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"I was going to talk about other. things. I'm going to talk about something far more important. The service you all provide is important." ~Dr Jacobs, Acting NOAA administrator #NWAS19
"I have been personally impacted by Hugo. We didn't take into account the trees. We had damage." ~Dr Jacobs #NWAS19
"I worked at a state climate office. I spent time in the forecast office. In January 2000, a snowstorm inspired my research project at NC State. That was the beginning of my love for NWP. I wanted to improve NWP and forecasting." ~Dr Jacobs #NWAS19
"Despite the challenges the NHC 5-day forecast beat the track error by 20%. I have to give praise to the storm surge unit there. They saved many lives and saved a lot of money by not evacuating those who wouldn't be impacted." ~Dr Jacobs #NWAS19
"In 2017, the president signed 'the weather bill'. He also signed NIDIS [drought]. The idea behind EPIC is to enhance the GFS. The code is to be simplified and made public to help the model. The FV3 is not very user friendly." ~Dr Jacobs #NWAS19
"Folks in the WH are genuinely interested in improving weather forecasts, how they are interpreted and conveyed to the public. IDSS helps interface the wx enterprise to reach a wider population." ~Dr Jacobs #NWAS19
"People don't know how to interpret model output. But they know how to act when given instructions by people who do. But communicating risk is extremely challenging." ~Dr Jacobs #NWAS19
"Dorian was a difficult storm to forecast. The track was first aimed at FL. Then we looked at a potential stall. Having a category 5 storm sitting just off the coast is a nerve-wracking time for forecasters." ~Dr Jacobs #NWAS19
"The purpose of the NOAA statement did not say that we understand and fully support the good intent of @NWSBirmingham, to calm fears and support public safety. I'm proud of the outstanding work of all the WFOs." ~Dr Jacobs #NWAS19
@NWSBirmingham "There is no pressure to change the way to forecast risk in the future. Nobody's job is at risk: not mine, not yours." ~Dr Jacobs #NWAS19
@NWSBirmingham "Moving forward, I learned that the NWS should be at the table with FEMA at all briefings. This is critical if we are going to be analyzing forecast output. We need somebody who knows how to interpret forecasts." ~Dr Jacobs #NWAS19
@NWSBirmingham "I hope this elevated interest will lead to elevated funding to help us communicate forecasts. People don't understand ensembles, probabilistic, spaghetti plots. It's why we don't make those plots. There's a lot of misunderstanding about the cone." ~Dr Jacobs #NWAS19
@NWSBirmingham "The end of the cone stops because that's where the storm is in 120 hours, not because the storm will stop. How do we communicate risk? It's not easy. The community doesn't understand that. It's hard to translate probabilities into what the public needs." ~Dr Jacobs #NWAS19
@NWSBirmingham "We need social scientists to help. We've come a long way." ~Dr Jacobs #NWAS19
@NWSBirmingham "Weather should not be a partisan issue. I've known some of you for 25 years. I'm the same person I was last Thursday. I'm a modeler and a forecaster. I'm visiting as many WFOs as I can. I will call into the rest. Thank you Louis, WFOs, EMs, & Birmingham." ~Dr Jacobs #NWAS19
@NWSBirmingham "Thank you for the job that you do and the lives that you save." ~Dr Jacobs #NWAS19
@NWSBirmingham Dr Jacobs exits through the door he came in. I believe he will now exit the building. 8 minute break until the next session. #NWAS19
