News and Announcements - NWS OSTI
News & Announcements
OSTI News & Announcements
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Mar 05, 2024
Welcome STI Chief Scientist Monica Youngman
Read more »We are excited to announce Monica Youngman as the new Chief Scientist in the NWS Office of Science and Technology Integration! Monica joined the National Weather Service on February 12, 2024. The STI Chief Scientist is a new position that will lead strategy and planning for research, development, and operational integration efforts for science and technology improvements across the NWS. The primary goal of this position is to analyze requirements for service improvements from NWS field offices and National Centers through close coordination with the Analyze, Forecast and Support Office (AFSO), partners within NOAA, and with the external research community. -
Dec 20, 2023
OSTI Homecoming 2023 Overview
Read more »The 2023 OSTI Homecoming event took place September 19-21, 2023 at NCWCP in College Park, Maryland. The first day focused inward on our culture, the Organizational Health Index trends, and on an inclusive brainstorming approach known as the Six Thinking Hats. -
Nov 21, 2023
2023 Air Quality Forecasters Focus Group
Read more »The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Weather Service (NOAA/NWS), under its air quality program, the National Air Quality Forecast Capability (NAQFC), hosted the annual Air Quality Forecasters’ Focus Group Workshop on October 12-13, 2023. -
Oct 26, 2023
Inaugural OSTI-WPO Strategy Meeting
Read more »Representatives from the NWS Office of Science and Technology Integration (OSTI) and the OAR Weather Program Office (WPO) spent the day together for in-person discussions at the OSTI-WPO Strategy Meeting held in Silver Spring, MD on October 17. -
Aug 18, 2023
2023 National SOO/DOH Meeting held in Denver from August 14-17
Read more »For the first time since 2015, the Science and Operations Officers (SOOs) and Development and Operations Hydrologists (DOHs), joined NWS and OAR senior leadership and representatives from the NWS portfolios, regional, and local offices for an in-person National SOO/DOH Meeting in Denver, Colorado, from August 14-17. -
Aug 07, 2023
The 47th Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop (CDPW) Digest
Read more »The 47th Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop (CDPW) Digest is now live! This year’s Digest showcases 18 extended abstracts from 16 authors that presented at the 2022 CDPW. Hosted by the Utah Climate Center at Utah State University in Logan, Utah, the 47th CDPW was held from October 25-27, 2022, and was co-sponsored by the Climate Prediction Center (CPC), the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), and the Climate Services Branch (CSB) of the National Weather Service (NWS) -
Jul 14, 2023
NOAA launches new hurricane forecast model as Atlantic season starts strong
Read more »NOAA’s National Hurricane Center — a division of the National Weather Service — has a new model to help produce hurricane forecasts this season. -
Jun 08, 2023
STI Kicks-Off 2023 William M. Lapenta Internship Program
Read more »On June 5, 61 college students from 41 different institutions gathered to embark on a career and life-changing experience as part of the 7th class of the “William M. Lapenta Internship Program”, via the program’s official icebreaker event. -
May 02, 2023
P-Surge Upgrade NOAA Press Release - May 2023
Read more »On May 2, 2023, NOAA upgraded its Probabilistic Storm Surge (P-Surge) model to version 3.0. Upgrade will enhance forecasts of storm surge during tropical cyclones. -
Apr 16, 2023
OSTI Leadership Site Visits - Kansas City, MO - April 2023
Read more »During the week of April 16, 2023, NWS OSTI Director Steve Smith and NWS Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBES) Director Ji Sun Lee, among other STI leadership, toured various Central Region (CR) offices/facilities. This was the first external site visits conducted by OSTI leadership post-covid.