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Krizia Negrón among NWS Awardees at the 2024 National Weather Association Annual Meeting
Irving, TXKrizia Negrón, the NWS Language Program Lead and Meteorologist, was among the NWS employees who received an award at the NWA Annual Meeting on September 16, 2024. She received The Larry R. Johnson Special Award for pioneering multilingual translation programs across the National Weather Service. Her efforts were recognized for significantly enhancing weather operations, and providing lasting benefits for the most marginalized communities.
Arrival of Tropical Storm Force Winds
To better meet users' needs, NHC has developed a set of graphics that depict when sustained tropical-storm-force winds from an approaching tropical cyclone could arrive at individual locations. The maps were developed and tested using social science techniques, including one-on-one telephone interviews, focus groups, and surveys with emergency managers, broadcast meteorologists, and NWS meteorologists to gather opinions on the idea, content, and design of the products.
FACETs
Forecasting a Continuum of Environmental Threats (FACETs) is a proposed next-generation severe weather forecast and warning framework that is modern, flexible, and designed to communicate clear and simple hazardous weather information to serve the public. FACETs supports NOAA's Weather-Ready Nation initiative to build community resilience in the face of increasing vulnerability to extreme weather and water events.