HYSPLIT WES Cases Simulation Guide - Warning Decision Training ...

HYSPLIT WES Cases Simulation Guide0215 7. Conversation 3 Distractor: a concernedcitizen from Ponca Citycalls and asks why hehears the storm sirens0217 8. Wrap-Up/Debriefweb pageLog file annotation: CitizenCall (yes branch)Ponca City EM calls withdetails to run the HYSPLITmodel(lat/lon/chemical/releasestart and approximateduration and contact infoLog file annotation:Conversation PoncaEM(no branch)Web page gives forecaster the ability to check hisHYSPLIT model results. Student is asked about therepresentativeness of the HYSPLIT results.0230 9. Web Server isstopped0230 10. Simulation EndsV. Simulation DetailsThere’s also a final interaction with the Kay County EM.Student can practice issuing a Civil EmergencyMessage using GFE. Student is asked to consider whatissues would result if the plume was oriented in otherdirections.Log File Annotations: Results, Final ConsiderationsThe simulation focuses on a chemical incident at an oil refinery in Kay County,OK, superimposed on this weather event. Because a request to run HYSPLITalmost always comes from external customers, WESSL also provides a customer-supportcontext. The student will be required to provide some responseswhich are written to an external log file. This log file is located at/data/awips/2010Aug14/wessl/hysplitSim1.log. The simulation also interpretsone of the student responses and branches to present information at differenttimes based on the response.Here are some additional details on the customer service setting: The refinery islocated just outside the city limits of Ponca City, placing it in the jurisdiction ofthe Kay County EM, who is based in Newkirk. Kay County EM would have beenVersion: 1.0 The August 14-15, 2010 Event 3-7