Public Information Statement
Issued by NWS Mobile, AL
Issued by NWS Mobile, AL
957 NOUS44 KMOB 221535 PNSMOB ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-230345- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Mobile AL 1035 AM CDT Wed May 22 2024 To: Subscribers: -NOAA Weather Wire Service -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network -NOAAPort -Other NWS Partners and NWS Employees From:Greg Schoor, Chief Marine, Tropical, and Tsunami Services Branch Subject: National Tropical Cyclone Watch Warning Product (TCV) Collaboration Testing May 20-24, 2024 The NWS National Hurricane Center (NHC), Ocean Prediction Center (OPC), and Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs) in the NWS Southern Region will perform internal testing of the National Tropical Cyclone Watch/Warning (TCV) product collaboration process daily from Monday, May 20, 2024, through Friday, May 24, 2024. Internal testing will begin at approximately 1600 GMT and terminate at 1900 GMT daily during the scheduled test days. Internal TCV test products are not intended to be released externally through NWS dissemination and communication systems. The text products affected by collaboration testing are the National Tropical Cyclone Watch/Warning (TCV) products issued under the following AWIPS Product Identifiers (PIL) and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Identifiers (ID): TCV Product AWIPS PILWMO ID ----------- --------- ------ Atlantic National TCV TCVAT/1-5/WTNT/81-85/ KNHC East Pacific National TCV TCVEP/1-5/ WTPZ/81-85/ KNHC In addition, the following National Digital Forecast Database (NDFD) elements will be created for this test: - Tropical cyclone wind probabilities (incremental and cumulative) for 34 kt, 50 kt, and 64 kt - Hazard grid (including tropical storm, hurricane, and storm surge hazards) The NWS will continue periodic internal tropical software testing during the remainder of 2024. The national TCV product will contain a summary of collaborated wind and/or storm surge watches and warnings, depicted by NWS-defined geographic zones. NWS WFOs participating in the national TCV product collaboration tests are listed below: NWS - Eastern/Southern/Western Regions: All offices responsible for issuing tropical products. For more information, please contact: Jason Beaman Meteorologist in Charge National Weather Service Office Mobile, AL jason.beaman@noaa.gov National Public Information Statements are online at: https://www.weather.gov/notification/ $$