Internal Monthly Survey for WFOs
Demographics
What is your office’s three letter identifier?
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ABQ
ABR
AFC
AFG
AJK
AKQ
ALY
AMA
APX
ARX
BGM
BIS
BMX
BOI
BOU
BOX
BRO
BTV
BUF
BYZ
CAE
CAR
CHS
CLE
CRP
CTP
CYS
DDC
DLH
DMX
DTX
DVN
EAX
EKA
EPZ
EWX
FFC
FGF
FGZ
FSD
FWD
GGW
GID
GJT
GLD
GRB
GRR
GSP
GUM
GYX
HFO
HGX
HNX
HUN
ICT
ILM
ILN
ILX
IND
IWX
JAN
JAX
JKL
KEY
LBF
LCH
LIX
LKN
LMK
LOT
LOX
LSX
LUB
LWX
LZK
MAF
MEG
MFL
MFR
MHX
MKX
MLB
MOB
MPX
MQT
MRX
MSO
MTR
OAX
OHX
OKX
OTX
OUN
PAH
PBZ
PDT
PHI
PIH
PQR
PSR
PUB
RAH
REV
RIW
RLX
RNK
SEW
SGF
SGX
SHV
SJT
SJU
SLC
STO
TAE
TBW
TFX
TOP
TSA
TWC
UNR
VEF
What is your position?
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Meteorologist / Lead Meteorologist
Hydrologist
SOO
WCM
MIC
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 ISC grids, etc.)?
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Yes
No
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
If yes, please explain
3) Have you experienced instances when WPC or neighboring WFOs are unwilling to collaborate?
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Yes
No
If yes, please explain the circumstances
4) How often have you attempted to collaborate changes but WPC or surrounding WFOs have been unwilling to do so?
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More than 50% of the time
Between 25% and 50% of the time
Less than 25% of the time
Never
5) Are you noticing un-collaborated changes that are impacting grid consistency?
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Yes
No
If yes, please provide a short explanation of the situation
6) 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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2
3
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5
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7
8
9
10
7) Was the time invested in collaboration worthwhile?
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Rating Scale: 1 (not worthwhile) to 10 (extremely worthwhile)
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5
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9
10
8) How would you rate the overall effectiveness of collaboration with WPC and neighboring WFOs?
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Rate based on the scale:
1 - 3 = Unsatisfactory
4 - 7 = Satisfactory
8 - 10 = Highly Satisfactory
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10
Forecast Process
9) How often have you made significant changes to the preliminary WPC Day 1 QPF during the collaboration window (between 0500-0630Z and 1700-1830 Z)?
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Always
Most of the Time
About Half the Time
Infrequent
Never
10) How often have you made significant changes to the final WPC Day 1 QPF (i.e. a locally collaborated change) before publishing your final QPF?
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Always
Most of the Time
About Half the Time
Infrequent
Never
11) How often have you made significant changes to the preliminary WPC Day 1 QPF during the collaboration window (between 0500-0630Z and 1700-1830 Z) when an impactful precipitation event is anticipated?
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Always
Most of the Time
About Half the Time
Infrequent
Never
12) How often have you made significant changes to the final WPC Day 1 QPF (i.e. a locally collaborated change) before publishing your final QPF when an impactful precipitation event is anticipated?
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Always
Most of the Time
About Half the Time
Infrequent
Never
13) How often have you had to update the collaborated Day 1 QPF forecast when an impactful precipitation event is anticipated?
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Always
Most of the Time
About Half the Time
Infrequent
Never
14) When an impactful weather event is anticipated, how often has the collaborated Day 1 QPF improved the accuracy of the prediction?
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Always
Most of the Time
About Half the Time
Infrequent
Never
N/A
15) Do you get an added value from the collaboration?
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Yes
No
16) When an impactful weather event is anticipated, does the time spent on collaboration improve the accuracy of the prediction?
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Always
Most of the Time
About Half the Time
Infrequent
Never
17) 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
18) 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
19) 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
20) Have you observed any examples of IDSS improvements due to the CFP?
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Yes
No
If yes, please provide details
21) Have you observed any examples of IDSS being degraded due to the CFP?
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Yes
No
If yes, please provide details
22) 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
23) 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
24) 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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10
25) 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
26) 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 events?
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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:
27) How has the CFP changed the amount of time spent on the QPF process (including collaboration and coordination) during high impact or busy weather events?
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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:
28) Please provide any other comments or suggestions regarding the CFP.
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If none, please write NONE
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