Winter Storm Severity Index : Improving Storm Readiness through Severity and Social Impact Forecasting

Details

• Personal Author:
  Carr, Rachel Hogan ; Semmens, Kathryn ; Maxfield, Keri ; Montz, Burrell
• Corporate Authors:
  Nurture Nature Center, Inc. ; East Carolina University.
• NOAA Program & Office:
  WPO (Weather Program Office) ; OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)
• Description:
  Communicating the threat of severe winter weather goes beyond just amounts of snow or ice accumulation or how cold the temperature will be - an understanding of the impacts of winter weather conditions is also important. The Winter Storm Severity Index (WSSI) is a product from the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center (WPC) that presents anticipated impacts from forecasted winter weather for a range of winter conditions in a graphical format. To assess the utility of the WSSI and how an impact-based winter weather forecast product is interpreted and used to inform decision-making, a mixed-methods social science study was conducted by the Nurture Nature Center in coordination with the WPC from 2020-2022.
• Keywords:
  Social Aspects Weather Forecasting Winter Storms Social Aspects Weather Forecasting Winter Storms
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.25923/60z7-fe65
• Format:
  PDF
• Document Type:
  Non-series Report
• Funding:
  Grant no. NA20OAR4590355
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC0 Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:188156cd17668fac29128558c3583028c7ef80133fc381961fe0f2c8543413738a34e65e56d41c9478743010e5aa48773957b4d0549cd7ea30f55c4b6f40b6bb
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/55608/noaa_55608_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 16.20 MB ]