Monday 7 July 2014 begins the first week of our Multi-Radar / Multi-Sensor (MRMS) Hydro Experiment (hereafter, “Hydro”), which is a part of the 2014 NSSL-NWS Experimental Warning Program (EWP2014). The Hydro experiment will be conducted in conjunction with the Flash Flood and Intense Rainfall Experiment (FFaIR) at the Weather Prediction Center (WPC) from 7 July to 1 August. During the experiment, National Weather Service and River Forecast Center forecasters will work with research scientists to assess emerging hydrometeorological concepts and products to improve the accuracy, timing, and specificity of flash flood watches and warnings. In particular, forecasters will evaluate short-term predictive tools derived from MRMS quantitative precipitation estimates (QPE) and Flooded Locations and Simulated Hydrographs (FLASH) hydrologic modeling framework. The Hydro experiment will also explore the utility of experimental watch and warning products that convey uncertainty and magnitude while investigating human factors to determine operationally relevant best practices for the warning decision making process. Operational activities will take place during the week Monday through Friday.
For the week of 7-11 July, our distinguished NWS guests will be Michael Moneypenny (WFO Raleigh, NC) and David Ondrejik (RFC State College, PA). If you see these folks walking around the building, please welcome them! The U.S. Weather Research Program has generously provided travel stipends for our participants.
Elizabeth Mintmire and Jess Erlingis will be the weekly coordinators. Our support team also includes J.J. Gourley, Lans Rothfusz, Zac Flamig, Race Clark, Steve Martainatis, Jim LaDue, Brandon Smith, Maria Moreno,and Ami Arthur.
Here are several links of interest:
You can learn more about the EWP here:
and the Hydro experiment here:
https://inside.nssl.noaa.gov/
Gabe Garfield
CIMMS/NWS OUN
2014 EWP Operations Coordinator