Experimental Warning Program
TAKE PART IN 2020 ACTIVITIES!
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed activities are suspended through at least June 12, 2020.
NOAA FORECASTERS:
2020 Radar Convective Applications ExperimentApplications closed2020 Satellite Convective Applications ExperimentApplications closed2020 Probabilistic Hazard Information Prototype ExperimentApplications closed2020 Hazard Services - Probabilistic Hazard Information (HS-PHI) Interoffice Collaboration ExperimentApplications closed2020 Severe Weather & Society Dashboard ExperimentApplications closed
The Experimental Warning Program is a part of the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed at the National Weather Center in Norman, Oklahoma. The HWT EWP mission is to improve the nation's hazardous weather warning services by bringing together forecasters, researchers, trainers, technology specialists, and other stakeholders to test and evaluate new techniques, applications, observing platforms, and technologies.
The annual Spring Experiment provides forecasters with a first-hand look at the latest research concepts and products, and immerses research scientists in the challenges, needs, and constraints of front-line forecasters. The EWP helps transition severe weather research and technology to improve the Weather Forecast Office’s severe weather warnings for hail, wind and tornadoes. The EWP tests research concepts and technology specifically aimed at short-fused warnings of severe convective weather.
2019 EWP Training Modules
- GOES-16 All-Sky LAP Products Derived from the ABI for HWT 2019
- NOAA/CIMSS ProbSevere Version 2 (all hazards)
- Advanced TPW Product
- GLM Gridded Products
- GLM Average Flash Area and Total Optical Energy
- NUCAPS Soundings at HWT 2019
- Single-Radar Azimuthal Shear (AzShear) (PDF)
- New Mesocyclone Detection Algorithm (NMDA) (PDF)
- Conditional Probability of Tornado Intensity (CPTI) (PDF)