# Presentation: 220761

## Symposium on Weather Information for Surface Transportation

**Symposium on Weather Information for Surface Transportation**
**4 Dec 00**

**Lt Col Jerry Borger**
**United States Transportation Command**

## Overview

**Overview**

**DoD Current Capabilities (as pertains to surface transportation)**
**Future Initiatives**
**Barriers to Achieving Capabilities**

***The weather itself is not nearly as important as its impacts on human activities.***

## DoD Surface Forecasting Capabilities

**Resource Protection**
**Precise forecasts of threatening weather conditions that endanger people, resources, or operations**
**Reduced Visibility**
**Lightning**
**Heavy Snow/”Blizzard”**
**Excessive Temperatures**

** ****Hail**
** ****High Winds**
** ****Floods**
** ****Freezing Precip**

**DoD Surface Forecasting Capabilities**

## DoD Surface Weather Capabilities

**DoD Surface Weather Capabilities**

**Navy (http://www.fnmoc.navy.mil)**
**Joint METOC Viewer**
**WXMAPS**
**Air Force**
**AF Weather Information Network**
** ****(http://www.afwin.afwa.af.mil/)**
**Climatology**
** ****(http://www.afccc.af.mil/)**

## Joint METOC Viewer Software

- NOGAPS Surface Temperature, Winds, 12-Hr Precipitation

## Joint METOC Viewer Software

- COAMPS Surface Temperature, Winds, 12-Hr Precipitation

## WXMAPS

- NOGAPS Thickness, Surface Pressure, 12-Hr Precipitation

## DoD Surface Weather Capabilities

**DoD Surface Weather Capabilities**

- AFWIN CONUS THEATER PRODUCTS
- Text Products - Surface OBS/TAFS, NWS forecasts, model output, bulletins, warnings/advisories, etc.
- Surface Charts - Fronts, radar composites, weather depictions, etc.
- Satellite Images - Full GOES images, regional images, and MPG animations
- Radar/Lightning Images - National and single-site radar and lightning images

## DoD Surface Weather Capabilities

- AFWIN CONUS THEATER PRODUCTS (Cont.)
- Model Charts - Advect Clouds, NGM, MRF, AVN, ETA   and MM5 products
- Forecaster Products - Hazards, Quantitative Precip Forecasts, Snow Depth, etc.
- Tropical Storms - Map with current storms, tracking products, and links to major storm centers
- Climatology - Link to AF Combat Climatology Center
- Space - Solar products/images

**DoD Surface Weather Capabilities**

## AFWIN

- MM5 Surface Pressure, Winds, 3-Hr Precipitation

## AFWIN

- MM5 Surface Temperature, Winds

## AFWIN

- MM5 Surface Visibility

## AFWIN

- MM5 Total Snow Accumulation

## AFWIN

- Temp, Dew PT

- 3-Hr Precip

- Surface Wind

- Abs Humidity

- Thickness

- Rel Humidity
- Clouds
- Temp
- Wind

- Meteogram

## AFWIN

- Interactive Meteogram

## DoD Surface Weather Capabilities

**DoD Surface Weather Capabilities**

- Climatology (AF Combat Climatology Center)
-  Advanced Climate Modeling and Environmental Simulations (ACMES)
-  Operational Climatic Data Summary (OCDS)
-  Tailored Products

## On The Horizon

**Coming soon to the Air Force Weather Agency:**
- Implementation of Land-Surface Model (estimated Mar01)
-  Will improve MM5 boundary physics over land
- Implementation of Wx Research & Forecasting Model (WRF) (next couple of years)
-  Fully couples Air and Surface layers

**On The Horizon**

## On The Horizon

**Coming soon to the Air Force Weather Agency:**
- DMSP Launch (Jan 01)
-  Will improve characterization of snow, ice, soil moisture, etc.
- Final Operating Capability of Operational   Weather Squadrons (estimated Jul 02)
-  Will improve regional forecast products

**On The Horizon**

## Barriers to Progress

**Barriers to Progress**

**Technology**
**Personnel and Equipment Resources**
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