New Snow/Ice Forecast Tools for Winter 2016-2017

[Ted Jacobson]

The National Weather Service (NWS) offices serving most of
Southeast Ohio and adjacent West Virginia counties have rolled out
a new set of Experimental Probabilistic Snowfall (and Ice Potential)
Products for Winter 2016-2017.

The purpose of these experimental probabilistic internet-based
snowfall products is to provide customers and partners a "range" of
snowfall possibilities; better communicate forecast uncertainties; and
enhance Decision Support Services (DSS) during winter weather events.
The probabilistic snowfall products will complement existing NWS
deterministic snowfall graphics, indicating areas of low and/or high
uncertainty.

The target audiences for these experimental products are customers
and partners such as emergency managers, state and local officials
including School Superintendents, DOT, media and the general public.

The Project Overview page may be found at:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/com/weatherreadynation/news/160712_winter_probabilistic_snow.html

Specific product pages for our regional NWS forecast offices are:

For Charleston, WV: http://www.weather.gov/rlx/winter
For Wilmington, OH: http://www.weather.gov/iln/winter
For Pittsburgh, PA: http://www.weather.gov/pbz/winter

Regards and Seasons' Greetings,...
Ted Jacobson - StormFlood List Manager

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