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Appendix H - Working Group 4: Nearshore Forecasting
Appendix H - Working Group 4: Nearshore Forecasting
Pages 108-116
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WARREN W HADER, Montauk Fishermen's Association WALTER KRISTIANSEN, Amoco Transportation Company KATHLEEN ~ MILLER, National Center for Atmospheric Research STEPHEN K RINARD, National Weather Service Southern Region, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration CHARLES L
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Weatherfax machines on board vessels allow for the receipt of many different types of weather and oceanographic maps, but few recreational craft and only the larger commercial fishing vessels are equipped with them. Radio facsimile broadcasts are directed to the high seas and are often poorly received nearshore due to skip of the: signal Satellite images of oceanographic features (e.g., warm-core rings, eddies, temperature, and current boundaries)
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Some buoys report spectral information, and a few of those also report wave direction. C-Man, or the Coastal observation network, is operated by the NDBO in a similar fashion as the buoys, except this system does not normally observe waves.
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_ , specific USER NEEDS Although there is a significant level of satisfaction regarding current services, various user groups identified areas where improvements in services would enhance their activities. In general the greatest need to National Weather Service operations is to achieve improvements in observation capability.
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AI) EQUACY OF PRESENT CAPABILITIES As noted above, current capabilities of marine observations are inadequate to provide for significant improvement-in the current level of forecasts.
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, and commercial fisheries. Other commercial benefits include improved safety, potentially measurable as reduced loss of life and expected dollar value of reduced equipment damage.
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RECOMMENDATIONS Within present resource conditions, the working group recommends · improved observation through greater cooperative arrangements, such as C-Man, MAREP, and others; · improved dissemination through changes in format, area of coverage, and adjustments to radio transmission; · improved public understanding of weather service capabilities, increased public awareness of marine users, and training of weather observers; and groups.
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In the area of surprise storms, the working group recommends continued research on physics, · continued development of empirical techniques, · research that includes observations involving satellite and forecasting techniques, · issuance of appropriate warnings, · user education, institution of three-hour reporting. Recommendations Concerning Overall Capabilities Increased effort is needed to improve or establish operational capabilities for nowcasts and forecasts of velocity, temperature, and related fields within the coastal and deep offshore ocean, including fisheries forecasts and the development of an EEZ capability.
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Radio facsimile weather broadcasts are often not well received nearshore. Since many users operate near the coast and are increasingly equipped with facsimile receivers, a program needs to be developed that would ensure that this high density of users is not omitted from radio facsimile reception.
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