IFPS Spot Formatter

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IFPS Spot Formatter

• Virgil T. Middendorf
• National Weather Service
• Billings, MT

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Versions of Web Spot Request Forms

• WRSpot used by most WR offices last 4 years.
  Forecast is typed into a web interface instead of
  on AWIPS.
• National Same as WRSpot, but hosted on a
  national server on the east coast. ER, CR, and
  SR offices are all using this version.
• IFPS Spot modified version of WRSpot that
  allows transfer of information between the WR web
  server and AWIPS (and hence IFPS). BYZ, GGW, MFR,
  PDT, and RIW are using this version operationally.

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Spot Request Process
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Spot Request Process
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Spot Request Process
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Spot Request Process
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Spot Request Process
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Spot Request Process
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Spot Request Process

• WR web server sends the spot request file to WFO
  Boise
• WFO Boises AWIPS sends the STQ products to WAN
• STQ product triggers the Red Banner Alarm with
  audio
• Forecaster then launches a script to generate
  the forecast

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Spot Request Process
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Forecast Generation Process
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Forecast Generation Process
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Forecast Generation Process
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Forecast Generation Process
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Forecast Generation Process
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Forecast Generation Process
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Forecast Generation Process
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Forecast Generation Process
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Spot Request Process
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Spot Request Process
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How it Works
Spot Request Website
ls1-boi ds1-boi
GTFSTQBYZ
GFE on lx1
Edit FWS in XNOW
Transmit Forecast
ls1-byz
GTFSTQBYZ
GTFFWSBYZ
Forecaster Launches Sport Forecast Generation Scri
pt
ds1-byz
Status Messages For Website
Red-Banner Alarm on D2D
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Spot Statistics
1. FIRE INFORMATION BREAKDOWN ENTIRE DISTRICT
DJF MAM
JJA SON YEAR A. SPOT
FORECASTS.......... 12 38 243
0 293 SEPARATE INCIDENTS.....
3 16 127 0 146
CONTROLLED (RX)...... 3 12 5
0 20 WILD FIRES...........
0 4 119 0 123
WILDFIRE USE......... 0 0
0 0 0 TRAINING.............
0 0 3 0 3
B. NUMBER OF FIRES......... 3 16
127 0 146 ACRES
BURNED........... 621 3383 201631
0 205635
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HOURLY WILD FIRE STATISTICS HR DEC JAN FEB MAR
APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV
TOT ----------------------------------------------
----------- 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 01 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 0 0 0 0 1 02 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 03 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1 05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
0 0 4 06 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
7 0 0 0 12 07 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 3 7 0 0 0 11 08 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 6 14 0 0 0 20 09 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 18 10
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 11 0 0 0
13 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 12 0
0 0 18 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
13 0 0 0 22 13 0 0 0 0 1 0
0 3 5 0 0 0 9 14 0 0 0 0
1 0 1 7 16 0 0 0 25 15 0 0
0 0 0 0 1 8 12 0 0 0 21 16
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 0 0 0
14 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 0
0 0 11 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
6 0 0 0 8 19 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 4 0 0 0 5 20 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 5 21 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 5 22
0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
4 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
0 0 3 ----------------------------------------
----------------- TOTAL 0 0 0 0 3 2
3 78 148 0 0 0 234
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Average Individual Turnover Times (min)
JA CHB KWM SAS TWH WMR JRS JMM
DLB DM VTM ALL ----------------------------
----------------------------------------------
--- DEC .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
.0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 JAN .0
34.0 .0 35.0 .0 36.3 .0 48.5 39.0
.0 .0 35.9 FEB .0 51.0 .0 102.0
.0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 76.5
MAR 70.0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
31.0 .0 .0 .0 40.3 APR 27.7 41.3
.0 55.0 28.0 45.1 24.0 .0 23.2 .0
.0 32.4 MAY 14.0 .0 .0 14.0 23.8
.0 .0 .0 30.0 .0 .0 26.6 JUN
62.0 41.5 .0 .0 23.5 8.0 10.0 32.0
26.0 .0 .0 31.1 JUL 27.6 30.8 .0
22.0 22.0 16.3 15.3 19.5 33.0 21.7 .0
24.7 AUG 23.2 27.1 20.5 15.2 16.7 14.0
16.7 16.8 .0 13.9 14.5 19.5 SEP .0
.0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
.0 .0 .0 OCT .0 .0 .0 .0
.0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
NOV .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
.0 .0 .0 .0 .0 DJF .0 42.5
.0 44.6 .0 36.3 .0 48.5 39.0 .0
.0 43.3 MAM 39.5 41.3 .0 34.5 24.6
45.1 24.0 31.0 24.9 .0 .0 31.6 JJA
25.7 29.5 20.5 20.2 18.1 14.4 15.9 18.8
28.8 15.1 14.5 22.0 SON .0 .0 .0
.0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
.0 -----------------------------------------------
--------------------------- --- TOTALS 27.0
31.5 20.5 24.4 19.2 20.6 16.7 20.7 27.3
15.1 14.5 24.0
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Individual Spot Number Statistics JA
CHB KWM SAS TWH WMR JRS JMM DLB
DM VTM ALL ----------------------------------
--------------------------------------------
DEC .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
.0 .0 .0 .0 .0 JAN .0 1.0
.0 3.0 .0 2.0 .0 1.0 1.0 .0
.0 9.0 FEB .0 2.0 .0 .5 .0
.0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 3.0 MAR
1.0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 1.0
.0 .0 .0 3.0 APR 1.5 1.5 .0
.5 1.0 3.5 1.5 .0 6.0 .0 .0
24.0 MAY .5 .0 .0 .5 4.0 .0
.0 .0 2.0 1.0 .0 11.0 JUN 1.0
2.0 .0 .0 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 3.0
.0 .0 14.0 JUL 6.5 4.0 .0 14.0
4.0 6.0 3.0 9.5 2.0 1.5 .0 81.0
AUG 21.0 13.0 4.0 5.0 21.0 13.0 10.0
12.0 .0 8.0 11.0 148.0 SEP .0 .0
.0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
.0 .0 OCT .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
.0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 NOV
.0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
.0 .0 .0 .0 DJF .0 3.0 .0
3.5 .0 2.0 .0 1.0 1.0 .0 .0
12.0 MAM 3.0 1.5 .0 1.0 5.0 3.5
1.5 1.0 8.0 1.0 .0 38.0 JJA 28.5
19.0 4.0 19.0 27.0 20.0 14.0 22.5 5.0
9.5 11.0 243.0 SON .0 .0 .0 .0
.0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
.0 -----------------------------------------------
------------------------------- TOTALS 31.5
23.5 4.0 23.5 32.0 25.5 15.5 24.5 14.0
10.5 11.0 293.0 TOTAL 10.8 7.6 1.4 8.3
10.6 8.7 5.5 8.0 4.9 3.4 3.9 100.0
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Improvements Needed

• Move responsibility of issuing STQ products to
  WRH or BYZ
• Set up backup for issuing STQ products
• Request time on spot requests sometimes in LT
• Close security hole between maul2 and boi
• More spot request form configurability

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Acknowledgments

• Tim Barker original software developer
• Bill Rasch GFE Formatter
• Jeff Zeltwanger web interface