Storm QuickLook Lori Fenstermacher
Lori.Fenstermacher@noaa.gov
Storm Tide Monitoring
The CO-OPS
Storm QuickLook
The product provides a
synopsis of near real-time
oceanographic and
meteorological observations
at locations affected by a
tropical cyclone.
http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/quicklook.shtml
NOAA Sentinels
New Hardened Stations – designed to withstand Category 4 Hurricanes
Amerada Pass, LA
Calcasieu Pass, LA during Hurricane Ike, 9/12/2008
Presently operating at 4 sites in Louisiana
http://www.tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/publications/SPIP.pdf
Tide Station Upgrades Tom designed
NOAA Sentinels are Landon to withstand
wind and waveThomas.Landon@noaa.gov
action from a Category 4
Storm Tide Monitoring hurricane
NOAA Sentinels
Elevated frame storm surge platforms: Bay Waveland, MS,
• Shell Beach, LA,
• Lake Charles, LA
• Amerada Pass, LA,
• Freshwater Bayou Locks, LA • Calcasieu Pass, LA.
Shell Beach and Amerada Pass are the two
http://www.noaa.gov/features/monitoring_1008/sentinels.html sites planned for co-located CORS sites.
QuickLook Product
Initiated when a tropical storm or hurricane warning is issued for the U.S.
coast or its territories
Updated following NWS public advisories and at landfall
Provides a synopsis of near real‐time oceanographic and meteorological
observations at locations affected by a tropical cyclone
24 x 7 Monitoring and Quality Control
Displayed on CO‐OPS web pages and linked through NOAA All Hazards
webpage NOAAWatch
www.tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov
www.noaawatch.gov
GIS map showing
satellite imagery,
wind contours, storm Can adjust water level
track and stations Datum (MLLW/NAVD88),
included (courtesy of measurement
NHC). units (Standard/Metric)
and time zone (Local/UTC).
Time series plots of
water level, wind speed
& gusts, barometric Water level and
pressure and water & meteorological
air temperature, analyses, next high
updating in real-time - tide values/times and
every 10-12 minutes. select NWS advisory
text
CO‐OPS Website Statistics
Saw record web traffic during
multiple storms
Just under 3.5 million visits during
the week of 9/07‐9/13 (Hanna, Ike)
Over 2.6 million visits during the
week of 8/31‐9/06 (Gustav)
Highest 1 day total was 9/12 (Ike
landfall) with over 913,000 visits
(30‐60k daily average)
Average monthly visits from
January‐July 2008 – 1.1 million
Over 4 million visits for the month
of August and over 6.1 million visits
for the month of September
70.5% of web visits in August and
69.3% in September referred from
NOAAWatch!
Storm Reports
http://www.tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/pub.html
2008
Two preliminary water level and meteorological reports created
Hurricane Gustav data report is available on
http://www.tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/
Hurricane Ike data report is presently being reviewed internally
Extensive Hurricane Ike technical report will be completed 2nd Quarter FY09
Additional storm reports by year, not including unnamed storms or nor’easters.
Proposed Improvements for 2009 Hurricane Season
Utilizing Highest Astronomical Tide (HAT)
Height of the highest predicted tide
Streamlining the generation of a storm
summary report for quicker dissemination to
aid in post-storm recovery
Addition of Automated Real-Time Summary
(ARNS) to the product
Rate of water level change
Is water level rising or falling?
Automated Real‐Time Narrative Summary (ARNS)
A brief, single paragraph summarizing the observation received from data sensors
within a predefined region or for a single station.
Available for PORTS® and their respective stations as well as through the PORTS®
Voice System.
Ingests the real‐time data for all instruments within all PORTS® installations every
six minutes and generates and disseminates textual summary phrases.
200 Permanent Stations
Web Services Post storm SLOSH validation
Currently NOAA is switching its
geodetic reference datum from
NGVD29 to NAVD88
2008 Statistical Summary
Busy season with 121 total QuickLooks posted (53 produced in 2007)
Tropical Storm Cristobal – 7 advisories posted from 7/19‐7/21
Hurricane Dolly ‐ 12 advisories posted from 7/21‐7/24
Tropical Storm Edouard ‐ 9 advisories posted from 8/03‐8/05
Tropical Storm Fay ‐ 29 advisories posted from 8/17‐8/24
Hurricane Gustav ‐ 14 advisories posted from 8/31‐9/02
Tropical Storm Hanna ‐ 11 advisories posted from 9/04‐9/07
Hurricane Ike ‐ 26 advisories posted from 9/08‐9/14
Hurricane Kyle ‐ 6 advisories posted from 9/28‐9/29
Hurricane Omar ‐ 7 advisories posted from 10/14‐10/16
All QuickLooks are archived at:
http://www.tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/quicklook_archive.shtml
CO-OPS Website Overview User Services
Data Dissemination / Access tide.predictions@noaa.gov
THREE Ways
to Access Data
Accessing Preliminary, Verified, and Predicted Data
via dropdowns and listed under topics.
Data accessible in tabular and Google Map format
Google Map
Links to Data Types
XML
Ver WL
Pred
Met
Available Data Includes:
Station Home Page Station Information
Data Inventory
Data Plots
Tidal Datum Information
Tidal Datum Information
Tidal Datums
Relative to
Arbitrary Station
Datum
Mean Sea Level differences between
1983-2001 NTDE & 1960-1978 NTDE
Average
Difference =
+ / - 0.2 ft
Benchmark Elevation Information
Benchmark Elevation Information
Location
of Tide
Gauge
Datums
Geodetic relative to
relationship MLLW
based on
one mark
Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System
(PORTS®)
Navigation Safety
Improved Economic Efficiency
Coastal Resource Protection
2 NEW GULF PORTS Lake Charles PORTS:
8767816 Lake Charles, 8768094 Calcasieu
Pass, and 8767816 Bulk Terminal #1
Lower Mississippi River PORTS:
8761955 Carrollton, LA
Available Sea Level Data
Grand Isle = 9.24 mm / yr. or 3.03 ft / cent.
Data Available through OPenDAP and
Web Services
CO-OPS Website Overview User Services
Data Dissemination / Access tide.predictions@noaa.gov