National Weather Service Update on Winter Weather Initiatives
Source: National Weather Service Winter Weather Program. Program recorded October 26, 2021.
The National Weather Service Winter Weather Program staff highlighted updates to initiatives and watch/warning efforts in regards to winter weather issues during this webinar.
This year’s webinar covered many topics, including updates to the Probabilistic Snow pages and graphics, future Impact-Based Warning tags for snow squalls, updates on an Avalanche Weather Initiative, the Winter Storm Severity Index, the experimental Winter Storm Outlook, and some regional experiments such as the Days 3-7 Winter Storm Threat and Lake Effect Snow Warning Polygon projects. The briefing also summarized the overall vision of the Winter Weather Program and the latest safety and outreach materials.
- Winter Program and Vision Overview
- Winter Key Messages
- Updated Local ProbSnow Pages/Graphics
- Eastern United States Projects
- Days 3-7 Winter Storm Threat Product
- Lake-Effect Snow Warning Polygons
- Impact-Based Warning tags for snow squalls
- Updates on Avalanche Weather Initiative
- Experimental Winter Storm Outlook
- Winter Storm Severity Index
- Updated Outreach Materials and Initiatives
- Detailed Winter Program Vision
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