Whole Story Uncertainty & Probabilities (WSUP) Viewer Overview

 

What is the WSUP Viewer?

The WSUP Viewer is a prototype project to  investigate the feasibility of using the public cloud (e.g., Amazon Web Services) to visually convey whole story uncertainty and probabilistic forecast information to NWS forecast offices nationwide that is currently only available on supercomputers at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP).    

How do I access the WSUP Viewer?

The WSUP Viewer can be accessed via NOAA CAC or username/password login. The site is hosted on Amazon Web Services and is only available to NOAA employees.   Chrome and Firefox are the supported browsers.

What is the main purpose of WSUP Viewer?

NWS field forecasters currently have access to mostly single-value deterministic forecast guidance, which represents only a small fraction of the ensemble of model information available on the NCEP supercomputer. Realizing a centralized display of data for probabilistic meteorological data visualization is essential to enabling the NWS to complete the forecast and provide impact decision support services to partners. 

What can I see on the WSUP Viewer right now?

The viewer currently has:

  • NBM forecast products from version 4.1 and 4.2 for CONUS, Alaska, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Oceanic, and Global domains
  • GEFS Bias Corrected and Raw forecast products for CONUS, Alaska, and Tropical Pacific domains
  • NDFD forecast products for CONUS, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Oceanic, and Guam domains
  • URMA analysis for instantaneous verification
  • NBM component visualization for temperature, winds, and precipitation at points
  • GEFS point visualization for temperatures (surface and some upper levels), RH, and precipitation
  • NBM 1D (Created by NWS Western Region SOOs) at any grid point

How do I provide feedback?

Please use the forums to coordinate any feedback, discussion, or bug reports.

Who is the WSUP Viewer Team?

MDL's Visualization team within the Digital Forecast Services Division, lead by David Ruth and Dana Strom. Developers: David T. Miller, Tim Kempisty, Kevin M. McGrath, and Tyler Wixtrom

Question, comments, concerns, suggestions?

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