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President'smessage NWA NEWSLETTER No. 06 –06 June 2006 operational meteorology, I can assure you that your PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE individual professional areas of interest and expertise were and continue to be well represented on the Council. by Dave Knapp I believe the Council departed Dallas with a renewed vigor What do you get when you put 20 people with a to make the right things happen to keep the momentum variety of operational meteorological backgrounds, and progress going in the coming months. All agreed that experiences, and interests, with different personalities and past NWA leadership has brought the organization to a perspectives, in a room for two days to discuss the point where we are on the verge of potentially significant current status and future of the NWA? Well, you get a growth in membership and influence in the operational fine group of professionals, most of them elected by you, meteorology community. The Council is leading the way who are dedicated to the best interests of the NWA. For down this exciting path in the coming months, and I look two very productive days, June 8-9, the NWA forward to reporting on some specific initiatives and Council met in Dallas for a midyear meeting. As I changes for the future at the Annual Meeting in Cleveland, reminded the Council at the start of the meeting, the all designed to keep the NWA relevant and prominent now published position description for NWA Council members and in the future. (see Web site: www.nwas.org/nwa_pd.pdf) reads, On the topic of NWA advocacy, prior to the midyear “Members of the Council are the Directors of the Council meeting, we worked with the Remote Sensing Association,” responsible for “general oversight for the Committee to put the finishing touches on a letter of association.” With that as our guide, we jumped right in support advocating the inclusion of a Microwave Sensor to address many topics that are important to the on an upcoming GOES platform. You have had an leadership and general membership this year. Discussion opportunity to participate in this process, and the Remote was often spirited, occasionally intense, and overall very Sensing Committee has appreciated your feedback in fruitful. While space prohibits going into detail on Council recent months (see “Updated Letter of Support for a discussions, here is a list of major topics we covered: GOES Microwave Sensor” at Web site www.nwas.org/committees/rs/rs.html). Thanks to the ● Current NWA committee activities and status efforts of the committee and with NWA Council approval, I ● Scholarships and status of 2006 submissions was pleased to sign the letter and send it to many key ● Award nominations for 2006 leaders and scientists with a stake in the future of GOES ● Annual Meeting plans for Cleveland this October instrumentation payloads. The letter was also sent to a ● Potential sites for the 2007 Annual Meeting number of leaders in international scientific organizations ● Advocacy issues addressed/being addressed by the around the world. Initial feedback and support from the Council community on our advocacy letter has been very positive. ● Review, closure, and/or progress on past and current I’ve just received the initial draft agenda for the action items upcoming Annual Meeting in Cleveland. Theresa Rossi ● NWA financial status and budget review and her Annual Meeting Program Committee are ● Leadership transitions and potential changes in duties putting together an excellent agenda. You’ll see it ● Strategic, Operating and Annual Plans published on the NWA Web site and in the August ● Potential new outreach activities for the NWA Newsletter, but I can tell you that the tentative list of session topics address the wide breadth of expertise and ● New directions regarding membership growth and interests of the NWA. If you are not a scheduled marketing the NWA presenter at the Annual Meeting, I encourage you ● The continuing and growing need for volunteers to to make plans to attend for your professional support Council and Committee activities development and to associate face-to-face with your As I look back on the two meeting days, I am pleased counterparts in all sectors of the weather and climate to let you know that your NWA Council is passionate enterprise. We promise the week will be most rewarding about making the NWA a premier organization for you, and exciting for all who attend. our members. With representation from all sectors of - Dave Knapp ([email protected]) The AgWeatherNet data will soon be accessible GOES-N in ORBIT as GOES-13 through the Web site: www.agweathernet.wsu.edu, but NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental until then the site redirects people to the PAWS Web site Satellite (GOES)-N was successfully launched into orbit at: paws.prosser.wsu.edu. Registration is required to use from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on 24 May 2006 the site, though it is open to the public. aboard Boeing’s new Delta-IV rocket. It achieved Also see the May 2006 Good Fruit Grower magazine geostationary orbit and was designated GOES-13. The for further information. first visible sounder images were received on 22 June. - Bob Robinson, Specialized Operational Services Committee Following a six-month “check-out” period, GOES-13 will be parked at 105° W in storage as an on-orbit spare until needed to replace either of the two operational GOES. NAM WRF MODEL TRAINING GOES-13, and its two follow-on satellites, will allow On 20 June 2006, the NOAA/NWS/National Centers NOAA to improve services while transitioning to the next for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) replaced the NCEP generation satellite, GOES-R. A more stable pointing Eta model with the NCEP North American Mesoscale platform on GOES-13 will allow NOAA to deliver improved (NAM) Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) data to weather forecasters from the visible/infrared Model. The NCEP Eta model has been the workhorse imager and sounder. The satellite also carries an short-range forecast model used for forecast guidance expanded suite of instruments for monitoring the solar over the United States for more than a decade. It is being environment. A dedicated transponder on GOES-13 will replaced by the NCEP Nonhydrostatic Mesoscale Model support the Emergency Manager’s Weather Information (NMM), and its analysis is being replaced by the Gridpoint Network (EMWIN) service. GOES-13 also marks the Statistical Interpolation (GSI). The NMM and GSI are transition from analog WEFAX data transmission in running in the WRF infrastructure. previous GOES to digital Low Rate image Information To help train users of the new model, the COMET Transmission (LRIT). LRIT will provide for the distribution Program has published two versions of the Webcast, "The of more NWS products at a higher data rate to the NOAA NCEP North American Mesoscale (NAM) Weather user community. Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model." The condensed - Craig Nelson - for the NWA Remote Sensing Committee version focuses on the most practical information about the new model and analysis changes and has a 40-minute WASHINGTON STATE run time. The full version provides more in-depth explanations of model changes and runs 75 minutes. AGRICULTURAL WEATHER Each of the Webcasts highlights the major forecast NETWORK IMPROVEMENTS impacts resulting from these changes and includes the following content: Changes in funding for the Washington State University’s (WSU) Public Agricultural Weather System An introduction to the WRF concept (PAWS), now known as AgWeatherNet (AWN), are Basic discussion of how GSI improves the bringing about expansion and improvements in the analysis, including conceptual explanation of anisotropic weather station network for Washington State. background error covariances, which the GSI will first use PAWS was developed over 20 years ago to provide in the Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis (RTMA) and later in weather information useful in irrigation scheduling and the NAM-WRF frost protection. Over the years, this network grew to Information on differences between the vertical about 60 stations, mainly in the central Washington coordinate systems in Eta and NMM and how they affect irrigated fruit growing areas. The Center for Precision the forecast Agricultural Systems (CPAS), established at WSU’s facility Discussion of nonhydrostatic effects, including a in Prosser, Washington, has worked for the past five years case example to expand and reorganize PAWS into a modernized Presentation of new output variables, including system called AgWeatherNet. precipitation type and simulated radar reflectivity Last year, funding was approved to increase the The NOAA/NWS/NCEP NAM WRF Model (Full number of stations by an additional 60 and expand the Version) is available at Web site: coverage to other crop production areas, including those www.meted.ucar.edu/nwp/NAMWRF/index.htm. in western Washington. This year the Washington State The NOAA/NWS/NCEP NAM WRF Model (Short Legislature approved an annual funding initiative to Version) is available at Web site: support a permanent maintenance and operations staff for www.meted.ucar.edu/nwp/NAMWRF_short/index.htm. AgWeatherNet, including a faculty position to implement COMET also has a Web forum for discussing current ag/climate technology transfer to the agricultural NCEP WRF model runs located at Web site: community through AgWeatherNet. www.meted.ucar.edu:8080/metedbb/forums/list.page. The In addition, CPAS has developed and will install WRF runs are discussed on the NAM/mesoscale forum, modernized data collection and radio equipment for both and postings about any interesting, curious, or problematic the new and old weather stations in the network. It is also aspects of the model forecasts as well as questions are planning to transfer the servers that manage highly encouraged. AgWeatherNet to WSU’s main campus at Pullman. - Liz Page, COMET and NWA Secretary 2 NWA SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED students' weather forecasting prowess.
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