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Ultraviolet (UV) Ultraviolet (UV) Program Status Program Status Jim Lee Jim Lee Fire & Public Weather Services Branch Fire & Public Weather Services Branch Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services Services June 24, 2004 June 24, 2004
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Ultraviolet (UV) Ultraviolet (UV) Program StatusProgram Status
Jim LeeJim Lee
Fire & Public Weather Services BranchFire & Public Weather Services Branch
Office of Climate, Water, and Weather ServicesOffice of Climate, Water, and Weather Services
June 24, 2004June 24, 2004
June 24, 2004 Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services
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OutlineOutline
• UV Program HistoryUV Program History
• Product ExamplesProduct Examples
• ‘‘UV Advisory System’ UV Advisory System’
– ChallengesChallenges
– Next stepsNext steps
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UV Program HistoryUV Program History
• April 1994 – NWS starts forecasting UV April 1994 – NWS starts forecasting UV Index (UVI) for 58 U.S. citiesIndex (UVI) for 58 U.S. cities
• Summer 1999 – EPA, CDC, American Academy of Dermatologists, American Cancer Society & members of Congress ask NWS to expand UVI forecast to 160 cities.
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UV Program History (cont.)UV Program History (cont.)
• In 1999, the EPA, private sector & medical community the NWS decided to:
• Continue to produce UVI for the original 58 cities
• Deliver over the Internet in gridded format the data necessary for the private sector to create UVI over the entire U.S.
• Not produce a contoured map graphic of UV on NWS Web pages
• Last month, U.S. adopted “Global UV Index”
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UVI Produced for the following UVI Produced for the following Cities Cities
Albuquerque Detroit NorfolkAnchorage Dover Oklahoma City Atlantic City Hartford Omaha Atlanta Honolulu PhiladelphiaBaltimore Houston P PhoenixBillings Indianapolis Pittsburgh Bismarck Jackson MS Portland MEBoise Jacksonville Portland ORBoston Las Vegas P ProvidenceBuffalo Little Rock R Raleigh Burlington VT Los Angeles Salt Lake City Charleston WV Louisville San Francisco Charleston SC Memphis San JuanCheyenne Miami Seattle Chicago Milwaukee Sioux FallsCleveland Minneapolis S St. Louis Concord Mobile Tampa Dallas New Orleans W Washington DCDenver New York Wichita
Des Moines
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UV Product ExamplesUV Product ExamplesNOAA/EPA ULTRAVIOLET INDEX /UVI/ FORECASTNWS CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD200 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2004 VALID JUN 24 2004 AT SOLAR NOON /APPROXIMATELY NOONLOCAL STANDARD TIME OR 100 PM LOCAL DAYLIGHT TIME/
THE UV INDEX IS CATEGORIZED BY THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONAS FOLLOWS: UVI EXPOSURE LEVEL 0 1 2 LOW 3 4 5 MODERATE 6 7 HIGH 8 9 10 VERY HIGH 11 AND GREATER EXTREME
FOR HEALTH RELATED ISSUES...CONTACT EPA AT 1-800-296-1996 FOR TECHNICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE UV INDEX.... GO TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UV INDEX WEB PAGE:WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/PRODUCTS/STRATOSPHERE/UV_INDEX
CITY STATE UVI CITY STATE UVIALBUQUERQUE NM 10 LITTLE ROCK AR 7ANCHORAGE AK 4 LOS ANGELES CA 9 ATLANTIC CITY NJ 7 LOUISVILLE KY 8ATLANTA GA 6 MEMPHIS TN 7Etc…
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UV Product Examples (cont.)UV Product Examples (cont.)
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‘‘UV Advisory System’UV Advisory System’
• 2003 – EPA asked the NWS to work with 2003 – EPA asked the NWS to work with them in developing a UV Advisory them in developing a UV Advisory system for alerting Americans about system for alerting Americans about unusually high or anomalous UVIunusually high or anomalous UVI
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‘‘UV Advisory System’ UV Advisory System’ ChallengesChallenges
• Public/Private Partnership Roles (see 2003 NRC Public/Private Partnership Roles (see 2003 NRC Fair Weather Report)?Fair Weather Report)?
• What would this product be (advisory, alert, etc.)?What would this product be (advisory, alert, etc.)?
• What format (gridded, text)?What format (gridded, text)?
• Who will issue (EPA, CPC or WFO)?Who will issue (EPA, CPC or WFO)?
• How will this be disseminated (web, NWR, etc.)?How will this be disseminated (web, NWR, etc.)?
• Training/Education/Outreach?Training/Education/Outreach?
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‘‘UV Advisory System’ UV Advisory System’ Next StepsNext Steps
• Late Summer 2004 – Initiate Late Summer 2004 – Initiate requirements developmentrequirements development
• January 2005 – Update at next Partner’s January 2005 – Update at next Partner’s WorkshopWorkshop
