June 11, 2018
CAMBRIDGE, MA — As an official Weather-Ready Nation (WRN) Ambassador, WeatherBuild®, Decision Support Solutions for the Construction Industry and Built Environment®, is proud to help improve the National Weather Service (NWS, www.weather.gov) hazard messages, and to contribute to the NWS Hazard Simplification (Haz Simp) project.
Recently, the National Weather Service reduced the number of winter weather hazard message types issued, first by consolidating the numerous winter advisory hazard messages to one “Winter Weather Advisory,” and second by consolidating the numerous winter watch hazard messages to one “Winter Storm Watch.” Further, NWS simplified the hazard message text to three main bullets of information: 1. “What”; 2. “Where”; 3. “When”; or the “3Ws.”
Accordingly, after the successful transition of winter advisory and winter watch hazard messages, the “Haz Simp” team is continuing the further consolidation and reformatting of hazard messages, together with feedback and engagement from Cambridge-based WeatherBuild and other Weather-Ready Nation Ambassadors. NWS is proposing to reduce the number and reformat its visibility, temperature and wind hazard messages; winter warning hazard messages; and, flood watch, warning and advisory hazard messages.
As a Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador, WeatherBuild is proud to contribute to the NWS Hazard Simplification (Haz Simp) project, as severe weather reports and hazard messages are mission-critical for project and program stakeholders across the total asset lifecycle of the construction industry and built environment, from construction to operations and maintenance (O&M).
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