1. The National Weather Service Helping to Build a Weather-Ready Nation

2. 546 Fatalities from 1,748 Tornadoes 546 Fatalities from 1,748 Tornadoes Historic U.S. Floods 6 Million Acres Burned 2011: A Year of Extremes ~600 Fatalities and $50 Billion in Economic Losses Devastating Blizzards Pacific Tsunami

3. Source: Property Claims Service MR NatCatSERVICE U.S. Thunderstorm Loss Trends Annual Totals 1980 – 2010 vs. First Half 2011 Average thunderstorm losses have increased fivefold since 1980. First Half 2011 $16.4 bn

4. Extreme impacts from weather, water, climate events Extreme impacts from weather, water, climate events Population growth and demographic changes Population growth and demographic changes Technological dependence Technological dependence Water Availability—too much, too little, quality Water Availability—too much, too little, quality A Changing World Society Increasingly Vulnerable A Changing World Society Increasingly Vulnerable

5. Is the U.S. Weather-Ready? The Vision: Build a Weather-Ready Nation

6. Building a Weather-Ready Nation A Weather-Ready Nation: Society is Prepared for and Responds to Weather-Dependent Events Vision Provide weather, water, and climate data, forecasts and warnings Protect life and property Protect life and property Enhance national economy Enhance national economy Mission 6

7. Improve warning accuracies and lead times for high-impact weather and water events Improve warning accuracies and lead times for high-impact weather and water events Exploit probability information to communicate uncertainty Exploit probability information to communicate uncertainty Improve community emergency preparedness and response Improve community emergency preparedness and response GOAL 1: Improve weather decision services for events that threaten lives and livelihoods Meeting the Nation’s Needs Building a Weather-Ready Nation Meeting the Nation’s Needs Building a Weather-Ready Nation

8. Test Projects A total of nine test projects have been planned to support the key concepts of the NWS Roadmap A total of nine test projects have been planned to support the key concepts of the NWS Roadmap Plans are underway to launch six this fall: Plans are underway to launch six this fall: – National Operations Center – Regional Operations Center – WFO Provision of IDSS in Coastal Environment – WFO provision of IDSS in Urban Environment – Ecological forecasting – Warn-on-forecast test 8 Making the extraordinary ordinary

9. The SR ROC Pilot Project Support to our field offices Support to our field offices Support to partners Support to partners – States – FEMA – National Media Support to our agency leadership Support to our agency leadership Helping to communicate Decision Support Services throughout the NWS Helping to communicate Decision Support Services throughout the NWS