Internal Monthly Survey for WPC
Demographics
What is your position?
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Forecaster / Senior Forecaster
Other (fill in blank)
Position (Other)
If your position is not listed in the previous question, select Other and enter it here:
Collaboration
1) Have you experienced any technical issues with the collaboration process (software issues, missing NBM grids, missing ISC grids, etc.)?
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Yes
No
1b) If yes, please explain
2) Have you experienced any process related issues with collaboration (conference call length or participation, excessive frequency of conference calls, excessive Collaborate chats, etc.)?
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Yes
No
2b) If yes, please explain
3) Have you experienced instances of WFOs who are unwilling to collaborate?
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Yes
No
3b) If yes, please explain the circumstances
4) How often have you attempted to collaborate changes but WFOs have been unwilling to do so?
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Always
Most of the Time
About Half the Time
Infrequent
Never
5) Are you noticing un-collaborated changes that are impacting grid consistency?
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Yes
No
5b) If yes, please provide a short explanation of the situation
6) How would you rate the overall effectiveness of collaboration with WFOs?
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Rate based on the scale:
1 - 3 = Unsatisfactory
4 - 7 = Satisfactory
8 - 10 = Highly Satisfactory
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7) Did you get added value from the collaboration?
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Rating Scale: 1 (no value) to 10 (exceptional value)
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8) Was the time invested in collaboration worthwhile?
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Rating Scale: 1 (not worthwhile) to 10 (extremely worthwhile)
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Forecast Process
9) How often are you making significant changes from the NBM to the Day 1 QPF before the collaboration window?
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Note the collaboration windows are between 0500Z-0630Z and 1700Z-1830Z.
Always
Most of the Time
About Half the Time
Infrequent
Never
10) How often are you making significant changes from the NBM to the Day 1 QPF during the collaboration window?
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Always
Most of the Time
About Half the Time
Infrequent
Never
11) How often are you making significant changes from the NBM to the Day 2 and 3 QPF?
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Always
Most of the Time
About Half the Time
Infrequent
Never
12) Does the collaborated CFP yield a more accurate forecast than the non-collaborated CFP?
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Always
Most of the Time
About Half the Time
Infrequent
Never
13) How often are you making changes to the NBM QPF to remove non-meteorological artifacts?
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Always
Most of the Time
About Half the Time
Infrequent
Never
14) What effect has the CFP demonstration had on the amount of time spent on QPF?
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Significant decrease
Slight decrease
Little or no change
Slight increase
Significant increase
IDSS
15) Did the outcome of the CFP result in changes to your IDSS messaging?
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No Change
Confirmed Ongoing Messaging
Messaging Initiated / Changed
16) Have you observed any examples of IDSS improvements due to the CFP?
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Yes
No
If yes, please provide details
17) Have you observed any examples of IDSS being degraded due to the CFP?
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Yes
No
If yes, please provide details
18) Have you received feedback from core partners regarding precipitation forecasts that can be directly attributed to the CFP?
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No feedback received
Yes, mostly negative
Yes, equally positive and negative
Yes, mostly positive
19) How would you categorize time savings unlocked by the CFP, as it relates to QPF and additional time to do IDSS?
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I have significantly less time for IDSS
I have a little less time for IDSS
No meaningful change
I have a little more time for IDSS
I have significantly more time for IDSS
Summary
20) On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate the overall success of the CFP?
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Rate based on the scale:
1 = Very Unsuccessful
5 = Neither Successful or Unsuccessful
10 = Extremely Successful
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21) Do you agree with this statement? “Overall, the CFP has contributed positively to our ability to provide quality IDSS”.
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Strongly disagree
Disagree
Neither agree nor disagree
Agree
Strongly agree
22) How has the CFP changed the amount of time spent on the QPF process (including collaboration and coordination) during relatively quiet or low impact weather regimes?
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The CFP has resulted in me spending much less time on QPF
The CFP has resulted in me spending a little less time on QPF
The CFP has not had any meaningful change on the amount of time spent on QPF
The CFP has resulted in me spending a little more time on QPF
The CFP has resulted in me spending a lot more time on QPF
If you answered significantly more or less time, please elaborate:
23) How has the CFP changed the amount of time spent on the QPF process (including collaboration and coordination) during high impact or busy weather regimes?
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The CFP has resulted in me spending much less time on QPF
The CFP has resulted in me spending a little less time on QPF
The CFP has not had any meaningful change on the amount of time spent on QPF
The CFP has resulted in me spending a little more time on QPF
The CFP has resulted in me spending a lot more time on QPF
If you answered significantly more or less time, please elaborate:
24) Please provide any other comments or suggestions regarding the CFP.
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If none, please write NONE
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