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This is the
Operations Area where most of the action occurs. Every product we
issue is composed and sent from this part of the office. You can see
that computers dominate our workplace. There are at least two meteorologists
working in Operations 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
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The Advanced
Weather Information Processing System (AWIPS) is the centerpiece of
our work. We have five of these high-performance workstations in Operations.
On them we can display just about any combination of weather observation
data, forecast models, maps, and text products.
Specialized software called the Graphical Forecast Editor (GFE) is
used to create our entire suite of graphical forecast products. We
also examine a large quantity of Doppler radar data on our workstations
and issue severe weather warnings.
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The above
picture shows the NOAA Weather and All Hazards Radio processor. Our
office operates eight separate radio stations in the western Carolinas
and northeast Georgia. The system automatically digitizes text products
into a synthesized voice file and arranges the program suites for
each transmitter. Because the computer-generated voice is so much
more efficient than manual recordings, we are able to provide better
radio coverage, make fewer errors, and broadcast important messages
in a more timely fashion.
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The
WSR-88D is the National Weather Service's Doppler radar system.
It is vital to our severe weather operations and warning process.
All base radar data is acquired by a large, 28-ft diameter rotating
dish inside this radome. The raw data is immediately sent to
the Computer Room where it is processed into useful images. |
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Skywarn is
an official network of civilian severe weather spotters. Although
some Skywarn spotters call in reports on the phone, many of them utilize
the tightly connected community of amateur radio. During active weather
events, a community volunteer will regulate a "net control"
on either the 2 meter or 70 centimeter radio bands, soliciting reports
and conveying them to the meteorologists. |
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