Upgrading a WS.A with both a WW.Y and a WS.W - Hazard Services
Upgrade a WS.A with both a WW.Y and a WS.W
Purpose:
This jobsheet walks users through upgrading a winter storm watch with multiple hazards, part a winter weather advisory and part a winter storm warning.Tasks:
Tip 1: For a hazard event, if all zones in the hazard or hazards will be upgraded, end the hazard or hazards and create new hazards for the upgraded zones.
Setup
- In the GFE Perspective, ensure the Forecast Zones (optional XXX) map is loaded.
- Have SnowAmt, IceAccum, etc. grids loaded with canned data, if possible.
- Launch Hazard Services with the Winter Weather settings file.
Click linked jobsheet to first create and issue the Winter Storm Watch
Convert some zones to a warning and some zones to an advisory
- End the Winter Storm Watch
- Select the WS.A in the console or spatial editor (the console entry will be highlighted in blue).
- Right-click on the hazard in the console and select End This.
- Click Propose on the HID.
- Make some zones a Winter Weather Advisory
- With the HID still displayed, select Hazard Services Maps → Forecast Zones or Forecast Zones XXX.
- Left-click on the zones to be included in the WW.Y.
- Right-click to end the selection.
- Select Winter Weather Advisory (WW.Y) as the Hazard Type.
- Adjust the valid time, as needed.
- Select any additional CTAs and Impacts in the HID.
- Click Propose.
- Make the remaining zones a Winter Storm Warning
- Return to the Spatial Editor and left-click on the zones for the WS.W
- Right-click to end the selection.
- Select Winter Storm Warning (WS.W) as the Hazard Type.
- Adjust the valid times, as needed.
- Select any additional CTAs and Impacts in the HID.
- Click Propose.
- At this point, you should have a Hazards grid in GFE that is just the WW.Y and WS.W with no WS.A and no overlapping hazard areas.
- Issue
- Preview.
- Verify output for the 2 segments is in keeping with the GFE SnowAmt, etc., grids.
- Issue All → Issue.
- Cancel the Winter Weather Advisory and the Winter Storm Warning
- Click Shift and select the WW.Y and WS.W in the Hazard Services Console (they will both turn blue in the console).
- Right-click and select End 2 Selected Issued
.- The HID launches.
- Select Ending Option on both tabs.
- Propose.
- Preview.
- Issue All → Issue.