Storm QuickLook Lori Fenstermacher [email protected] Storm Tide Monitoring The CO-OPS Storm QuickLook The product provides a synopsis of near real-time oceanographic and meteorological observations at locations affected by a tropical cyclone. http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/quicklook.shtml NOAA Sentinels New Hardened Stations – designed to withstand Category 4 Hurricanes Amerada Pass, LA Calcasieu Pass, LA during Hurricane Ike, 9/12/2008 Presently operating at 4 sites in Louisiana http://www.tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/publications/SPIP.pdf Tide Station Upgrades NOAA SentinelsTom are Landondesigneddesigned to withstand wind and [email protected] action from a Category 4 Storm Tide Monitoring hurricane NOAA Sentinels Elevated frame storm surge platforms: Bay Waveland, MS, • Shell Beach, LA, • Lake Charles, LA • Amerada Pass, LA, • Freshwater Bayou Locks, LA • Calcasieu Pass, LA. Shell Beach and Amerada Pass are the two http://www.noaa.gov/features/monitoring_1008/sentinels.html sites planned for co-located CORS sites. QuickLook Product . Initiated when a tropical storm or hurricane warning is issued for the U.S. coast or its territories . Updated following NWS public advisories and at landfall . Provides a synopsis of near real‐time oceanographic and meteorological observations at locations affected by a tropical cyclone . 24 x 7 Monitoring and Quality Control . Displayed on CO‐OPS web pages and linked through NOAA All Hazards webpage NOAAWatch www.tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov www.noaawatch.gov GIS map showing satellite imagery, wind contours, storm Can adjust water level track and stations Datum (MLLW/NAVD88), included (courtesy of measurement NHC). units (Standard/Metric) and time zone (Local/UTC). Time series plots of water level, wind speed & gusts, barometric Water level and pressure and water & meteorological air temperature, analyses, next high updating in real-time - tide values/times and every 10-12 minutes. select NWS advisory text CO‐OPS Website Statistics . Saw record web traffic during multiple storms . Just under 3.5 million visits during the week of 9/07‐9/13 (Hanna, Ike) . Over 2.6 million visits during the week of 8/31‐9/06 (Gustav) . Highest 1 day total was 9/12 (Ike landfall) with over 913,000 visits (30 ‐60k daily average) . Average monthly visits from January‐July 2008 –1.1 million . Over 4 million visits for the month of August and over 6.1 million visits for the month of September . 70.5% of web visits in August and 69.3% in September referred from NOAAWatch! Storm Reports http://www.tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/pub.html 2008 . Two preliminary water level and meteorological reports created . Hurricane Gustav data report is available on http://www.tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/ . Hurricane Ike data report is presently being reviewed internally . Extensive Hurricane Ike technical report will be completed 2nd Quarter FY09 Additional storm reports by year, not including unnamed storms or nor’easters. Proposed Improvements for 2009 Hurricane Season . Utilizing Highest Astronomical Tide (HAT) . Height of the highest predicted tide . Streamlining the generation of a storm summary report for quicker dissemination to aid in post-storm recovery . Addition of Automated Real-Time Summary (ARNS) to the product . Rate of water level change . Is water level rising or falling? Automated Real‐Time Narrative Summary (ARNS) . A brief, single paragraph summarizing the observation received from data sensors within a predefined region or for a single station. Available for PORTS® and their respective stations as well as through the PORTS® Voice System. Ingests the real‐time data for all instruments within all PORTS® installations every six minutes and generates and disseminates textual summary phrases. 200 Permanent Stations Web Services Post storm SLOSH validation Currently NOAA is switching its geodetic reference datum from NGVD29 to NAVD88 2008 Statistical Summary . Busy season with 121 total QuickLooks posted (53 produced in 2007) . Tropical Storm Cristobal –7 advisories posted from 7/19‐7/21 . Hurricane Dolly ‐ 12 advisories posted from 7/21‐7/24 . Tropical Storm Edouard ‐ 9 advisories posted from 8/03‐8/05 . Tropical Storm Fay ‐ 29 advisories posted from 8/17‐8/24 . Hurricane Gustav ‐ 14 advisories posted from 8/31‐9/02 . Tropical Storm Hanna ‐ 11 advisories posted from 9/04‐9/07 . Hurricane Ike ‐ 26 advisories posted from 9/08‐9/14 . Hurricane Kyle ‐ 6 advisories posted from 9/28‐9/29 . Hurricane Omar ‐ 7 advisories posted from 10/14‐10/16 All QuickLooks are archived at: http://www.tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/quicklook_archive.shtml CO-OPS Website Overview User Services Data Dissemination / Access [email protected] THREE Ways to Access Data Accessing Preliminary, Verified, and Predicted Data via dropdowns and listed under topics. Data accessible in tabular and Google Map format Google Map Links to Data Types XML Ver WL Pred Met Available Data Includes: Station Home Page Station Information Data Inventory Data Plots Tidal Datum Information Tidal Datum Information Tidal Datums Relative to Arbitrary Station Datum Mean Sea Level differences between 1983-2001 NTDE & 1960-1978 NTDE Average Difference = + / - 0.2 ft Benchmark Elevation Information Benchmark Elevation Information Location of Tide Gauge Datums Geodetic relative to relationship MLLW based on one mark Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS®) Navigation Safety Improved Economic Efficiency Coastal Resource Protection 2 NEW GULF PORTS Lake Charles PORTS: 8767816 Lake Charles, 8768094 Calcasieu Pass, and 8767816 Bulk Terminal #1 Lower Mississippi River PORTS: 8761955 Carrollton, LA Available Sea Level Data Grand Isle = 9.24 mm / yr. or 3.03 ft / cent. Data Available through OPenDAP and Web Services CO-OPS Website Overview User Services Data Dissemination / Access [email protected].