National Weather Service Partners Meeting June 20, 2007 Melissa Tuttle Carr Manager, Weather Information Distribution The Weather Channel Kevin Barjenbruch Warning Coordination Meteorologist National Weather Service, Salt Lake City

I.WAS*IS Update II.Partnership Initiative Update III.Projects and Progress IV.The Future V.Wrap Up Today’s Presentation

I. WAS*IS Update Weather and Society – Integrated Studies

Concepts and Knowledge: Communication, forecasting, risk assessment, GIS tools, qualitative research, decision support systems, economics, vulnerability, verification… and more! Partnerships: Building a passionate and dedicated community of people for lifelong collaboration and support I. WAS*IS Update

WAS*IS growth January 2007 Australia WAS*IS brought total to 116 participants Summer 2007 workshop (Boulder) has 29 participants Diversity of participants Several private weather companies will be represented at this summer’s WAS*IS: AccuWeather The Weather Channel Weather Bug …and, WAS*IS projects continue! I. WAS*IS Update

Leaders II. Partnership Initiative Update Melissa Tuttle Carr The Weather Channel Kevin Barjenbruch NWS, Salt Lake City Team Members NOAA/NWS: Tanja Fransen, Brent MacAloney, Ernie Ostuno, Mike Stavish, Greg Stumpf, Britt Westergard, Ray Wolf; With consultation from: Amanda Graning, Pamela Szatanek, Neil Stuart Private Sector: Beth Clarke (Weather Decision Technologies)

Key Messages: II. Partnership Initiative Update Improved communication and collaboration between the government and private sectors will be of benefit to the entire weather enterprise and to the public. A synergistic approach within the weather enterprise will lead to improved products and services and increased visibility.

Key Messages: II. Partnership Initiative Update The public will benefit by receiving better and more understandable weather information.

Our role in the weather enterprise II. Partnership Initiative Update Start (and continue) the partnership conversation within and between sectors Introduce people with similar partnership interests Act as an interface between those we talk to and larger partnership-related projects Work on partnership-specific projects, such as the NWS CAP Team and Partners Meeting enhancements

Visits/Presentations 2006 NWS Western Region Headquarters NWS National Headquarters The Weather Channel – brief introduction Storm-Based Warnings Workshop at Texas A&M 2007 AMS ITS/Surface Transportation Committee Meeting NWS Partners Meeting, AMS – San Antonio NWS Central Region Headquarters …In total, approximately 190 people in attendance from the government and private sectors, academia, and other groups III. Projects and Progress

Partners Meeting Enhancements Working with Ron Gird and John Simensky on enhancements to Partners Meetings Initial changes were seen in January with the inclusion of the private sector on the agenda Further enhancements were implemented for today, including greater private sector participation Talks are ongoing for future changes III. Projects and Progress

NWS Partners Website Recent launch of Partners Website at Concept was suggested based on illustration of need at our NWS Headquarters meeting, Nov Today, Mike Gerber will speak more about this III. Projects and Progress

NWS CAP Team We strongly advocate use of CAP (Common Alerting Protocol) for NWS Watch, Warning and Advisory products NWS-lead, cross-sector CAP Team formed, April 2007 Team leader Bob Bunge will present details today III. Projects and Progress

Storm-Based Warnings John Ferree gave us an update this morning We have advocated the launch of SBW, and are participating in cross-sector workshops and discussions as this project evolves Anticipating October 1 launch: SBW will allow providers to better target people in need of warnings, which is of great benefit to the public III. Projects and Progress

Work with Ken Graham Partnership Project ideas, Ken’s role with the NWS, and opportunities for collaboration Continuing talks about dynamic ideas for strengthening the weather enterprise III. Projects and Progress

Continue presentations and conversations Continue participation in projects (CAP Team, Partners Meeting, etc.) Re-engage project team Consider inviting new project team members after 2007 Summer WAS*IS IV. The Future

V. Wrap Up Melissa Tuttle Carr Kevin Barjenbruch Thank you!