[Skywarn] Fwd: [Cometupdates] New from COMET: Forecasting Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge

[Lloyd Colston]

The COMET Program is pleased to announce the publication of the new lesson,
"Forecasting Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge”. This 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. The
lesson will take 45 minutes to complete (not including the quiz). Basic
familiarity with probabilistic forecast guidance is recommended.

The intended audience for "Forecasting Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge"
includes forecasters in the U.S., Canada, and the Caribbean, emergency
managers, and others with general interest in tropical cyclone storm surge.
National Weather Service forecast offices could also use the module in
their training programs in preparation for hurricane season. Please follow
this link to the MetEd description page that provides additional
information and the link to begin the lesson:
https://www.meted.ucar.edu/training_module.php?id=1159.

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We welcome any comments or questions you may have regarding the content,
instructional approach, or use of this lesson. Please e-mail your comments
or questions to Tsvet Ross-Lazarov (tlazarov at ucar.edu) or Vanessa
Vincente (vincente at ucar.edu).