# Presentation: 677288

## IFPS Spot Formatter

- Virgil T. Middendorf
- National Weather Service
- Billings, MT

## Versions of Web Spot Request Forms

- WRSpot – used by most WR offices last 4 years. Forecast is typed into a web interface instead of on AWIPS.
- National – Same as WRSpot, but hosted on a national server on the east coast.  ER, CR, and SR offices are all using this version.
- IFPS Spot – modified version of WRSpot that allows transfer of information between the WR web server and AWIPS (and hence IFPS). BYZ, GGW, MFR, PDT, and RIW are using this version operationally.

## Spot Request Process

## Spot Request Process

## Spot Request Process

## Spot Request Process

## Spot Request Process

## Spot Request Process

## Spot Request Process

-  WR web server sends the spot request file to WFO Boise
-  WFO Boise’s AWIPS sends the STQ products to WAN
-  STQ product triggers the Red Banner Alarm with audio
-  Forecaster then launches a script to generate the forecast

## Spot Request Process

## Forecast Generation Process

## Forecast Generation Process

## Forecast Generation Process

## Forecast Generation Process

## Forecast Generation Process

## Forecast Generation Process

## Forecast Generation Process

## Forecast Generation Process

## Spot Request Process

## Spot Request Process

## How it Works

- <date/time>

- Spot
- Request
- Website

- ls1-boi
- ds1-boi

- GTFSTQBYZ

- ds1-byz

- GTFSTQBYZ

- ls1-byz

- Red-Banner
- Alarm on D2D

- Status Messages
- For Website

- Forecaster Launches
- Sport Forecast
- Generation
- Script

- GFE
- on lx1

- Edit FWS
- in XNOW

- Transmit
- Forecast

- GTFFWSBYZ

## Spot Statistics

- 1. FIRE INFORMATION BREAKDOWN:  ENTIRE DISTRICT
-                                     DJF      MAM      JJA      SON     YEAR
-    A. SPOT FORECASTS..........       12       38      243        0      293
-        SEPARATE INCIDENTS.....        3       16      127        0      146
-          CONTROLLED (RX)......        3       12        5        0       20
-          WILD FIRES...........        0        4      119        0      123
-          WILDFIRE USE.........        0        0        0        0        0
-          TRAINING.............        0        0        3        0        3
-    B. NUMBER OF FIRES.........        3       16      127        0      146
-        ACRES BURNED...........      621     3383   201631        0   205635

## HOURLY WILD FIRE STATISTICS

-    HR DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV TOT
- ---------------------------------------------------------
-    00   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
-    01   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   1
-    02   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   1   0   0   0   4
-    03   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
-    04   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   1
-    05   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   0   4
-    06   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   7   0   0   0  12
-    07   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3   7   0   0   0  11
-    08   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   6  14   0   0   0  20
-    09   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   9   9   0   0   0  18
-    10   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   1  11   0   0   0  13
-    11   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   6  12   0   0   0  18
-    12   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   9  13   0   0   0  22
-    13   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   3   5   0   0   0   9
-    14   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   7  16   0   0   0  25
-    15   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   8  12   0   0   0  21
-    16   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4  10   0   0   0  14
-    17   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   6   0   0   0  11
-    18   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   6   0   0   0   8
-    19   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4   0   0   0   5
-    20   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   3   0   0   0   5
-    21   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4   0   0   0   5
-    22   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   2   0   0   0   4
-    23   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   3
- ---------------------------------------------------------
- TOTAL   0   0   0   0   3   2   3  78 148   0   0   0 234

## Average Individual Turnover Times (min)

-          JA    CHB   KWM   SAS   TWH   WMR   JRS   JMM   DLB   DM    VTM   ALL
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---
-    DEC    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0
-    JAN    .0  34.0    .0  35.0    .0  36.3    .0  48.5  39.0    .0    .0  35.9
-    FEB    .0  51.0    .0 102.0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0  76.5
-    MAR  70.0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0  31.0    .0    .0    .0  40.3
-    APR  27.7  41.3    .0  55.0  28.0  45.1  24.0    .0  23.2    .0    .0  32.4
-    MAY  14.0    .0    .0  14.0  23.8    .0    .0    .0  30.0    .0    .0  26.6
-    JUN  62.0  41.5    .0    .0  23.5   8.0  10.0  32.0  26.0    .0    .0  31.1
-    JUL  27.6  30.8    .0  22.0  22.0  16.3  15.3  19.5  33.0  21.7    .0  24.7
-    AUG  23.2  27.1  20.5  15.2  16.7  14.0  16.7  16.8    .0  13.9  14.5  19.5
-    SEP    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0
-    OCT    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0
-    NOV    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0
-    DJF    .0  42.5    .0  44.6    .0  36.3    .0  48.5  39.0    .0    .0  43.3
-    MAM  39.5  41.3    .0  34.5  24.6  45.1  24.0  31.0  24.9    .0    .0  31.6
-    JJA  25.7  29.5  20.5  20.2  18.1  14.4  15.9  18.8  28.8  15.1  14.5  22.0
-    SON    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---
- TOTALS  27.0  31.5  20.5  24.4  19.2  20.6  16.7  20.7  27.3  15.1  14.5  24.0

## Individual Spot Number Statistics

-          JA    CHB   KWM   SAS   TWH   WMR   JRS   JMM   DLB   DM    VTM   ALL
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    DEC    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0
-    JAN    .0   1.0    .0   3.0    .0   2.0    .0   1.0   1.0    .0    .0   9.0
-    FEB    .0   2.0    .0    .5    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0   3.0
-    MAR   1.0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0   1.0    .0    .0    .0   3.0
-    APR   1.5   1.5    .0    .5   1.0   3.5   1.5    .0   6.0    .0    .0  24.0
-    MAY    .5    .0    .0    .5   4.0    .0    .0    .0   2.0   1.0    .0  11.0
-    JUN   1.0   2.0    .0    .0   2.0   1.0   1.0   1.0   3.0    .0    .0  14.0
-    JUL   6.5   4.0    .0  14.0   4.0   6.0   3.0   9.5   2.0   1.5    .0  81.0
-    AUG  21.0  13.0   4.0   5.0  21.0  13.0  10.0  12.0    .0   8.0  11.0 148.0
-    SEP    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0
-    OCT    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0
-    NOV    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0
-    DJF    .0   3.0    .0   3.5    .0   2.0    .0   1.0   1.0    .0    .0  12.0
-    MAM   3.0   1.5    .0   1.0   5.0   3.5   1.5   1.0   8.0   1.0    .0  38.0
-    JJA  28.5  19.0   4.0  19.0  27.0  20.0  14.0  22.5   5.0   9.5  11.0 243.0
-    SON    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- TOTALS  31.5  23.5   4.0  23.5  32.0  25.5  15.5  24.5  14.0  10.5  11.0 293.0
- %TOTAL  10.8   7.6   1.4   8.3  10.6   8.7   5.5   8.0   4.9   3.4   3.9 100.0

## Improvements Needed

-  Move responsibility of issuing STQ products to WRH or BYZ
-  Set up backup for issuing STQ products
-  Request time on spot requests sometimes in LT
-  Close security hole between maul2 and boi
-  More spot request form configurability

## Acknowledgments

- Tim Barker – original software developer
- Bill Rasch – GFE Formatter
- Jeff Zeltwanger – web interface