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Training Need: NWS field staff must understand the foundation
of CPC products in order to integrate climatic factors into local
products and services. This information is needed to maximize the
effectiveness of customer outreach.
Training Objective: NWS field staff must have an understanding
of the processes used to generate CPC climate forecasts.
This includes philosophical approach, predictive tools, steps for
integrating those tools, and the performance characteristics of
the tools and forecasts.
Specific Job Task Skills and Knowledge
1. Demonstrate familiarity with CPC product suite:
A. Forecast products:
Long lead forecasts: monthly and 3-month outlooks
Extended Range Outlooks: 6-10 day and week 2
U.S. Threats Assessment
HDD / CDD forecasts
SST forecasts
Excessive heat forecast
UVI forecast
Hurricane/Tropical Storm outlook
Drought outlook
B. Monitoring / Diagnostic Products:
ENSO advisories
Drought monitor
Monthly Climate Diagnostics Bulletin
Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin
Special Bulletins and Summaries
Other derived monitoring and diagnostic products
2. Demonstrate knowledge of how products are produced:
Philosophical basis
Model tools
Human integration of tools
Algorithms for derived monitoring and diagnostic products
3. Demonstrate familiarity with CPC operational production schedule.
4. Demonstrate familiarity with performance characteristics of
forecast tools and products:
Hindcast verification statistics of tools
Real-time verification statistics of forecasts and tools
Instructional Components:
Instructional Component 3.1: Navigating
CPC website (webcast: Audio Visit View Presentation*)
Instructional Component 3.2: CPC Threats Assessment (Online
Tutorial, currently under development)
Instructional Component 3.3: CPC Extended Range Forecast
3.3.1. CPC
Extended Range Forecast Introduction (webcast: Audio Visit
View Presentation*)
3.3.2. Online Tutorial on Bases, Tools and Forecasting Processes
(under development)
3.3.3. Webcast on A
Specific Forecast Case Study
3.3.4. Residence
Training on Best Practices of CPC Forecast Interpretation,
Its Use in Local Office Operations, and Public Outreach
Instructional Component 3.4: CPC Long Lead Outlook
1. CPC
Long Lead Outlook Introduction (webcast: Audio Visit View
Presentation*)
2. Online Tutorial on Bases, Tools and Forecasting Processes (under
development)
3. Webcast on A
Specific Forecast Case Study
4. Residence
Training on Best Practices of Forecast Interpretation,
Its Use in Local Office Operations, and Public Outreach
Instructional Component 3.5: CPC
Monitoring Products (webcast)
Instructional Component 3.6: NOAA Hurricane outlooks (not
available at this time)
*To use the Audio Visit View file:
1. Save the file on your computer in specified directory
2. Click twice on the file name to extract all files for the presentation
3. Run (click twice) visitauto.bat to view the presentation
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