2 CORL.pdf - Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology - NOAA
2 CORL.pdf - Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology - NOAA
2 CORL.pdf - Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology - NOAA
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LFW Program Mission<br />
• Critical operations focused on protecting lives/property<br />
• Delivered essential <strong>NOAA</strong> services, especially those related<br />
to high‐impact events, to local communities through its<br />
distributed structure <strong>of</strong> field <strong>of</strong>fices and national centers.<br />
• Functional components included elements <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> end‐toend<br />
<strong>for</strong>ecast and warning process:<br />
• Observe <strong>the</strong> atmosphere<br />
• Produce numerical <strong>for</strong>ecast guidance<br />
• Syn<strong>the</strong>size environmental in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />
• Make <strong>for</strong>ecast and warning decisions<br />
• Provide in<strong>for</strong>mation and decision assistance<br />
PREDECISIONAL<br />
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