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...WINTER WEATHER PREPAREDNESS PART TWO...
As part of of our winter weather preparedness activities, the following
discussion highlights the numerous methods of self informing, to assist in your
mitigating the potential adverse impact of nasty winter weather. The forecast
office process begins in a broad fashion 7 days in advance, and proceeds with
more detail and generally increased confidence as we move toward the first day
of the forecast. There are a number of National Weather Service products that
you can use to gain a greater perspective regarding our expectations. 1) - The
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HWO is a plain language summary of expected headline hazards, at times with
probabilistic spread to allow for other solutions in the developing event. 2) -
The Area Forecast Discussion
AFD is a detailed meteorological discussion that may contain terms not
necessarily familiar to the non-meteorologist. It serves as a vehicle of
communication regarding scientific basis of our forecast. These and all our
alphanumeric products, post to our homepage on the web and in some cases to our
noaa weather radio within 1 minute or two of release. 3) When you call up any
nws homepage, the posted map can be used to obtain a point specific forecast
within 5 km of your clicked location. This information is formatted from the
gridded forecast database that local forecasters develop in collaboration with
national centers and adjacent offices. The day 4 through 7 portion is generally
updated once or twice per day, certainly at 4 pm and sometimes at 4 am. Some
viewers may appreciate seeing all weather elements including temperature,
humidity, probability of precipitation, snowfall in an hourly weather graph or
tabular format, all easily available from the point and click menu of our map.
There are also
new graphics, including expected areal snowfall in 6 hour increments through
the first 36 hours of the forecast. If after reviewing NWS Products and checking
your other resources... you still have questions...then we invite you to call us
at 508-828-2672. We are staffed for your phone service from 8 am to 5 pm...7
days per week 365 days per year.
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