The sixth issue of UFS Insights, a collaborative effort between NOAA’s Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC) and the Unified Forecast System (UFS) community, is available to read here. The News and Insights section provides details about: You can subscribe to the UFS Insights newsletter and read past UFS Insights here.
WPO’s Climate Testbed partnership with the National Center for Environmental Prediction supports research to improve the operational products at the Climate Prediction Center. We accomplish this by supporting research projects in the collaborative Climate Testbed, which are intended to demonstrate the potential for scientific advances from the external research community to improve operational climate predictions…
WPO funds work to advance our understanding of fire weather to improve forecasts of fire behavior and smoke for the public. The projects selected in this competition address the evolution of active fires and smoke, data assimilation of atmospheric and terrestrial conditions, new or improved physics parameterizations, and fire weather forecast system testing and verification.…
WPO is proud to share that members of our team have received 2024 OAR Awards. Steve Thur, Assistant Administrator of the NOAA Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), recognized the award recipients during a ceremony on December 18. Employee of the Year Award for Stakeholder Engagement Jennifer Vogt For pivotal execution of the third Unifying Innovations…
The fifth issue of UFS Insights, a collaborative effort between NOAA’s Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC) and the Unified Forecast System (UFS) community, is available to read here. In this issue, you’ll find an in-depth look at the UFS, including updates on key components, innovators, partnerships, and initiatives shaping the future of weather, water, and…
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) provided NOAA $492 million over five years to improve coastal and inland flood and inundation mapping and forecasting capabilities, advance next-generation water modeling activities, and to modernize precipitation frequency atlases for the U.S., including probable maximum precipitation. Funding was also provided to build out subseasonal to annual Integrated Water Capabilities…
The Hurricane Forecast Improvement Project (HFIP) supports NOAA’s hurricane forecast and warning capabilities through partnerships with the Environmental Modeling Center, National Hurricane Center, and the Hurricane Research Division. The recently observed increase in the number of hurricanes and tropical storms in the North Atlantic (the most recent season with below normal activity was 2015) highlights…
The Weather Program Office EPIC team continues their collaboration with the UK MetOffice to advance the Data Assimilation Science! Check out the new and updated web page talking about the Transatlantic Data Science Academy as well as this video which takes a look behind the scenes at both NOAA and the Met Office. Read more…
Researchers funded by WPO’s Science, Technology, and Society Division presented their findings at the 51st Conference on Broadcast Meteorology and Seventh Conference on Weather Warnings and Communication, fostering a valuable exchange of insights between researchers and practitioners.
The Subseasonal to Seasonal (S2S) Community Workshop: Toward Minimizing Early Model Biases and Errors in S2S Predictions will be held June 5-7, 2024 in Boulder, CO.