/17/07:
AMS Intelligent Transportation Systems/Surface
Transportation Committee Meeting
In total, approximately 115 people in attendance from
the government and private sectors, academia,
and other groups
IV. Actions/Progress
Progress is being made
New, productive partnerships are being formed
between private sector and the NWS via face-to-face
meetings initiated by project work
• Working with Ron Gird, NWS Outreach Program Manager,
on NWS Partners Meeting format enhancements
First change is in effect as of today,
with the inclusion of the private
sector on the agenda for this
meeting
IV. Actions/Progress
Progress is being made
• Working with Ken Graham, NWS Service Evolution Director
Partnership Project ideas,
Ken’s role with the NWS, and
opportunities for collaboration
Starting talks about dynamic
ideas for strengthening the
weather enterprise
IV. Actions/Progress
Progress is being made
• Increased attention to importance of effective CAP/XML
feeds for NWS bulletins, including:
- Discussion at the NDFD Technical Workshop (11/2006)
- Strong cross-sector support at the Storm-Based Warnings
Workshop (12/2006)
- Ongoing work with Bob Bunge, NWS Internet Dissemination
Officer on potential CAP feed improvements
IV. Actions/Progress
Progress is being made
• John Ferree, Severe Storm Service Leader: Storm-Based
Warnings and Next Generation Warning Tool Implementation
• Pam Heinselman and Daphne LaDue: Public/Private Sector
Partnership Distance Learning module, based on a program lead
by John Toohey-Morales and Ed Johnson
(http://www.ncim.org/pppcourse2006/)
• NWS Team: Partners Registration Site
• 2007 Central Region Headquarters: Presentation/meetings
V. The Project’s Future
This project continues to grow!
We now have a much larger, exciting initiative,
with momentum and numerous people
ready to get involved, effecting real change
throughout the weather enterprise
V. The Project’s Future
Challenges to address…
• Time and resource constraints
• Effective communication
with a busy project group
spread across the country
• Ways to integrate all of
the additional people who
are eager to join the
project
V. The Project’s Future
Some ideas for 2007 and beyond…
• Continue to spread the partnership message;
make contact with others who are interested in this
initiative
• ‘Advisory board’ concept to communicate with and
gather ideas from others outside the project group
• Interface between Ken Graham (NWS Office of
Service Evolution) and presentation attendees
from both sectors
VI. Wrap-Up
Melissa Tuttle Carr
[email protected]
Kevin Barjenbruch
[email protected]
Thank You!