New Fire Weather System
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New Fire Weather System Bernard Miville Manager of Operational Forecasting
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New Fire Weather System. Bernard Miville Manager of Operational Forecasting. Collaboration. Collaboration between the NZFS/NRFA, SCION and NIWA Over 16 people involved Based on NIWA’s EcoConnect environmental forecasting tool. EcoConnect Delivers. Real time observations: - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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New Fire Weather System
Bernard MivilleManager of Operational Forecasting
• Collaboration between the NZFS/NRFA, SCION and NIWA
• Over 16 people involved• Based on NIWA’s EcoConnect environmental forecasting tool
Collaboration
EcoConnect Delivers• Real time observations:
– Weather, hydrological, satellite.• Forecasts: Site specific and Maps:
– Weather: to 2, 6 & 15 days;– River flow;– Sea state: to 2 & 6 days;– Sea level (tides and storm surge);– Warnings: Informed by user
requirements• Climate forecasts / outlooks.• Climate analyses (updated daily):
– Rainfall, water balance, wind, growing degree days, etc.
• Climatologies;• Supported 24 7 operations
EcoConnect FoundationsResearch:• Weather & weather related
hazards;• Climate forecasting;• Climate analysis;• Water quantity & quality.
Platforms:• Unified Model (from UK) - ~10,000 FTEs of science• Observational networks;• High Performance Computing Facility (HPCF);• Robust operational (24 7) production systems;• Robust customer facing product delivery systems.
New FWSYS Structure
Data FeedsData
Processing& Archiving
Products Generation
Access Delivery
• QC daily then hourly
• Data and station problems monitored
• Data and station problems reported
• Data fixed when possible
• RAWS/Maps Observed Fire Indices and Codes– Daily/hourly
• RAWS/Maps Forecast Fire Indices and Codes– 2, 6 days
• RAWS/Maps Forecast Weather– 2, 6, 15
days
• EcoConnect– All
products– Graphs,
Maps, Tables
– Alerting– RAWS
admin• NRFA web site
– Maps, Tables
– Observed & Forecast Indices
– RAWS
• RAWS capture
• Campbells loggers
• Dialup and IP modems
• FTP for other providers (MetService, Horizon, Harvest, …)
New FWSYS Coverage
NRFA RAWS+
MetService
+NIWA
New FWSYS Advantages– Robust infrastructure supported 24/7
• Redundant systems (Wellington and Hamilton)– RAWS problems monitoring and reporting– Data problems monitoring, reporting and fixing
• Hourly QC– Observed Fire Indices and Codes products
• Daily and hourly• Missing data replaced by Virtual Climate Station Network
– Forecast Fire Indices and Codes products• 2 and 6 day
– Forecast Weather• 2, 6 and 15 day• Bias corrected
– Archive• All history available (~15 years RAWS observations)
– Integrated Access• One stop shopping
New FWSYS Software
New FWSYS Products
New FWSYS Products
New FWSYS Products
Contact
• Bernard Miville– Manager Operational Forecasting
• Based in Wellington
• 04-528-8316
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