T&E Internal Survey - WFO (Event)

What is your office’s three letter identifier?*

What is your position?*

If you selected Other, please answer below:

On what date(s) did this QPF event result in significant impacts?*
Please provide the date or date range for the event:

Date / Start Date

End Date

Were Flood Watches and/or Flood or Flash Flood Warnings issued for this event?*

Yes No

What QPF collaboration cycle(s) did you participate in before and/or during this event?*
This includes: A2 Collaboration and/or Collaboration call

0500-0630 Collaboration Period 1700-1830 Collaboration Period Both Unsure

If you worked several shifts before and/or during this event, were there any shifts in which the CFP was especially impactful to operations*

Yes, there were shifts when the CFP was especially impactful to operations No, all the shifts were about the same No, I only worked one shift

If yes, please explain. Provide dates and times if able.

1) On a scale of 1 to 10 how well did the results of the QPF Collaborative Forecast Process verify with the actual rainfall totals?*
Rating Scale: 1 (very poorly) to 10 (extremely well)

Additional comments regarding how well the results of the QPF Collaborative Forecast Process verified with the actual rainfall totals

2) Did you try to collaborate forecast changes but were unsuccessful?*

Yes No

If Yes, please explain

3) Were WPC and neighboring offices engaged either via A2 Collaboration and/or the Collaboration call?*

Yes No

If No, please explain

4) Did you experience any technical issues with the collaboration process (software issues, missing NBM grids, missing ISC grids, etc.)?*

Yes No

If Yes, please explain

5) Overall, did collaboration calls contribute positively, neutrally or negatively to the forecast process?*

6) Were modifications made by neighboring offices that were not collaborated and/or affected grid consistency?*

Yes No

If Yes, please explain

7) What effect did the process of having a common starting point and collaborating QPF have on the amount of time you spent on QPF?*

8) Overall, did the entire collaborative process contribute positively, neutrally or negatively to the forecast process?*

Positive Negative Neutral

9) Did you have any other issues regarding the collaboration process?*

Yes No

If Yes, please explain

10) For this event, how often did you have to edit the preliminary WPC QPF for non-meteorological artifacts?*

11) For this event, how often did you make significant changes from the preliminary WPC QPF during the collaboration window?*

12) Did the outcome of the CFP result in changes to your IDSS messaging before or during this event?*

No Change Confirmed Ongoing Messaging Messaging Initiated / Changed

13) What impact did the QPF CFP process have on IDSS with your partners for this event?*

Improved Degraded No Notable Impact

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

Yes No

If Yes, please explain

15) Did you receive feedback from core partners regarding precipitation forecasts for this event that can be directly attributed to the CFP?*

No feedback received Yes, mostly negative Yes, equally positive and negative Yes, mostly positive

16) Overall, what effect did this event have on your confidence in the CFP?*

17) Overall, what effect did this event have on how you perceive the value of the CFP?*

18) Please provide any other comments or suggestions regarding the CFP for this event.*
If none, please write NONE

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