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Public Education on warning services

Learn about the National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS) and how it provides alerts on weather impacts and likelihood. Discover the color-coded risk matrix and icons indicating various weather elements. Access forecasts and information on the Met Office website. Explore different methods like pamphlets, public meetings, social media, and more to educate the public effectively.

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Public Education on warning services

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  1. Public Education on warning services Sarah Davies UK Met Office Tuesday 27th November 2012

  2. What does the public need to know? • Using what we discussed in the last session… • Met Office example – the National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS) • Ideas for educating the public

  3. National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS) Warnings of weather which will impact on daily life We have worked with partner agencies to develop a risk matrix The alert/warning will provide a combination of The potential impact the weather will have The likelihood of the weather happening NSWWS

  4. NSWWS - Impact Matrix We then plot them on the risk matrix LIKELIHOOD Then assign a colour to the warning which is a combination of potential impact and likelihood

  5. NSWWS - Colour Codes

  6. Icons indicating the weather element Rain Wind Snow Fog Ice 5-day overview NSWWS - Web Display (UK)

  7. Chief Forecaster’s Assessment Risk Matrix NSWWS - Web Display (UK)

  8. Impactshttp://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/advice/ Other impacts specific to rain, wind, ice and fog also listed.

  9. Public Appreciation 90% of the public think Met Office weather warnings are useful

  10. Public products & services • Public website • Warnings Service • Forecasts for media (BBC, ITV, etc) • Widgets and gadgets • Mountain Area Forecast • RSS feeds • iPhone App • Mobile Weather • Library and Archive • Twitter and Facebook

  11. What other ways can we educate the public? • Pamphlets, leaflets and brochures (NSWWS leaflet distributed across Scotland as part of Get Ready for Winter Campaign) • Public meetings • Open days • Shows and exhibitions (eg Outdoor show, Gardeners World exhibition etc) • School talks, and school based internet packages (http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/)

  12. What other ways can we educate the public? • Any other ideas?

  13. TV, Friends, Flags, E-mail

  14. Radio, Newspapers, Twitter.

  15. Facebook, Text messaging, Sirens

  16. Websites, Signs, Community Wardens, Loud hailer

  17. Questions

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