1. World Meteorological Organization Working together in weather, climate and water 12th Asia - Pacific (APSDEU) 24th North American – Europe (NAEDEX) WMO; Climate and Waterwww.wmo.int WMO Fred Branski 23 Oct 2012

2. 2 Major NWS Telecom Initiatives Integrated Dissemination Strategy (IDS) –Resetting all dissemination requirements from a services orientation – technology agnostic –Corporate level solutions provided as a utility –Focus on dissemination but acquisition will be driven by same business model Telecommunication Gateway (RTH, GISC, plus) re-architecture / replacement –Full functional replacement including backups –Full redesign - addresses WIS, NextGen, other rqs –Technology and infrastructure both on the block Both subject to funding holds, planning ongoing

3. NCEP delay stats October 22, 2012 for dbnet 3/4 3

4. NCEP delay stats October 22, 2012 for dbnet 1/2 4

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6. NCEP delay stats October 22, 2012 for dbnet 3/4 6

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9. TGFTP on the WEB Tgftp.nws.noaa.gov is ranked 877 in the world (among the 30 million domains) http://www.webstatsdomain.com/domains/tgftp. nws.noaa.gov/ 9

10. Daily Web Ranking Previous 6 months 10

11. Estimated % of daily global users who visit TGFTP 11

12. Views to TGFTP as estimated % of global daily page views 12

13. 13 Regional WIGOS Implementation Planning WIGOS framework planning is at national, regional and global levels within the existing financial period (ending 2015) Two foci: –First and primary - establishment of mechanisms, procedures, collaboration and structures to establish the framework to manage the maintenance, update and evolution of observing systems from requirements to service delivery with a focus on integration across multiple component systems, activities and delivered products and services.

14. 14 Regional WIGOS Implementation Planning First focus continued: –Observing system management then self-sustaining and continues to evolve as a normal operational activity –“Implementation Phase” then over, “Operational Phase” will be ongoing. Second focus: –Actual start and execution of activities as determined and prioritized by appropriate bodies to meet the goals of WIGOS.

15. 15 Regional WIGOS Implementation Planning The two foci should be documented in Regional WIGOS Implementation Plans (RWIP) –Activities, deliverables, timelines, responsibilities, costs and risks should be identified –Plans will serve as primary tool to record and guide the regional implementation –Expected to be maintained and updated as needed throughout the process. RAs I, II and V have met and started work on their Regional WIGOS Implementation Plan (RWIP)

16. 16 Regional WIGOS Implementation Planning RA-III/IV Regional WIGOS Implementation Plan meeting - 26-30 November, 2012 in Costa Rica –RA-III & IV will have separate plans,but will share some common activities. –Exchange of existing AWS already agreed from a previous TECO –Continue work on improving exchange of RADAR products with a focus on sharing regional RADAR imagery for generation of regional RADAR mosaics

17. 17 Regional WIGOS Implementation Planning RA-III/IV RWIP continued: –Improving availability and utilization of AMDAR data –Improving availability and utilization of observation metadata –Improving availability and utilization of high resolution radiosonde data. –Requirements from the RA-IV Hurricane Operations Plan, marine programs and regional flash flood projects.

18. 18 Thank you Merci Спасибо Gracias شكرا 谢 谢谢 谢谢 谢谢 谢