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Service Change Notice 24-53
National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring MD
230 PM EDT Thu May 16 2024

To:  Subscribers:
  -NOAA Weather Wire Service
  -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
  -NOAAPort
  Other NWS Partners and Employees

From:  Bruce Entwistle, Chief
  Aviation and Space Weather Services Branch

Subject:  Operational Implementation of the updated Electric Power
  Dashboard Web Page on or about May 16, 2024

On or about May 16, 2024 at 1500 UTC the National Weather Service
(NWS)
Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) in Boulder, CO, will implement
the
operational version of the updated Electric Power Dashboard Web Page,
located at:
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/communities/electric-power-community-dashbo
ard

The operational Electric Power Dashboard will be replaced by the
updated
Experimental operational Electric Power Dashboard currently hosted
at:
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/electric-power-community-dashboard
-
experimental

The operational dashboard will retain its current URL after the
replacement and the experimental URL will be retired.

The updated Electric Power Dashboard web page displays NOAA/SWPCs
Geoelectric Field Models. Products from the two geoelectric field
models
were deployed at SWPC on June 15, 2023. These models provide near
real-
time maps and gridded data to indicate the induction hazard level for
electrical power grids. One model uses a 1D conductivity data set
that
covers the Continental United States (CONUS) and Canada, and the
other
uses a 3D empirical conductivity data set that provides more detailed
information for the CONUS. Both geoelectric field models are
available on
their own product page at:
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/geoelectric-field-models-1-minute.

Providing access to these products on the Electric Power Dashboard
will
improve the visibility of the information to the intended user
community.
In addition, the geoelectric model outputs will be placed in further
context with other related products already hosted on the dashboard,
potentially improving user interpretation of geomagnetic field
conditions.





If you have any questions, please contact:

Dr. Christopher Balch
Geoelectric Research Scientist
CIRES/NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Boulder, CO
Email: christopher.balch@noaa.gov

and

Ms. Amy Macpherson
Acting National Space Weather Program Manager
National Weather Service Headquarters
Kansas City, MO
Email: amy.macpherson@noaa.gov

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