National Weather Service and Northeast River Forecast Center

8/17/98


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National Weather Service and Northeast River Forecast Center
Welcome!
Who Are We?
What do we do?
Types of Warnings
Types of Forecasts
Types of Forecasts
Types of Forecasts
How can you get NWS information?
What area doe we forecast for?
Who does all this work? (WFO)
Who does all this work? (RFC)
Educational Backgrounds for NWS Careers
When are the forecasts prepared?
You mean they work at NIGHT?
Fine, You Work Strange Hours. So What's Your Job Like?
How the weather is forecast.
Weather Balloons
The Flight of the Weather Balloon
Weather Balloon Computer
Cray C90 Supercomputer
Computer Model Output
Statistical Guidance
The Map Rap
Composing the Forecast
Sending the Forecast
National Weather Service Modernization
AWIPS
AWIPS Display in 2 Dimensions
GOES 8 Satellite
GOES VISIBLE PICTURE
GOES INFRARED PICTURE
Pacific Typhoon Oliwa
Doppler Weather Radar
Doppler Reflectivity
DOPPLER VELOCITY
Great Barrington Tornado Damage
Narragansett Bay Water Spout, July 1986
Great Ice Storm Maine 1998
Great Ice Storm Maine 1998
Spring Flooding--Amonoosic River New Hampshire 1998
Your National Weather Service - A Summary
But if all else fails
Backup System
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