Hydrometeorological Prediction Center (www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov)

NCEP Vision: First Choice – First Alert – Preferred Partner

FY2006 Accomplishments

·Exceeded GPRA Day 1 QPF goal for 1.0-inch threat score of 0.28
(HPC accuracy: 0.297)

·Accelerated release of day 3 QPF from 21 to 20 UTC at field office request (Oct 11, 2005)

·Supported development, approval, and implementation of QPF White Paper (approved by NWS Ops Committee on Jun 28, 2006)

·Implemented gridded Excessive Rainfall Product at request of NWS WFO Tropical Hazards Team (July 10, 2006)

·Began issuing suite of QPF, FOP, and Excessive Rainfall products in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) format (Aug 1, 2006)

·Began issuing QPF graphics for the Tropics (Jan 17, 2006)

·Implemented experimental winter weather impact graphics based on the SREF (Sep 15, 2005)

·Completed first full year of the HPC Hydrometeorological Testbed

–Enhancing forecaster training

–Supporting field experiments

–Evaluating advanced forecaster techniques