RAMM BRANCH WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING, May 11th, 2017 IN THE MEDIA: Nothing to Report ITEMS FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR: ITEMS FOR THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR: ITEMS FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, STAR:

ITEMS FOR THE DIRECTOR, CoRP:

Paper revised & resubmitted: A manuscript entitled “Global assessment of tropical cyclones intensity statistical-dynamical hindcasts” by S. Neetu1, M. Lengaigne, H. B. Menon, J. Vialard, M. Mangeas, C.E. Menkes, M.M. Ali, I. Suresh, and J.A. Knaff was revised and resubmitted the the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. (J. Knaff, E/RA1, 970 491-8446, John.Knaff@noaa.gov)

FDTD GOES-16 Applications Webinar: Building on the success of the VISIT satellite chat series, the VISIT team has a new live webinar in collaboration with the NWS Forecast Decision Training Division (FDTD) titled the FDTD GOES-16 Applications Webinar. The webinar is facilitated by FDTD, and VISIT staff at CIRA and CIMSS and led by NWS forecast staff (i.e., SOO’s or forecasters). On 10 May, Paul Schlatter (SOO) of the Boulder, CO NWS WFO led one of these webinars. The title was “Hail Swaths in the snow/ice channel”. There were 18 NWS WFO’s in attendance. All of these webinars are recorded and may be found at: http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/training/visit/satellite_chat/ (D. Bikos, E. Szoke, B. Connell, CIRA, 970-491-8446, Dan.Bikos@colostate.edu, Edward.J.Szoke@noaa.gov, Bernie.Connell@colostate.edu)

AWIPS2 Training/Workshop at RAMMB/CIRA: The first AWIPS2 National Centers Perspective (NCP) Satellite Ingest and Display workshop was held at RAMMB/CIRA on May 1-4, 2017. Participants included Michael Folmer (OPC, WPC Satellite Liaison), Monica Bozeman (NHC), Amanda Terborg (AWC), Michael Bowlan (SPC Satellite Liaison), Jorel Torres (JPSS Satellite Liaison), Andrea Schumacher (CIRA/NHC), Kevin McGrath (SPoRT) and Lee Byerle (TOWR-S). The group implemented NCP ingest and display of several experimental and operational satellite products to test functionality of NCP as an N-AWIPS replacement at the National Centers. Problems were documented for use by the NCP development team. 350 N-AWIPS products used at the National Centers products were identified for migration from N-AWIPS to NCP. National Centers Directors will be briefed on the workshop findings in late May. (D. Molenar, E/RA1, S. Longmore, A. Schumacher, J. Torres, CIRA, 970-491-8446, Debra.Molenar@noaa.gov, Scott.Longmore@colostate.edu,Andrea.Schumacher@colostate.edu, Jorel.Torres@colostate.edu)

Figure. Participants of the AWIPS2 National Centers Perspective Satellite Ingest and Display workshop held at RAMMB/CIRA in Fort Collins, CO, on 1-4 May, 2017.

SLIDER Presentation at CIRA Fellows Meeting: Kevin Micke presented RAMMB’s new real-time GOES-16 imagery website, SLIDER, on 9 May 2017 at the annual CIRA Council and Fellows meeting. Harry Cikanek, StAR Director, and Satya Kalluri, CoRP Division Chief, were in attendance, along with the CIRA Fellows, and a robust questions and answer session followed the presentation. The new website is named SLIDER, short for “Satellite Loop Interactive Data Explorer in Real-time,” and is capable of displaying all GOES-16 ABI bands at full resolution. Users of the site are able to zoom in on interesting features in the loops to see any part of the imagery at full resolution in an easy to use web interface. (K. Micke, CIRA, 970-491-8446, Kevin.Micke@colostate.edu, D. Hillger, E/RA1, 970-491-8446, Don.Hillger@noaa.gov)

Caption. SLIDER web application showing CONUS imagery of CIRA’s GeoColor product with MRMS radar data overlaid.

VISITORS: Nothing to Report

NESDIS/StAR Visitors: Harry Cikanek, StAR Director, and Satya Kalluri, CoRP Division Chief, visited CIRA on 9 May 2017 in association with the annual CIRA Council and Fellows meeting. That afternoon, there was an open discussion at CIRA with Dr. Cikanek, related to strengthening the NESDIS-CIRA collaboration. That was followed by a weather discussion presentation by D. Bikos. The day ended with meetings with the 4 RAMMB feds, each of whom gave a presentation on their work, followed by a dinner in Old Town Fort Collins. (D. Hillger, D. Molenar, J. Knaff, D. Lindsey, E/RA1, 970-491-8446, Don.Hillger@noaa.gov, Deb.Molenar@noaa.gov, John.Knaff@noaa.gov, Dan.Lindsey@noaa.gov) NEXT WEEK: Nothing to Report LOOKING AHEAD: Nothing to Report