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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT 19-38 UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS SILVER SPRING MD
1100 AM EST TUE JAN 28 2025
TO: SUBSCRIBERS:
-NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
-EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
-NOAAPORT
OTHER NWS PARTNERS, USERS AND EMPLOYEES
FROM: STEPHEN W. BIEDA III, PH.D., CHIEF
SEVERE, FIRE, PUBLIC, AND WINTER WEATHER SERVICES
BRANCH
SUBJECT: UPDATED: SOLICITING COMMENTS ON THE EXPERIMENTAL
PROBABILISTIC QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECAST (PQPF)
WEBPAGES THROUGH NOVEMBER 21, 2025
UPDATED TO EXTEND THE COMMENT PERIOD AND TO ADD ADDITIONAL
PARTICIPATING WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES (WFOS).
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) IS SOLICITING COMMENTS ON THE
LOCAL WFO EXPERIMENTAL PROBABILISTIC QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION
FORECAST (PQPF) WEBPAGES. STARTING FEBRUARY 10, 2025, THE
EXPERIMENT WILL BE EXPANDED TO ALL CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES
(CONUS) WFOS.
THE PQPF FORECAST GRAPHICS AND TABLE ON THE LOCAL PQPF WEBPAGES
ARE POPULATED FROM THE EXPERIMENTAL PROBABILISTIC PRECIPITATION
PORTAL (PPP). THE PPP CAN BE ACCESSED HERE:
HTTPS://WWW.WPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/PROB_PRECIP/
THE PROVISION AND USE OF PQPF INFORMATION IN THE FORECAST
PRODUCTION PROCESS WILL PROVIDE CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS WITH A
POTENTIAL RANGE OF FORECAST ACCUMULATED PRECIPITATION, A
CAPABILITY THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY POSSIBLE WITH EXISTING
DETERMINISTIC QPF PRODUCTS ISSUED BY WFOS.
THIS INFORMATION WILL ALLOW FOR BETTER COMMUNICATION OF FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY AND PROVIDE MORE EFFECTIVE IMPACT-BASED DECISION
SUPPORT SERVICES FOR COMMUNITIES SENSITIVE TO HEAVY RAINFALL.
MORE DETAILED INFORMATION AND EXAMPLES CAN BE FOUND IN THE
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION DOCUMENT AT THE FOLLOWING LINK:
HTTPS://NSDESK.SERVICENOWSERVICES.COM/API/G_NOA/NWSPC/RES2/413D0
582970316508881BB7DE053AFF6
THE ELECTRONIC SURVEY AS LISTED ON THE INDIVIDUAL WFOS' WEBPAGES
CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING LINK:
HTTPS://WWW.SURVEYMONKEY.COM/R/EXPPQPF_2024
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THE LOCAL WFO
EXPERIMENTAL PROBABILISTIC QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECAST
(PQPF) WEBPAGES, PLEASE CONTACT:
KIMBERLY MCMAHON
PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES PROGRAM MANAGER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
SILVER SPRING, MD
PUBLIC.PROGRAM@NOAA.GOV
NATIONAL PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS ARE ONLINE AT:
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NOTIFICATION/
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