Internal Monthly Survey for WPC

Demographics

What is your position?*

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.)?*

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.)?*

Yes No

2b) If yes, please explain

3) Have you experienced instances of WFOs who are unwilling to collaborate?*

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?*

Always Most of the Time About Half the Time Infrequent Never

5) Are you noticing un-collaborated changes that are impacting grid consistency?*

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?*
Rate based on the scale:

1 - 3 = Unsatisfactory
4 - 7 = Satisfactory
8 - 10 = Highly Satisfactory
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

7) Did you get added value from the collaboration?*
Rating Scale: 1 (no value) to 10 (exceptional value)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

8) Was the time invested in collaboration worthwhile?*
Rating Scale: 1 (not worthwhile) to 10 (extremely worthwhile)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Forecast Process

9) How often are you making significant changes from the NBM to the Day 1 QPF before the collaboration window?*
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?*

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?*

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?*

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?*

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?*

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?*

No Change Confirmed Ongoing Messaging Messaging Initiated / Changed

16) Have you observed any examples of IDSS improvements due to the CFP?*

Yes No

If yes, please provide details

17) Have you observed any examples of IDSS being degraded due to the CFP?*

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?*

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?*

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?*
Rate based on the scale:

1 = Very Unsuccessful
5 = Neither Successful or Unsuccessful
10 = Extremely Successful
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

21) Do you agree with this statement? “Overall, the CFP has contributed positively to our ability to provide quality IDSS”.*

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?*

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?*

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.*
If none, please write NONE

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