1. North American Monsoon Experiment (NAME) Personal Briefing Page Scott C. Handel NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC

2. Why A Personal Briefing Page? Serves as a compliment to the JOSS NAME catalog: http://www.joss.ucar.edu/catalog/name/ Ideal for coordinated conference calls Convenient “one-stop shop” for a myriad of forecast tools and products tailored to the Tier I and Tier II regions Designed for forecasters operating under strict time constraints

4. Convenient Access to JOSS Page Expandable Menu Items Numbered for Easy Reference Items Grouped Into Convenient Sub-Categories Menu Features

5. Overview of Monitoring Satellite Lightning Radar Precipitation Sfc Temperature Upper Air Climate Variability Includes Visible, IR and Water Vapor Images from SMN and NOAA tailored to the Tier I region Includes real-time displays from the National Lightning Detection Network Includes images from a number of sites in the Tier I region Includes real-time monitoring on a number of time scales Includes soundings and meteograms both within and upstream from the Tier I region Includes measures of climate variability such as MJO and ENSO Includes time series plots of temperature and dewpoint Drought Includes the latest Drought Monitor from the National Drought Mitigation Center GDAS Includes precip and wind maps derived from the global data assimilation system EDAS Includes representations of current conditions derived from the ETA data assimilation system

7. EDAS 3 hrly animation of moisture flux

8. EDAS 3 hrly Animation of Precipitation

9. Overview of Predictions Days 1-3 Days 6-14 Days 3-7 Monthly Seasonal 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 CPC precipitation and temperature calibrated model tools which contain the Tier I region in its entirety Includes QPF and medium range forecasts and discussion from HPC Includes CPC’s official monthly and seasonal temperature and precipitation forecasts

13. Overview of Verifications Included to provide measures of skill of the various tools, models, and outlooks available to the forecaster

14. Overview of Reference Features a useful glossary of commonly used acronyms Includes links to agency homepages

15. Summary/Future Plans Not an “official” page. Each forecaster has their own unique methodology which may or may not include this briefing sequence Solicitation of feedback from the NAME forecasters themselves Further coordination with JOSS NAME catalog for a full compliment of products

16. Reference Location of JOSS NAME Catalog: Location of NAME Briefing Sequence: http://www.joss.ucar.edu/name/catalog/ http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/NAME/NAME.html