News & Announcements

• The new NWS Commerce Learning Center has been launched! This new system has enhanced tools allowing NWS employees to more easily search or browse for DOC, NOAA, and NWS training.  (06/01/15)



• COMET has announced the publication of Assessing NWP with Water Vapour Imagery. This 1-1.5 hour long lesson examines the relationship between model data and water vapor imagery to help you assess the validity of model forecasts. (05/29/15)



• COMET has published Forecasting Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge. This 45-minute lesson introduces forecasters to the various probabilistic guidance used by the National Hurricane Center to forecast storm surge. It provides an overview of how these probabilistic surge products are created, their purposes, and why they are preferred to deterministic-only style guidance for specific events. The lesson also provides practice in correctly interpreting probabilistic storm surge guidance at various phases of an event. To access this lesson in the NWS Learning Center, click here. (05/26/15)



• COMET has published a new 45-minute lesson titled Understanding Heights and Vertical Datums. To access this lesson in the NWS Learning Center, click here. (05/01/15)



• The WDTD invites you participate in the third year of our R2O webinar series "Tales from the Testbed". These webinars are provided at 17 UTC on Fridays during the Hazardous Weather Testbed's participation in NSSL's Experimental Warning Program (i.e., webinar dates: 5/8, 5/15, 5/22, 6/5. & 6/11). Products demonstrated during these webinars include: GOES-R/JPSS products, ENI Total Lightning Network, and the NSSL Experimental Mesoscale Ensemble Model System. If you are interested in attending this webinar, contact your local training facilitator or Michael Bowlan (michael.bowlan@noaa.gov). (05/01/15)



• COMET had published Storm Surge and Datums. This 30-minute lesson provides a brief overview of what a vertical datum is and the types of datums used to observe and forecast storm surge. It also discusses how to interpret storm surge forecasts appropriately using these datums. The intended audience includes forecasters, emergency managers, and others with general interest in tropical cyclone storm surge. To access this lesson in the NWS Learning Center, click here. (04/22/15)



• COMET has published Introduction to Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge. This 30-45 minute lesson provides a brief introduction to the physical processes of storm surge, its impacts, and the vulnerability of U.S. coasts to this hazard. Factors that affect the severity of storm surge, how it is measured, and related data limitations are also discussed. To access this lesson in the NWS Learning Center, click here. (04/08/15)



• WDTB has released the AWIPS-2 Thin Client Course in the NWS Learning Center. This short course focuses on the capabilities of the AWIPS-2 Thin Client and to best leverage the Thin Client on limited bandwidth connections for operations and decision support. This course was designed for forecasters at CWSUs, NCDP, RFCs, and WFOs who will provide on-site decision support. (02/18/15)



• The NWSTC has announced the publication of the Observational Programs Overview Course. This introductory course is open to any NOAA or NWS employee who wishes to learn the importance of NWS observational data and information about each manual observing program. Click here to access this course in the NWS Learn Center. (08/06/14)



• NWSTC has announced the publication of the AWIPS-2 System Admin Deployment Refresher Course. This review course is designed for students who have taken the NWSTC residence course "A2SADEP" and need a refresher of the course material before deployment at their site. Click here to access this course in the LMS. (04/01/14)