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John Schattel, modified 2 Years ago.

Remote Mesoanalyst Support - A Mutual Aid and Crowdsourcing Success Story - June 2022

Youngling Posts: 559 Join Date: 11/21/11 Recent Posts

VLab Forum Members,

The June 2022 VLab Forum will occur on Thursday, the 23rd, at 3:35 – 4:35pm (Eastern Time). The talk features a presentation by Randall Graham titled "Remote Mesoanalyst Support - A Mutual Aid and Crowdsourcing Success Story". We hope you can attend.

To participate in the forum, please register for the webinar.

Abstract:

Mesoanalysis has long been an important component of severe weather operations at National Weather Service (NWS) Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs). In recent years there has been increased emphasis on mesoanalysis as a way to not only better anticipate storm morphology and event evolution, but also with respect to providing improved information to the public and Decision Support Services to partners.

In 2021, the NWS Central Region launched a program to provide WFOs with Remote MesoAnalyst (RMA) support in the interest of mutual aid and also to provide a learning platform for forecasters across the region. Subject matter experts facilitate a mesoanalysis discussion in Google Chat, that all Central Region forecasters have access to, and share pertinent information with impacted offices on environmental changes and expected event evolution. Over the course of two convective seasons the concept has proven to be extremely effective as a situational awareness tool for offices experiencing severe weather and as a learning opportunity where forecasters can sharpen their mesoanalysis skills and participate in peer-to-peer learning. Leveraging displaced expertise, such as this, is a model that may be leveraged in other service areas, such as flash flooding, fire weather, or winter weather.

Over thirty-one instances of mutual aid, exceeding 325 hours of support, will be summarized and the utility of the effort will be discussed in light of forecaster feedback. Lessons learned and best practices such as asking guiding questions, providing appropriate context when sharing mesoanalysis information, and the effectiveness of graphical content will be addressed. Finally, the growth of the initiative to include expertise in the chat from outside of Central Region, such as the Warn on Forecast System (WoFS) group and SPC forecasters will be discussed.

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John Schattel, modified 2 Years ago.

RE: Remote Mesoanalyst Support - A Mutual Aid and Crowdsourcing Success Story - June 2022

Youngling Posts: 559 Join Date: 11/21/11 Recent Posts

VLab Forum Members,

This is a reminder that the June 2022 VLab Forum will occur on Thursday, the 23rd, at 3:35 – 4:35pm (Eastern Time). The talk features a presentation by Randall Graham titled "Remote Mesoanalyst Support - A Mutual Aid and Crowdsourcing Success Story". We hope you can attend.

To participate in the forum, please register for the webinar.

Abstract:

Mesoanalysis has long been an important component of severe weather operations at National Weather Service (NWS) Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs). In recent years there has been increased emphasis on mesoanalysis as a way to not only better anticipate storm morphology and event evolution, but also with respect to providing improved information to the public and Decision Support Services to partners.

In 2021, the NWS Central Region launched a program to provide WFOs with Remote MesoAnalyst (RMA) support in the interest of mutual aid and also to provide a learning platform for forecasters across the region. Subject matter experts facilitate a mesoanalysis discussion in Google Chat, that all Central Region forecasters have access to, and share pertinent information with impacted offices on environmental changes and expected event evolution. Over the course of two convective seasons the concept has proven to be extremely effective as a situational awareness tool for offices experiencing severe weather and as a learning opportunity where forecasters can sharpen their mesoanalysis skills and participate in peer-to-peer learning. Leveraging displaced expertise, such as this, is a model that may be leveraged in other service areas, such as flash flooding, fire weather, or winter weather.

Over thirty-one instances of mutual aid, exceeding 325 hours of support, will be summarized and the utility of the effort will be discussed in light of forecaster feedback. Lessons learned and best practices such as asking guiding questions, providing appropriate context when sharing mesoanalysis information, and the effectiveness of graphical content will be addressed. Finally, the growth of the initiative to include expertise in the chat from outside of Central Region, such as the Warn on Forecast System (WoFS) group and SPC forecasters will be discussed.

Agenda:

You can find the agenda for the Forum at the following link:

Add to Your Calendar:

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John Schattel, modified 2 Years ago.

RE: Remote Mesoanalyst Support - A Mutual Aid and Crowdsourcing Success Story - June 2022

Youngling Posts: 559 Join Date: 11/21/11 Recent Posts

VLab Forum Attendees,

The slides for the Thursday's VLab Forum talk featuring a presentation by Randall Graham titled "Remote Mesoanalyst Support - A Mutual Aid and Crowdsourcing Success Story" are now available using the following link:

VLab Forum Page

Have you registered for the webinar? If not, sign up now.

 

 

JS
John Schattel, modified 2 Years ago.

RE: Remote Mesoanalyst Support - A Mutual Aid and Crowdsourcing Success Story - June 2022

Youngling Posts: 559 Join Date: 11/21/11 Recent Posts

VLab Forum Members,

This is a reminder that the June 2022 VLab Forum will occur today at 3:35 – 4:35pm (Eastern Time). The talk features a presentation by Randall Graham titled "Remote Mesoanalyst Support - A Mutual Aid and Crowdsourcing Success Story". We hope you can attend.

To participate in the forum, please register for the webinar.

Abstract:

Mesoanalysis has long been an important component of severe weather operations at National Weather Service (NWS) Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs). In recent years there has been increased emphasis on mesoanalysis as a way to not only better anticipate storm morphology and event evolution, but also with respect to providing improved information to the public and Decision Support Services to partners.

In 2021, the NWS Central Region launched a program to provide WFOs with Remote MesoAnalyst (RMA) support in the interest of mutual aid and also to provide a learning platform for forecasters across the region. Subject matter experts facilitate a mesoanalysis discussion in Google Chat, that all Central Region forecasters have access to, and share pertinent information with impacted offices on environmental changes and expected event evolution. Over the course of two convective seasons the concept has proven to be extremely effective as a situational awareness tool for offices experiencing severe weather and as a learning opportunity where forecasters can sharpen their mesoanalysis skills and participate in peer-to-peer learning. Leveraging displaced expertise, such as this, is a model that may be leveraged in other service areas, such as flash flooding, fire weather, or winter weather.

Over thirty-one instances of mutual aid, exceeding 325 hours of support, will be summarized and the utility of the effort will be discussed in light of forecaster feedback. Lessons learned and best practices such as asking guiding questions, providing appropriate context when sharing mesoanalysis information, and the effectiveness of graphical content will be addressed. Finally, the growth of the initiative to include expertise in the chat from outside of Central Region, such as the Warn on Forecast System (WoFS) group and SPC forecasters will be discussed.

Agenda:

You can find the agenda for the Forum at the following link:

Add to Your Calendar:

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John Schattel, modified 2 Years ago.

RE: Remote Mesoanalyst Support - A Mutual Aid and Crowdsourcing Success Story - June 2022

Youngling Posts: 559 Join Date: 11/21/11 Recent Posts

VLab Forum Members,

For those of you who were unable to attend the June 23, 2022 VLab Forum, I have posted a recording of the talk, presented by Randy Graham, titled "Remote Mesoanalyst Support - A Mutual Aid and Crowdsourcing Success Story" to the following VLab page (see link below).

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