North American Monsoon Experiment NAME Personal Briefing Page

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North American Monsoon Experiment (NAME) Personal
Briefing Page
Scott C. Handel
NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC
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Why A Personal Briefing Page?
Serves as a compliment to the JOSS NAME catalog
http//www.joss.ucar.edu/catalog/name/
Convenient one-stop shop for a myriad of
forecast tools and products tailored to the Tier
I and Tier II regions
Ideal for coordinated conference calls
Designed for forecasters operating under strict
time constraints
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Menu Features
Convenient Access to JOSS Page
Expandable Menu
Items Numbered for Easy Reference
Items Grouped Into Convenient
Sub-Categories
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Overview of Monitoring
Includes Visible, IR and Water Vapor Images from
SMN and NOAA tailored to the Tier I region
Satellite
Includes images from a number of sites in the
Tier I region
Radar
Includes real-time displays from the National
Lightning Detection Network
Lightning
Includes real-time monitoring on a number of time
scales
Precipitation
Includes time series plots of temperature and
dewpoint
Sfc Temperature
Includes soundings and meteograms both within and
upstream from the Tier I region
Upper Air
Includes measures of climate variability such as
MJO and ENSO
Climate Variability
Includes the latest Drought Monitor from the
National Drought Mitigation Center
Drought
Includes precip and wind maps derived from the
global data assimilation system
GDAS
Includes representations of current conditions
derived from the ETA data assimilation system
EDAS
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EDAS 3 hrly animation of moisture flux
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EDAS 3 hrly Animation of Precipitation
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Overview of Predictions
Days 1-3
Includes surface and upper air official and model
forecasts and discussions from various centers
including SMN, HPC, TPC, SPC, EMC, and NWS WFO
offices in the Tier I region.
Includes QPF and medium range forecasts and
discussion from HPC
Days 3-7
Includes CPC precipitation and temperature
calibrated model tools which contain the Tier I
region in its entirety
Days 6-14
Monthly
Includes CPCs official monthly and seasonal
temperature and precipitation forecasts
Seasonal
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Overview of Verifications
Included to provide measures of skill of the
various tools, models, and outlooks available to
the forecaster
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Overview of Reference
Features a useful glossary of commonly used
acronyms
Includes links to agency homepages
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Summary/Future Plans
Not an official page. Each forecaster has
their own unique methodology which may or may not
include this briefing sequence
Further coordination with JOSS NAME catalog for a
full compliment of products
Solicitation of feedback from the NAME
forecasters themselves
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Reference
Location of JOSS NAME Catalog
http//www.joss.ucar.edu/name/catalog/
Location of NAME Briefing Sequence
http//www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/NAME/NAME.html