# Presentation: 724449

## AWIPS Software Recommendation and Evaluation Committee (SREC) OB7 Development

**April 12, 2005**
**Systems Engineering Center**

## Agenda

**Action item review**
**Summary of Regional Discussion**
**OB7 Development Allocation  **
**Presentation of new OB7 Straw man**
**Voting for Approval of OB7 Straw man**
**Remaining Activities**
***Approval and S&T approval***
**Process Improvement**
**Continue Process for Future Releases**
***Five Year Plan***

## Action Item Review

**Identify NGIT member for SREC (Mandel)**
**Provide OCWWS member before next meeting (Jacks)**
**Add Suzanne Lenihan as OST representative**
**Update SREC webpage following the April 12 SEC meeting (Mandel)**
**Add training branch reps for the test/practice mode activity (Mandel)**
**Re-weight following items for OB8 SREC (Mandel)**
***Cloud Amount DPI, National Convective Weather Forecast, MsRequestServer Queueing***
**Change Hydro item HL-RMS into NWSRFS ops item’s name to Distributed Hydrologic Modeling (Mandel)**
**Add GFS Ensembles for OCONUS and CONUS to OB6  (Mandel)**
***Establish an OSI IWT team to review all ensemble requirements (Mandel )***
**Added to items to OB7 being funded by NPI**
***Mesocyclone detection Algorithm***
***Send environmental data from AWIPS to RPG***

## Summary of Regional Discussion

**Establish a monthly SREC Status meeting **
**Add FNMOC Wave Watch model guidance to OB7**
**Add NOGAPS to OB7 (Mandel)**
***PR (B Ward) stressed the importance of the requirement for PR since they are limited in the amount of model outputs they have to use for forecasting.  ***
**Add Polar Microwave Products to OB7 (Mandel)**
***PR request, under review***
**Add Analysis of Record (AOR) item for OB7**
**Establish an OSI IWT team for Displaced Real Time functionality (Mandel)**
***Regions, OCWWS, SEC, possibly Development Organizations will supply members ***
**Send MDL request for 4-D Storm Cell Investigation to OISP**
***Keep placeholder in OB7 (Mandel)***
**Add N Hemisphere gridded TCM from TPC (Mandel)**
***Under review***
**Insure Items identified (pages 17-25) are assigned to OSI and an IWT is formed (Mandel)**

## OB7 Development Allocations

- Proposed OB7

- Actual OB7

## OB7 Straw manTactical

**Software maintenance**
***DRs from previous releases***
*FSL (40), MDL (40), SEC (80), OHD (37)*
**Radar**
***Super‐resolution 88D base products***
***Mesocyclone Detection Algorithm***
***Send environmental data from AWIPS to RPG***
**Model data**
***NOGAPS***
***GFS BUFR Sounding Data (OB6 SREC) ***
***All 12 km Eta products CONUS & AK upgraded to 10 km from North American Mesoscale WRF ***
***Full suite of SREF products for CONUS and Alaska***
***ECMWF model (prep work)***
***All 20 km RUC products upgraded to 13 km***
***N. Hemispheric gridded TCM from the TPC****

## OB7 Straw manTactical

**Satellite**
***Polar Microwave Products****
**Hydrology**
***Operational Implementation of Distributed Hydrologic***
***WHFS HydroView Enhancement to “Mapper”***
***RFC Archive Server SHEF Decoder Enhancements ***
**Decision Assistance**
***Auto-nowcaster short-term convective forecast application ***
***4D Storm Cell Investigator (NSSL WDSSII display on AWIPS)***
***SAFESEAS Enhancements (OB6)***
*Fog Monitor*
**GFE**
***Develop and incorporation of a new Universal Formatter (UFOR) for CRS***
***Grid Initialization****
***Add the capability to use NCDC climatological data in GFE for display, smart tools, and formatters****
**NDFD**
***NDFD grid sub sectors for RFCs via AWIPS***
**Infrastructure**
***Displace Real Time (preliminary development via OSIP)***

## OB7 Straw manStrategic

**Radar**
***Add products to TDWR SPG ****
*candidates are: composite reflectivity (CZ and/or ULR), VAD wind profile (VWP), Vertically Integrated Liquid (VIL). *
**Decision Assistance**
***FFMP Enhancements***
***Guardian (OB6)***
***SAFESEAS ***
*Rip Current Products*
***SNOW***
**Hydrology **
***Integration of RFC QPE tools into a common National System NDFD***
***Integrate CHPS Data Services for RRS***
**NDFD**
***Analysis of Record***
***Extend geographic domain of NDFD products to cover Offshore and High Seas domain***
***New NDFD elements (TPC’s Gridded Probabilistic Winds and OPC and TAFB Offshore Gridded Significant Wave Height Forecasts ***
**GFE**
***OPC and TAFB Offshore Gridded Significant Wave Height Forecasts in GFE****

## OB7 Straw manStrategic 

**Infrastructure**
***Improve installation times***
*Analyze where time is spent during installations over last four OB releases*
*Target biggest opportunities for improvement*
*Objective reduction*
**25% reduction in installation times**
*Threshold reduction*
**15% reduction in installation times**

## OB7 Straw manStrategic

***Develop prototype data distribution method***
*Simplify and improve methods of delivering data. *
**Limited by SBN bandwidth and process **
**Only a small percentage of data is used at any one time**
**Provide a mechanism for accessing data not delivered directly over the SBN in a manner that is transparent to the user**
*Use “Data Pull” technology*
*Objective:*
**Have prototype installed in at least one WFO and RFC.**
*Threshold: *
**Have fully working prototype in lab **

## OB7 Straw manInfrastructure Tasks

**COTS Upgrades (e.g., gcc compiler, Postgres)**
**Technology Transfer (e.g., GFE Support, Climate, HWR, Communications, Graphic Workstation) **
**Decommission DS**
***Dial-out Radar replacement****
**GFE/GHG Infrastructure**
**GRIB2 Decoder (MDL to NCEP)**
**Removing local data access on NAS**
**Modify architecture to allow more frequent release**

## SREC Membership

**Field members (voting)**
***Eastern – Neal Dipasquale***
***Central – Greg Noonan***
***Southern – Eric Howieson***
***Western – Mark Mollner***
***Pacific – Bill Ward***
***Alaska – James Partain***
***NCEP – Steve Schotz***
**Integration Members (voting)**
***OCWWS – Eli Jacks***
***OHD – Jon Roe***
***OST – Suzanne Lenihan***
***OOS – Ashley Kells***
**Changes?**
***Email to SREC Secretary from S&T Committee member or Director of each FMC***

## Release Plan Approval

**Obtain S&T Approval (end of April)**
**Publish Release Plan (April 27)**
***Establish Development Organization tasking***
***Establish/maintain an SREC Website***
***Provide to OCWWS training group***
*Information submitted to NSTEP*

## Process for Future Releases

**Prepare five year plan (May/June 2005)**
***Add detail to current requirement set***
***Assign appropriate tasks to OSIP***
***Identify tasks for OB8 (9/07) – OB11(9/10)***

## Process Improvement

**Submission of candidate requirements****	**
***More time for submissions***
***Make sure all groups are represented***
***More descriptive requirements***
- Use checklists
**Update and quality control listings**
***Group similar requirements***
***Numerous duplicate entries***
***Separate infrastructure list***
**Include OCWWS Directive Changes**
**Develop links with OSIP**

## SREC Schedule Highlights

**April 12, 2005  ****	****Second SREC session to get ****	****	****	****	****consensus on proposed OB7 ****	****	****	****	****contents**
**April TBD, 2005  ****	****Present to S&T Committee for ****	****	****	****	****approval or revision**
**April 26, 2005****	****Final SREC Session to review S&T****	****	****	****Committee revisions and planning of  ****	****	****	****future release contents**
**Monthly meetings****	****Review status, future release****	****	****	****	****planning:  May 24, June 21, July 26, ****	****	****	****Aug 30, Sept 27, Oct 25, Nov 29**
**January 2006****	****OB8 SREC**

## OB7 Straw man Tactical -1st Tier

| # | Area |  | Weight | Dev | OB | OSI? |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OB6 | Satellite | Polar Microwave Products | 1.00 | SEC | OB7* |  |
| OB6 | Model | NOGAPS | 1.00 | SEC | OB7 |  |
| OB6 | Model | GFS BUFR Sounding Data (OB6 SREC) | 1.00 | SEC | OB7 |  |
| 70 | Radar | Super‐resolution 88D base products | 8.00 | FSL | OB7 | 04-002 |
| 41 | Model | Analysis of record  | 8.78 |   |  STAT |  |
| 30 | Infrastructure | Develop and incorporation of a new Universal Formatter (UFOR) for CRS. | 8.89 | CR | OB7 |  |
| 24 | IFPS | Add the capability to use NCDC climo data in GFE for display, smart tools, and formatters.  | 11.33 |  FSL | OB7* |  |
| 27 | Infrastructure | Displaced Real Time | 11.33 |  All |  OB7  (P) | To OSI |
| 9 | Decision Asst. | Next Generation Warning Tool | 12.56 |   |  STAT |  |
| 40 | Model | GFS Ensemble out to 240 Hrs -include global coverage | 14.22 |   |   | To OSI |
| 13 | Digital Services | Tools for enhanced quality assurance | 15.33 |   |  |  |
| 67 | Radar | Canadian radar ingest and mosaic (prep work only) | 15.78 |   |   | 04-013 |
| 61 | Observations | Ingest and display (planar, hodograph, skew-t) Cooperative Agency Profiler (CAP) data | 15.89 |   |  | 04-019 |
| 65 | Radar | Plan-view display of WSR-88D VAD Wind Profile (VWP) data using multiple radars | 15.89 |   |   |  |
| 44 | Model | All 12 km Eta prod CONUS & AK upgraded to 10 km from North American Mesoscale WRF  | 16.00 | SEC |  OB7 | To OSI |
| 14 | Digital Services | Provide capabilities for generation of Gridded Watches and Warnings in IFPS | 16.13 |  FSL |  OB6 |  |
| 58 | Model |  Full suite of SREF products for CONUS and Alaska  | 16.22 | SEC |  OB7 | To OSI |
| 46 | Model | Suite of 8 km WRF Ensemble prod from WRF Ensemble going into the HiResWindow slot  | 16.33 |   |   | To OSI |
| 66 | Radar | Estimated Actual Velocity (EAV) | 16.33 |   |   |  |
| 57 | Model | ECMWF model (prep work) | 16.78 | SEC | OB7 |  |
| 63 | Observations | Increase NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) prod ingest & display from every hr to every 6 min. | 16.89 |   |  | 04-019 |
| 55 | Model | Additional points for wave spectra for the NWW3 wave model suite. | 17.00 |   |   | To OSI |
| 45 | Model | DGEX (based on 10 km NAM WRF in FY06) downscaled 5 km NDFD  | 17.11 |   |   | To OSI |
| 20 | Hydrology | NDFD grid subsectors for RFCs via AWIPS | 17.56 |  MDL |  OB7 | 04-017 |
| 49 | Model | All 20 km RUC products upgraded to 13 km.  Then 10 km from Rapid Refresh WRF | 17.56 |  SEC |  OB7 |  |

## OB7 Straw man Tactical -2nd Tier

| # | Area |  | Weight | Dev | Release | OSI? |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 72 | Satellite | Volcanic ash product | 17.67 |   |   |  |
| 3 | Decision Assistance | Severe Weather GFE fields (prototype only) | 17.78 |   |   |  |
| 16 | Digital Services | Tools for statistical relationships between models, observations and climate data | 17.78 |   |   |  |
| 52 | Model | NOS currents and water level | 18.00 |   |   |  |
| 69 | Radar | MIGFA Phase I Product (prep work only) | 18.00 |   |   |  |
| 74 | Satellite | PolarVisible and IR imagery | 18.00 |  FSL |  OB6 |  |
| 60 | Observations | Ingest and display D2D of GPS Integrated Perceptible Water data | 18.11 |   |   |  |
| 21 | Hydrology | Availability of 48-hour cum QPF for days 4 and 5 and delivery of HPCs entire QPF dataset. | 18.22 |  |  |  |
| 22 | Hydrology | Incorporate NCEP short-term outlooks (6-14 days) into NWSRFS ensemble forecasting | 18.22 |  |  |  |
| 38 | Infrastructure | Low band width approaches for product dissemination | 18.22 |   |   |  |
| 8 | Decision Asst | Auto-nowcaster short-term convective forecast application  | 18.33 | MDL |  OB7 |  |
| 15 | Digital Services | Tools to remove model biases | 18.56 |   |   |  |
| 29 | Infrastructure | Storm-relative looping capabilities in D2D.   | 18.56 |   |   |  |
| 18 | Hydrology | WHFS site specific model | 19.22 | OHD | OB7 |  |
| 31 | Infrastructure | D2D Quick view of previous model run | 19.22 |   |   |  |
| 12 | Digital Services | Provide capabilities for new models to be used in GFE (for example, hydrologic models) | 19.33 |   |   |  |
| 23 | Hydrology | Operational Implementation of Distributed HydrologicIntegrate (old HL-RMS into NWSRFS operations | 19.33 |  OHD | OB7  |  |
| 51 | Model | N Hemisphere gridded TCM from the TPC | 19.33 |  SEC | OB7 * |  |
| 5 | Decision Assistance | Test Inter Marine Zone Links in Marine Zone database. | 19.44 |   |   |  |
| 25 | IFPS | Formatter or product Generator for web-based Tropical Cyclone Hazard Graphic Suite | 19.56 |   |   |  |
| 42 | Model | An option for GFS Ensemble MOS to display in "box and whisker form" | 19.56 |   |   |  |

## AWIPS Requirement PrioritizationTactical – 3rd Tier

| # | Area |  | Weight | Dev | OB | OSI? |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10 | Digital Services - NDFD | Provide NDFD data in various formats | 19.67 |  |  |  |
| 43 | Model | UKMET Model | 19.67 |  |  |  |
| 26 | IFPS | Formatter for Marine Forecast matrices | 19.78 |  |  |  |
| 54 | Model | Larger domain for Eta model on "North American" D2D display  | 19.78 |  |  |  |
| 59 | Model | Eliminate ALL NGM based products | 19.89 |  |  |  |
| 68 | Radar | Moving Point Meteogram | 19.89 |  |  |  |
| 75 | Satellite | Sea Surface Temperatures | 20.00 |  |  |  |
| 4 | Decision Assistance | Ingest, archive, and prepare an automated F-6 for more than 20 sites | 20.11 |  |  |  |
| 7 | Decision Assistance | Format of the CLM needs to change | 20.22 |  |  |  |
| 19 | Hydrology | Enhance End-to-End QPFs through gridded forecast improvements | 20.44 |  |  |  |
| 62 | Observations |  PORTS Observations for use in SAFESEAS and D2D.             | 20.56 |  |  |  |
| 37 | Infrastructure | Distance /Speed Tool Enhancements | 20.89 |  |  |  |
| 47 | Model | Canadian GEM data for D2D and GFE | 20.89 |  |  |  |
| 71 | Radar | SCIT 2D product | 20.89 |  |  |  |
| 73 | Satellite | Precip Estimates for Puerto Rico and Hawaii | 20.89 |  |  |  |

## AWIPS Requirement PrioritizationTactical – 3rd Tier

| # | Area |  | Weight | Dev | OB | OSI? |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Decision Assistance | IFPS ISC at National Centers with Marine Responsibility  | 21.00 |  |  |  |
| 2 | Decision Assistance | Add a Vil/Density algorithm to the SCAN program | 21.00 |  |  |  |
| 6 | Decision Assistance | HWR max/min temp and precip tables in SHEF .B | 21.00 |  |  |  |
| 11 | Digital Services - NDFD | Provide NDFD decoders code in modern languages | 21.00 |  |  |  |
| 17 | Dissemination | NWR Browser Enhancements | 21.00 |  |  |  |
| 28 | Infrastructure | D2D calculation of the mean of multiple fields | 21.00 |  |  |  |
| 32 | Infrastructure | GUI for user config of gridded data display | 21.00 |  |  |  |
| 33 | Infrastructure | Incorporate plan view analysis of RAOB data via the volume browser  | 21.00 |  |  |  |
| 34 | Infrastructure | Comprehensive AWIPS Configuration GUI | 21.00 |  |  |  |
| 35 | Infrastructure | Allow for increased observational data to display and verify aviation grids | 21.00 |  |  |  |
| 36 | Infrastructure | Capability to save a D2D loop | 21.00 |  |  |  |
| 39 | Infrastructure | Remove Bulletin Board System (BBS) from AWIPS | 21.00 |  |  |  |
| 48 | Model | General "Confidence Factor" (single 2D field ranging from 0-100) applying to all numerical guidance at 3 hourly intervals from day 0-8 for distribution with / on NDFD - can be manipulated by forecaster onsite - reflects much lower confidence in 8 day guid | 21.00 |  |  |  |
| 50 | Model | D2D display of HPC's Day 3-7 500 mb height forecast  | 21.00 |  |  |  |
| 53 | Model | GFDL Northern Atlantic and Pacific Hurricane Models | 21.00 |  |  |  |
| 56 | Model | Suite of 10 km Air Quality guidance products - maybe on NDFD grid | 21.00 |  |  |  |
| 64 | Observations | Oceanographic data sets from the HYCOM based North Atlantic Ocean Basin Model | 21.00 |  |  |  |

## OB7 Straw manStrategic -1st Tier

| # | Area |  | W AVG | Dev 
Org | OB7 | OSI? |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 67 | NDFD | Analysis of Record | 10.11 |  SEC |  OB7 | 05-006 |
| 47 | Model | Gridded MOS (CONUS & OCONUS)-5km grid, issued twice daily | 11.44 | MDL | OB6 | 04-009 |
| 45 | Model | WRF 8km, North America  4x/day | 13.11 |   |   | To OSI |
| 91 | Radar | Dual Polarization Product Display and Dissemination  | 14.78 |   |   | 05-002 |
| 94 | Satellite | GOES 0 products (launch between Jul 05 & Apr 07) | 15.56 |   |   | 04-024 |
| 46 | Model | GFS 45km, Global 4x/day | 17.78 |   |   | To OSI |
| 44 | Infrastructure | Provide System Capabilities for Transition to 2.5km Resolution in IFPS and NDFD | 20.67 |   |   | To OSI |
| 11 | Decision Assistance | Next-Generation Warning Tool | 20.78 |   |   | 04-005 |
| 13 | Hydrology | RFC Analysis & Gridded Forecast Improvement (GFE) | 21.33 |   |   | 04-017 |
| 88 | Radar | TDWR Data | 21.67 | FSL |  OB7* | 04-004 |
| 53 | Model | Hurricane Model | 22.33 |   |   | To OSI |
| 51 | Model | Short Range Ensemble Products (WRF; NEHRT Temperature) | 22.89 |   |   | To OSI |
| 22 | IFPS | Inclusion of DGEX into GFE full suite of fields for CONUS and OCONUS including Smart init | 23.56 |   |   |  |
| 23 | IFPS | Gridded Tropical and Extra-tropical Storm Surge Forecast | 23.89 |   |   | To OSI |
| 50 | Model | North American Ensemble Forecast (NAEFS) Products | 24.78 |   |   | To OSI |
| 62 | Model | Spectral output of wave models at selected points in spatial grid form | 25.00 |   |   | To OSI |
| 5 | Decision Assistance | FFMP Enhancements | 25.11 | MDL | OB7 | To OSI |
| 14 | Hydrology | Integration of RFC QPE tools into a common National System | 25.33 | OHD | OB7 |  |
| 21 | IFPS | Inclusion of ETA12 into full suite of fields for CONUS and OCONUS including Smart init | 25.56 |   |   |  |
| 57 | Model | WRF-based MOS guidance | 25.56 |   |   | To OSI |

## OB7 Straw manStrategic -1st Tier

| # | Area |  | W AVG | Dev Org | OB7 | OSI? |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 63 | Model | New Gridded Parameters including: Swell Height, Swell Direction, Visibility (marine), Sea Level Pressure, Marine and Tropical Hazards, Probabilistic Elements and Uncertainty, Storm Surge, Deviations from Climate Norms, Aviation Surface Wind Speed and Dire | 25.78 |   |   | To OSI |
| 77 | Observations | Radiosonde Replacement (Upper Air) System | 26.11 |   |   | 04-019 |
| 74 | New Digital Databases | National Digital Verification Database (NDVD) | 26.22 |   |   | To OSI |
| 52 | Model | Rapid Refresh WRF | 26.78 |   |   | To OSI |
| 43 | Infrastructure | Rapid Prototype Installs (prep work) | 27.00 | ALL | OB7 | 05-004 |
| 93 | Radar | North American-scale Precipitation Estimates-will include Canadian radar, WSR-88D, satellite estimates | 27.22 |   |   | 04-013 |
| 97 | Satellite | GOES P products (launch between Apr 07 & Oct 08) | 27.33 |   |   | 04-024 |
| 28 | Infrastructure | AWIPS software architecture will be designed to support access and dissemination of information using a database-centered, standards-based web services paradigm.  | 27.44 | ALL |  OB8 | 05-005 |
| 19 | IFPS | Tools to quantify uncertainty and produce probabilistic forecasts | 27.78 |   |   | To OSI |
| 36 | Infrastructure | The ability for D2D to read the 7-day archive directories on the AX  (part of DRT) | 28.00 |  ALL | OB7 (P)  | To OSI |
| 72 | New Digital Databases | National Digital Guidance Database (NDGD) | 28.00 |   |   | To OSI |
| 61 | Model | WRF 4km, North America 4x/day | 28.11 |   |   | To OSI |
| 68 | NDFD | Extend geographic domain of NDFD products to cover Offshore and High Seas domain | 28.22 | MDL | OB7  |  |
| 98 | Satellite | NPOESS- OCONUS impacts | 28.89 |   |   | 04-024 |
| 12 | Dissemination | Ingest and Display of High Res Distributed Models | 29.00 |   |   | 04-025 |
| 100 | Satellite | GOES R- higher resolution products, processing and storage impacts (~20 times more sat data) | 29.22 |   |   | 04-024 |

## OB7 Straw manStrategic -2nd Tier

| # | Area |  | W AVG | Dev Org | OB7 | OSI? |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 69 | NDFD | Add New NDFD Elements: TPC's Gridded Probabilistic Winds, OPC's and TAFB's Gridded Offshore Forecasts, Swell Height, Swell Direction, Visibility (marine),Sea Level Pressure, Marine and Tropical Hazards, Probabilistic elements and Uncertainty, Storm Surge, | 29.44 |  MDL |  OB7
  (P) |  |
| 29 | Infrastructure | Provide enhanced tools for collaboration  | 29.56 |   |   |  |
| 2 | Decision Assistance | D3D | 29.78 |   |   |  |
| 89 | Radar | Radar Multisensor Quantitative Precipitation Nowcasts | 29.78 |   |   |  |
| 34 | Infrastructure | QC Capabilities of LDAD | 29.89 |   |   |  |
| 17 | IFPS | Tools for real-time feature identification and extrapolation | 30.00 |   |   |  |
| 73 | New Digital Databases | National Digital Climate Database (NDCD) | 30.00 |   |   |  |
| 71 | NDFD | Provide Additional Gridded NOHRSC Snow Information | 30.44 |   |   |  |
| 59 | Model | Statistical Distributed  Modeling for Flash Flooding Accounting for uncertainty in Soil Moisture and Precipitation | 30.78 |   |   |  |
| 99 | Satellite | NPOESS    | 30.78 |   |   |  |
| 65 | Models | Distributed Hydrologic Models | 31.00 |  |  |  |
| 106 | Observations | Mesonet Quality Statistics | 31.11 |   |   |  |
| 105 | Observations | COOP-M | 31.22 |   |   |  |
| 10 | Decision Assistance | FIREMAN | 31.44 |   |   |  |
| 107 | Observations | Non-NWS Observations | 31.44 |   |   |  |
| 70 | New Digital Databases | National Digital Observation Database (NDOD) | 31.78 |   |   |  |
| 16 | IFPS | Provide generation capabilities and graphical editing capabilities for vertical forecast elements generation in IFPS | 32.44 |   |   |  |

## OB7 Straw manStrategic -2nd Tier

| # | Area |  | W AVG | Dev Org | OB7 | OSI? |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18 | IFPS | Tools for local perturbation capabilities | 32.44 |   |  |   |
| 66 | Models | Variation Hydrologic Model Assimilation System | 32.44 |   |  |   |
| 82 | Output Products | 6 additional weather elements and 2 sensible weather elements become official | 32.56 |   |  |   |
| 103 |   | Lightning Products | 32.56 |   |  |   |
| 64 | Model | Wave Guidance | 32.67 |   |  |   |
| 87 | Potential New Information and Products | Ecological Impact Information | 32.67 |   |  |   |
| 96 | Satellite | NPP-possible OCONUS impacts | 32.78 |   |  |   |
| 81 | Output Product | Convection, icing, turbulence, and ceiling & visibility products for CONUS and Alaska | 33.11 |   |  |   |
| 24 | IFPS | Surf Zone Forecast (SZF) Formatter-nationwide standard | 33.22 |   |  |   |
| 48 | Model | Gridded MOS (CONUS & OCONUS)-2.5km grid, issued 24X daily | 33.33 |   |  |   |
| 8 | Decision Assistance | SNOW | 33.44 |  MDL | OB7 |   |
| 54 | Model | Great Lakes Output | 33.44 |   |  |   |
| 112 |   | Tech refresh adds watches & warning info plus probabilistic forecasts | 33.44 |   |  |   |
| 6 | Decision Assistance | LSR Enhancements | 33.56 |   |  |   |
| 78 | Observations | Road Weather Information Systems (RWIS) observations | 33.56 |   |  |   |
| 56 | Model | Gridded LAMP (CONUS)-2.5km grid, issued 8X daily | 33.67 |   |  |   |
| 75 | New Digital Databases | National Digital Aviation Database (NDAD) | 33.78 |   |  |   |
| 7 | Decision Assistance | Second Generation AVNFPS (Aviation Forecast Prep Software) that Utilizes Cig/Vis Grids that also have Universal Formatters that Allow Text Data to Drop Out of Aviation Grids | 34.00 |   |  |   |
| 76 | Observations | MDCRS: expand # of obs and expand parameters | 34.33 |   |  |   |
| 95 | Satellite | NPOESS Prep Project (NPP) Data Exploitation (NDE) | 34.33 |   |  |   |

## OB7 Straw manStrategic – 3rd Tier

| # | Area |  | W AVG | Dev 
Org | OB7 | OSI? |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 113 |   | Climate Products and Information | 34.40 |   |   |  |
| 20 | IFPS | Gridded Canadian forecasts over Great Lakes – Ingest, display, & provide Intersite Coord Cap in IFPS | 34.44 |   |   |  |
| 9 | Decision Assistance | RUNWAY | 34.67 |   |   |  |
| 27 | Information | Water Quality | 34.67 |   |   |  |
| 31 | Infrastructure | Space to retain larger number of previous runs of each model | 34.67 |   |   |  |
| 30 | Infrastructure | Inventory Server | 34.78 |   |   |  |
| 4 | Decision Assistance | SCAN enhancements | 34.89 |  |  |  |
| 37 | Infrastructure | Tabular Text Display | 34.89 |   |   |  |
| 25 | IFPS | OPC and TAFB Offshore Gridded Significant Wave Height Forecasts in D2D and IFPS | 35.00 |  FSL | OB7 * |  |
| 32 | Infrastructure | Add the capability to display CO-OP data (e.g., the RR3) | 35.11 |   |   |  |
| 110 |   | Probabilistic Warnings / Extreme wx forecasts | 35.22 |   |   |  |
| 80 | Observations | NOS NWLON meteorological observations plotted on D2D | 35.33 |   |   |  |
| 26 | Information | Air Quality | 35.56 |   |   |  |
| 60 | Model | Coastal/Ocean Model | 35.78 |   |   |  |
| 1 | Decision Assistance | Lightning Mapper Array Data-SR | 35.89 |   |   |  |
| 3 | Decision Assistance | Enhancements to Product Maker functionality | 36.00 |   |   |  |

## OB7 Straw manStrategic – 3rd Tier

| # | Area |  | W AVG | Dev 
Org | OB7 | OSI? |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 33 | Infrastructure | Ability to configure/customize the display of banner alarms. Consolidate Multiple red banner and alert items.    | 36.00 | MDL | OB7 |  |
| 35 | Infrastructure | Additional D2D pane layout | 36.00 |   |   |  |
| 38 | Infrastructure | Facilitate sharing color curves among offices | 36.00 |   |   |  |
| 39 | Infrastructure | Option for D2D isopleth interval to be fixed when zooming | 36.00 |   |   |  |
| 40 | Infrastructure | Per user display customizations | 36.00 |   |   |  |
| 41 | Infrastructure | The capability for D2D to revert to the image in the sequence or loop that was displayed when the swap occurred | 36.00 |   |   |  |
| 42 | Infrastructure | D2D image tear-offs | 36.00 |   |   |  |
| 49 | Model | Gridded MOS (CONUS)-1.25km grid, issued 24X daily | 36.00 |   |   |  |
| 55 | Model | Week 2 MOS guidance | 36.00 |   |   |  |
| 58 | Model | Coupled 30km, Global 4x/day | 36.00 |   |   |  |
| 79 | Observations | Marine Profilers- Marine BUFR wind profilers in troposphere | 36.00 |   |   |  |
| 86 | Outreach | Improving the Forecaster's Ability to Provide High Quality Briefings at Remote Locations "Extend the Reach" | 36.00 |   |   |  |
| 101 |   | Web enhancement for vertical forecasts, analysis of record, and spatial and temporal resolution increases in the NDFD to 1.252km and 15 minutes | 36.00 |   |   |  |
| 102 |   | UAV | 36.00 |   |   |  |
| 104 |   | Rip Current Products | 36.00 | MDL | OB7 |  |
| 109 |   | Storm Surge | 36.00 |   |   |  |
| 111 |   | Probablistic Storm Surge | 36.00 |   |   |  |
| 114 | Observations | ASOS 1 minute |   |   |   |  |