New Marine Weather Warning, Segmented HLS and VTEC in Tsunami Bulletins

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New Marine Weather Warning,Segmented HLS and
VTEC in Tsunami Bulletins

• Partners Meeting
• June 18, 2008
• Mark Tew
• National Marine Weather Program Leader
• Office of Climate, Water and Weather Services
• National Weather Service

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Watch / Warning / AdvisoryHow does the rest of
NWS do it?

• Hydrological Program (FFA/FLW/FLS)
• Flood Watch
• Flood Warning
• Flood Advisory
• Coastal Hazards Program (CFW)
• Coastal Flood Watch
• Coastal Flood Warning
• Coastal Flood Advisory

• Winter Weather Program (WSW)
• Winter Weather Watch
• Winter Weather Warning
• Winter Weather Advisory
• Non-Precipitation Program (NPW)
• Non-Precipitation Watch
• Non-Precipitation Warning
• Non-Precipitation Advisory

New NWS Marine Weather Warning Bulletin
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Current Marine Warning Program Long Duration
Events

• No Marine Weather Watch Products
• No Marine Weather Warning Bulletin
• Marine Hazards Headlined in three forecast
  products
• Coastal Waters Forecast (CWF)
• Great Lakes Nearshore Forecast (NSH)
• Great Lakes Open Lake Forecast (GLF)
• Valid Time Event Code (VTEC) in CWF NSH
• No VTEC in GLF
• Similar to issuing Blizzard Warnings using the ZFP

New NWS Marine Weather Warning Bulletin
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Small Craft Advisory in CWF
SC.Y in VTEC String

• ANZ532gt534-030815-
• /O.CON.KLWX.SC.Y.0071.060603T1200Z-060604T0100Z/
• CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH-
• CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NORTH BEACH TO DRUM POINT-
• CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM DRUM POINT TO SMITH POINT-
  
• 423 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006
  
  
• ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
  SATURDAY MORNING
• THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...
• .TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. WAVES 2 FT.
  SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
• VSBY 1 TO 3 NM.
• .SAT...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. WAVES 3 FT. SHOWERS
  LIKELY WITH A
• CHANCE OF TSTMS. VSBY 1 TO 3 NM.
• .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT EARLY IN THE
  EVENING...DECREASING
• TO 10 TO 15 KT. WAVES 3 FT.
• etc.

New NWS Marine Weather Warning Bulletin
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Marine Weather Warning Bulletin

• Serve as a dedicated long duration marine Watch,
  Warning and Advisory product
• Similar to the WSW/NPW/CFW
• Issued for coastal areas and Great Lakes
• Alert mariners of adverse marine weather hazards

• Provide marine community more specificity
• Issued as MWWxxx AWIPS ID, where xxx is the
  WFO

New NWS Marine Weather Warning Bulletin
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MWW Hazards

• New Marine Watches
• Hurricane Force Wind Watch
• Storm Watch
• Gale Watch
• Hazardous Seas Watch
• Heavy Freezing Spray Watch

• Marine Warnings
• Hurricane Force Wind Warning
• Storm Warning
• Gale Warning
• Hazardous Seas Warning
• Heavy Freezing Spray Warning

New NWS Marine Weather Warning Bulletin
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MWW Hazards - Continued

• Marine Advisories
• Ashfall Advisory
• Brisk Wind Advisory
• Dense Fog Advisory
• Dense Smoke Advisory
• Freezing Spray Advisory
• Low Water Advisory
• Small Craft Advisory
• Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas
• Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar
• Small Craft Advisory for Winds

New NWS Marine Weather Warning Bulletin
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Partner Acceptance

• MWW Proposal endorsed by National Partners
• Presented at Partners Meeting in June 2006 2007
• Prefer VTEC in one hazard product like WSW NPW
• Problems decoding VTEC in two forecast products
• Both contain ROU codes
• MWW Supported by Great Lakes Users Feb 07
• Lake Carriers Association International Ship
  Masters
• USCG Ninth District
• MWW would improve the dispatching of ships for
  search and rescue operations
• Provide more meteorology (the why) for staff
  briefings
• MWW Endorsed by National Marine Constituents (25
  reps)
• Presented at Marine Constituents Meeting in Oct
  25, 2007
• US Navy Wants the MWW implemented ASAP,
  especially for coastal waters near Norfolk, VA
• AccuWeather Wants the MWW implemented
  nationwide ASAP, even if it is experimental

New NWS Marine Weather Warning Bulletin
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Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) FCC Requirement
The Order requires EAS participants to accept
messages using Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)to
ensure the efficient and rapid transmission of
EAS alerts to the American public in a variety of
formats (including text, audio and video) and via
different means (broadcast, cable, satellite, and
other networks) and to promote the development of
Next Generation EAS. Federal Communications
Commission Announcement May 31, 2007
http//www.eic.org/docs/FCCCAPEASnotice.pdf
New NWS Marine Weather Warning Bulletin
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NWS CAP Actions

• Proposal
• Add set of Instruction markers in WMO-formatted
  text W/W/A and follow-up statement products
  generated by AWIPS
• MWW Bulletin Used as CAP Experiment
• Instructions markers added to MWW Formatter
• Inserted around the MWW Call to Actions
• Served as a NWS CAP prototyping/risk reduction
  effort
• MWW CAP Test Result
• Based on Partner comments - Changed instruction
  markers to CTA markers
• Modified the NWRWaves software
• First NWS warning bulletin to contain CTA markers
  to enable CAP encoding of NWS text bulletins
• All other NWS Warning bulletins scheduled to
  contain CTA markers in AWIPS OB9

New NWS Marine Weather Warning Bulletin
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WHUS76 KMFR 091500 MWWMFR EXPERIMENTAL...URGENT
MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
MEDFORD OR 700 AM PST FRI MAR 10 2008 ...GALE
WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS
EVENING... .WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS
MORNING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STRONG COLD FRONT
THAT WILL REACH THE COAST BY LATE
AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO GALES
LATE THIS MORNING. AFTER THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH
THE WATERS WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND
DIMINISH BELOW GALES TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
WINDS. PZZ350-356-370-376-102300- /E.NEW.KMFR.GL.
W.0001.070309T1600Z-070310T0500Z/ COASTAL WATERS
FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 20 NM COASTAL
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA
OUT 20 NM WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR
FROM 20 TO 60 NM WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO
PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 705 AM PST
MON MAR 10 2008 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL
9 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A
GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS
EVENING. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS
MORNING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...WITH
EXPECTED WINDS OF 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45
KT. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND DIMINISH
BELOW GALES BEHIND THE FRONT LATE THIS
EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS
ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN
GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY
EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT
MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE
CONDITIONS. THIS PRODUCT DOES NOT
INCLUDE INFORMATION ON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND
TORNADOES. SEE PRODUCTS SUCH AS SPECIAL MARINE
WARNINGS... MARINE WEATHER STATEMENTS...WATCH
COUNTY NOTIFICATIONS AND THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER
OUTLOOK.
Removed Aug 5
Switch to O Code August 5
Start CTA Marker
End CTA Marker
Temporary Disclaimer
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MWW Key Milestones
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Marine Weather Warning Bulletin Summary

• New warning bulletin for long duration marine
  hazards (e.g., Gale and Storm Warnings)
• Provide first ever Marine Watches
• Twenty-eight WFOs issuing experimental product
  today
• National implementation Aug 5, 2008 at 18Z
• VTEC turned off in CWF and NSH products
• First NWS warning product with CTA markers to
  enable Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) capability
• Exception Alaska Region WFOs and Pago Pago

New NWS Marine Weather Warning Bulletin
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Early MWW Success Stories

• Hurricane Force Wind Event along Oregon Coast
  Dec 3, 2007
• Produced severe wind damage to Oregon coastal
  communities
• WFO Medford used the MWW to issued 1st ever Storm
  Watch
• Upgraded to a Hurricane Force Wind Warning
• Provided the coastal community with advanced lead
  time
• Kept crabbing vessels in port
• Helped prompt Coos County schools to close ahead
  of the storm
• Dense Fog Event for Charleston and Savanna
  Harbors
• WFO Charleston, SC used the MWW to issue 1st ever
  Dense Fog Advisory for both harbors on Dec 10-12,
  2007
• Harbor officials utilized the MWW in their
  decision to close harbor ship traffic for two
  nights
• Decision based on sensitivities to recent harbor
  incident in San Francisco Bay
• Resulted in significant impact to shipping
  commerce
• Charleston and Savannah Harbors are the second
  and third busiest on the East Coast

New NWS Marine Weather Warning Bulletin
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MWW Serve to Advance the NWS Mission
New NWS Marine Weather Warning Bulletin
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Questions or Comments?
MWW Web Page http//www.weather.gov/os/mww
New NWS Marine Weather Warning Bulletin
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Segmented Hurricane Local Statement (HLS)

• Implemented on June 1 for the 2008 hurricane
  season
• Provides one stop shopping for all tropical
  cyclone watches and warnings for a WFOs area of
  responsibility
• Marine coastal zones
• Coastal land zones
• Inland zones
• Reduces number of WFO products issued during
  tropical events (e.g., NPW and CWF)
• Segmented product designed to improve data
  distribution

Segmented HLS
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VTEC added to HLS

• Coastal Tropical Hazards
• Tropical Storm Watch Warning
• TR.A TR.W
• Hurricane (Typhoon) Watch Warning
• HU.A HU.W (TY.A TY.W)
• VTEC Codes Removed from CWF
• Inland Tropical Hazards
• Tropical Storm Wind Watch Warning
• TI.A TI.W
• Formerly issued in NPW as Inland Tropical Storm
  Wind Watch/Warning
• Hurricane Wind Watch Warning
• HI.A HI.W
• Formerly issued in NPW as Inland Hurricane Wind
  Watch/Warning
• VTEC Codes Removed from NPW

Segmented HLS
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WTUS82 KTBW 252348 HLSTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE
BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE FOX LOCAL
STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY
RUSKIN FL 748 PM EDT TUE SEP 25
2007 ...HURRICANE FOX MOVES CLOSER TO THE UPPER
WEST COAST... AT 7 PM EDT HURRICANE FOX WAS
LOCATED 130 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF TAMPA
BAY MOVINNG NORTHEAST AT 9 MPH GMZ850-870-26060
0- /O.CON.KTBW.HU.W.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z
/ TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20
NMTARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 TO 60
NM- 748 PM EDT TUE SEP 25 2007 ...HURRICANE
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW
INFORMATION... HURRICANE FOX GAINS STRENGTH BUT
REMAINS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. ...WATCHES/WARN
INGS... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE
COASTAL WATERS FROM TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE
RIVER OUT 60 NAUTICAL MILES. ...WINDS... WINDS
ARE CURRENTLY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 50 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 75 MPH. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS OF 95 TO
110 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 130 MPH WILL
OCCUR TONIGHT. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS
ACTIONS... RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR VERY
STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEA CONDITIONS...AND
CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN
PORT UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. ...NEXT
UPDATE... THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED BY 2 AM
EDT OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
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VTEC in Tsunami Bulletins

• VTEC implementation planned for April 2009
• Plan has been developed
• Detailed product examples with VTEC codes will be
  forthcoming
• Included in domestic products, but not
  international products
• Issued by Pacific and West Coast/Alaska Tsunami
  Centers
• Fulfills existing VTEC requirement from our
  partners

VTEC in Tsunami Bulletins
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Sample VTEC in Tsunami Bulletins
WEPA41 PAAQ 271555 TSUWCA BULLETIN TSUNAMI
MESSAGE NUMBER 1 NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI
WARNING CENTER PALMER AK 855 AM PDT TUE MAR 27
2007 ...A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT WHICH
INCLUDES THE CALIFORNIA AND OREGON COASTAL
AREAS FROM THE CALIFORNIA-MEXICO BORDER TO
CLATSOP SPIT OREGON... ...A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THE WASHINGTON - BRITISH COLUMBIA
AND ALASKA COASTAL AREAS FROM CLATSOP SPIT
OREGON TO CORDOVA ALASKA... ...AT THIS TIME THIS
MESSAGE IS ADVISORY ONLY FOR OTHER AREAS OF
ALASKA... PZZ750-655-650-673-670-555-535-530-550-
455-450-356-353-350- 255-250-210-CAZ039gt046-087-03
4-035-515-006-506-508-509-514- 505-002-001-ORZ022-
002-021-001-271655- /O.NEW.PAAQ.TS.W.0003.070327T1
555Z-000000T0000Z/ COASTAL AREAS BETWEEN AND
INCLUDING THE CALIFORNIA-MEXICO BORDER TO CLATSOP
SPIT OREGON ...A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT
WHICH INCLUDES THE CALIFORNIA AND OREGON
COASTAL AREAS FROM THE CALIFORNIA-MEXICO
BORDER TO CLATSOP SPIT OREGON...
Tsunami Bulletin Continued TS.A and TS.Y
PZZ110-156-153-150-130gt135-170-PKZ041-031gt036-042
-043- 011gt013-021-022-051-052-053-WAZ503-506gt511-0
01-514gt517-021- AKZ023-024-026gt029-018gt022-025-017
-271655- /O.NEW.PAAQ.TS.A.0004.070327T1555Z-000000
T0000Z/ COASTAL AREAS FROM CLATSOP SPIT OREGON TO
CORDOVA ALASKA ...A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT
FOR THE WASHINGTON - BRITISH COLUMBIA AND
ALASKA COASTAL AREAS FROM CLATSOP SPIT OREGON
TO CORDOVA ALASKA... PKZ125gt129-121-120-130-14
0-141-136gt138-132-150-155-170-171- 172-175-176-AKZ
135-131-125-121-145-171-181-185-187-191-271655- /O
.NEW.PAAQ.TS.Y.0006.070327T1555Z-000000T0000Z/ COA
STAL AREAS FROM CORDOVA ALASKA TO ATTU
ALASKA ...TSUNAMI ADVISORY STATEMENT...
VTEC in Tsunami Bulletins
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The End

• Questions or Comments?

MWW/Segmented HLS/VTEC in Tsunami Bulletins
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MWW WFO Test Sites

• BRO Brownsville, TX
• HGX Houston, TX
• JAX Jacksonville, FL
• MLB Melbourne, FL
• MIA Miami, FL
• TAE Tallahasee, FL
• LCH Lake Charles, LA
• EKA Eureka, CA
• GRB Green Bay, WI
• MTR Monterey, CA
• LIX New Orleans, LA
• SGX San Diego, CA
• LOX Los Angeles, CA
• SEW Seattle, WA

• DTX Detroit, MI
• GRR Grand Rapids, MI
• HFO Honolulu, HI
• IWX Northern Indiana
• LOT Chicago, IL
• MKX Milwaukee, WI
• MFR Medford, OR
• MOB Mobile, AL
• TBW Tampa Bay, FL
• BUF Buffalo, NY
• CAR Caribou, ME
• CHS Charleston, SC
• ILM Wilmington, NC
• SJU San Juan, PR