Everyone wants to get ahead of a potential winter storm and what better time to learn about it than days before its onset. Today NOAA’s National Weather Service will be adding a few new services to its existing suite of winter weather products, which will help you see if a winter weather event is developing and where.
To complement the graphical Day 1 - 3 Snowfall Probability Forecasts and extend the forecast out further for winter precipitation, NOAA has added the experimental Day 4-7 Winter Weather Outlook. This look at possible snow accumulation 4 to 7 days in the future will improve winter weather forecasts by helping to identify large scale systems before they have a major impact.
Why now? As models have improved and computing power increased, we can provide skillful forecasts at longer time ranges. While NOAA forecasters already use this data in their forecasts, the information will now be available to the public on an experimental basis. Updated twice daily, the new tools will support better decision-making by the public, emergency managers and transportation planners across that nation.
Other tools on NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center Winter Weather webpage:
Also this year, NOAA’s National Weather Service is expanding its local Winter Weather Pages – a one stop shop for winter weather information. These pages include three experimental forecast products to explain the range of snowfall possibilities from oncoming storms extending three days before a storm.
Explaining the range of possibilities allows everyone to make better decisions on what action to take, based not only on the most likely expected snowfall, but also on the maximum and minimum potential of the storm. Knowing the forecast and adequately preparing can lessen the impacts associated with hazardous winter weather.
Winter Weather Pages:
Some of these pages may not update until snow is forecast for the area.
Albany, NY: http://www.weather.gov/aly/winter
Atlanta, GA: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ffc/?n=winter
Baltimore, MD-Wash, DC: http://www.weather.gov/lwx/winter
Binghamton, NY: http://www.weather.gov/bgm/winter
Burlington, VT: http://www.weather.gov/btv/winter
Caribou, ME: http://www.weather.gov/car/winter
Charleston, WV: http://www.weather.gov/rlx/winter
Gray, ME: http://www.weather.gov/gyx/winter
Indianapolis, IN: http://www.weather.gov/ind/winter
Milwaukee, WI: http://www.weather.gov/mkx/winter
Minneapolis, MN: http://www.weather.gov/mpx/winter
Mt. Holly, NJ: http://www.weather.gov/phi/winter
New York, NY: http://www.weather.gov/okx/winter
Pittsburgh, PA: http://www.weather.gov/pbz/winter
Sioux Falls, SD: http://www.weather.gov/fsd/winter
State College, PA: http://www.weather.gov/ctp/winter
Taunton, MA: http://www.weather.gov/box/winter
Wilmington, OH: http://www.weather.gov/iln/winter
The National Weather Service is making improvements in its products, services and how they communicate information to help communities become ready, responsive and resilient. Join us in building a Weather-Ready Nation.
MEDIA CONTACT: Maureen O’Leary, maureen.oleary@noaa.gov, NOAA Communications
