National Weather Service FY 2008 OMB Budget Submission

National Weather Service FY 2008 OMB Budget Submission John E. Potts Deputy Chief Financial Officer September 26, 2006

Agenda • NWS Mission and Programs • FY 2005/2006 Accomplishments • FY 2008 Budget Overview • Program Change Request Summary • FY 2008 Program Change Descriptions

NOAA’s National Weather Service NWS MISSION • Nation’s first line of defense against severe weather • Provides climate, water, weather forecasts and warnings to protect life and property and enhance the economy • 1/3 of the U. S. economy ($3 trillion) is weather sensitive MAJOR PROGRAMS • Local Warnings & Forecasts – Public services provided at each WFO plus Tsunami warnings, Fire weather, Marine, & Aviation services • Central Forecast Guidance – Env. Modeling & Development, Storm Prediction, Hurricane Prediction, Aviation forecasts • Hydrologic Services – River/flood forecasts and warnings • Space Weather – Solar storm forecasts and warnings • Climate Services – Climate predictions and outlooks (flood/drought/heat)

FY 05 -06 NWS Accomplishments • Accurately forecasted the most active hurricane season in history – 28 storms – 15 hurricanes – 7 major hurricanes – 4 Cat 5 storms • Disseminated life-saving warnings through NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards • Began Expansion of U. S. Tsunami Warning Program • Rated high in customer satisfaction • Deployed 7 new Hurricane Buoys • Expanded National Digital Forecast Database • Worked with EPA to Extend Reach of Air Quality Forecasts • Began running NOAA’s Central Computer System with Full Backup

About the National Weather Service A Typical Year Brings: • 6 Hurricanes • 1, 000 Tornadoes • 5, 000 Floods • 10, 000 Violent Thunderstorms • Drought Conditions • 500 Deaths; 5, 000 Injuries In an average year, NWS produces: • 25 million forecasts • 41, 000 warnings • 2, 200 flood watches • 500 trillion digital forecasts • 9. 4 million fire forecasts • 784, 200 airport forecasts $14 Billion in Losses Katrina alone caused an estimated $100 billion in damage, and 1, 300 fatalities 5

FY 2008 NWS Overview • Maintains current services by providing $24. 2 M above FY 07 PB, a 2. 7% Increase: – ATBs at $20. 9 M – NWS number 1 priority – Program Changes at $3. 3 M: • Provides operations & maintenance funding for expanded capabilities – Hurricane Supplemental projects: observations, modeling, system redundancy – Strengthen Tsunami Warning System – Modernized, redundant telecommunications hub • Continues planned technology and facilities investments/ Administration commitments • Reallocates funding to support priorities

FY 2008 NWS By Budget Structure Account ($ in millions) FY 2007 President’s Budget ATB Change FY 2008 NOAA Submission Operations & Research $687. 9 $15. 4 $9. 3 $712. 6 Systems O&M $95. 6 $2. 2 - $97. 8 Subtotal, ORF $783. 4 $17. 6 $9. 3 $810. 4 Systems $66. 6 $3. 3 ($0. 8) $69. 1 Construction $31. 8 - ($5. 2) $26. 6 Subtotal, PAC $98. 4 $3. 3 ($6. 0) $95. 7 Total $881. 9 $20. 9 $3. 3 $906. 1

FY 2008 NWS Priorities Priority Ranking Goal $ in millions FY 2007 President’s Budget FY 2008 Change FY 2008 DOC Submission [$20. 9] Adjustments to Base Program Changes 1 W&W NWSTG Tech Refresh $0. 5 $0. 7 $1. 2 2 W&W NDBC Hurricane Buoy O&M $1. 4 $3. 0 $4. 4 3 W&W Hurricane Forecast Modeling (HWRF O&M) $0. 0 $1. 0 4 W&W Hurricane Katrina Supplemental: Systems O&M $0. 0 $1. 2 5 Mission Support NCWCP $19. 3 ($5. 2) $14. 1 6 W&W Strengthen US Tsunami Network $20. 4 $2. 7 $23. 1 7 W&W NOAA Profiler Network (ORF/PAC) $6. 3 $3. 5 $9. 8 8 CL NDBC TAO Array: Tech Refresh $0. 0 $1. 1 9 W&W/CL Data Buoy Ocean Sensor O&M $0. 0 $1. 4 10 W&W Strengthen US Tsunami (PAC) $1. 0 ($1. 0) $0. 0 11 W&W Space Weather Prediction Center $7. 3 ($1. 3) $6. 0 12 W&W US Weather Research Project $7. 5 ($1. 5) $6. 0 13 W&W ASOS/PI (PAC) $3. 9 ($2. 3) $1. 6 Total, Program Changes $3. 3

Adjustments to Base +$20. 9 M • Highest NWS Priority. • Under-funding erodes NWS available budget. • Maintains current operations critical to providing forecast and warnings products and services to the public • NWS operations budget is 67% labor. • Assumes 2. 2% Pay Raise. 9

NWS Telecommunications Gateway Tech Refresh +$0. 7 M FY 06 Enacted FY 07 PB ATBs Base Program Change FY 08 Request $0. 49 $0. 50 $0. 70 $1. 20 Why • Need to provide tech refresh to ensure NWSTG cyclical updates/ IT security compliance (4 -6 year cycle) • 200% throughput increase in FY 08 due to improved models and implementation of Hurricane Weather Forecasting System • Manufacturers no longer provide security support for older servers • Many elements of facility and network infrastructure 17 years old What • Additional CPUs and storage to meet increased throughput demand • Replace 5 year old Cisco switch and 17 year-old fire protection system 10

Basis for Investment: NWSTG Status FY 2008 Schedule • Add 8 CPUs and 16 GB memory to RTG p 60 Message Switching Center Servers (2 servers @ $250 K = $500 K) • Replace 21 servers with 36 CPUs ($350 K) • Replace 1 Cisco 6500 switch installed in FY 03 ($100 K) • Expand cooling tower capacity to meet increased requirements since tower was installed in 1991 ($150 K) • Replace 17 year-old smoke detector and fire control panel system ($95 K) NWSTG Components Message Switching System Gateway Server Center (about 80 servers) Facility/Network Infrastructure (power, climate control, fire suppression, network routers & switches) Requirements Status Message Switching System Replace legacy Gateway (RTG) in SSMC 2 and implement Backup Gateway (BTG) at Mount Weather RTG completion has slipped 18 weeks due to system inter-operability problems. Initial Operational Capability (IOC) scheduled for May 23, 2006 and Full Operational Capability (FOC) is scheduled for late June. BTG FOC is on schedule for FY 07 Q 1 Server Center Implement 4 to 6 year life cycle maintenance program 40% of servers are currently beyond end-of-life. Current tech refresh funding will not allow full update; about 30 -40% will always be beyond recommended end-of-life. Requested FY 08 budget increase will remediate this situation. Facility Repair or upgrade 15 year old facility infrastructure and implement 4 to 6 year life cycle maintenance program for network infrastructure 70% of network HW at BTG is currently 4 -5 years old, well past systems life in FY 08. Currently replacing UPS and air handlers with FY 04/05 PAC funds for NWSTG Legacy Replacement. No funding exists for needed updates for water cooling system and network life cycle maintenance. Requested FY 08 will remediate this situation.

NWSTG Tech Refresh +$0. 7 M OUTYEAR FUNDING ESTIMATES (BA in Thousands) FY 2007 & Prior NWSTG Legacy System Replacement FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 6, 304 495 495 495 700 700 700 1, 195 1, 195 Change from FY 2007 Base Total Request 6, 304 Cost to Complete 4, 780 Total Program Estimate 17, 059 12

Hurricane Supplemental Buoy O&M+$3. 0 M FY 06 Enacted* FY 07 PB ATBs Base Program Change FY 08 Request $2. 78 $1. 40 $3. 00 $4. 40 * Included in Hurricane Supplemental Why • • Saves lives & property by ensuring proper warning to dangerous storms Provides critical support to improve the accuracy & determine: – cyclone formation or dissipation – extent of topical cyclone wind circulation – location and center of cyclones – direction, height, and distribution of ocean waves generated by cyclones – maximum cyclone intensity – quality of measurements and estimates obtained from – remote-sensing reconnaissance aircraft and satellites What • • Provides O&M support for 15 weather buoys funded and deployed under the FY 2005 and FY 2006 Supp Approps Size of cost increase due to: – Maintenance cycle peaks – U. S. C. G. doesn’t maintain buoys this far from coast – Buoys are an average of four sailing days apart – Size of buoys requires ship with substantial lift capability (of the 15 buoys: 1 is a three meter buoy; 6 are six meter; 2 are ten meter; and 6 are twelve meter) 13

NDBC Hurricane Supp. Buoy O&M +$3. 0 M Performance DOC Goal: Observe, protect and manage the Earth’s resources to promote environmental stewardship. NOAA Performance Goal: Weather and Water Performance Measures FY 2008 without increase Number of Observations produced per year (thousands) 121, 640 262, 800 FY 2008 Schedule § § § Provide field service and maintenance ($2. 28 M) which includes ship support for servicing ($1. 31 M) Provide shore-side operation/infrastructure support ($0. 24 M) which includes data processing and operations and industrial infrastructure Provide and maintain spare equipment/buoy to support field maintenance strategy ($0. 48 M)

NDBC Hurricane Supp. Buoy O&M +$3. 0 M

Hurricane Forecast Modeling (HWRF O&M) +$1. 0 M FY 06 Enacted* FY 07 PB ATBs Base Program Change $4. 50 FY 08 Request $1. 04 * Included in Hurricane Supplemental Why • Supports improved lead times to reduce the overall impact and cost to the economy from hurricanes and associated storm surge • Supports improved track and intensity forecast accuracies to support reducing costs of evacuations through improved storm evacuation strategies What Record Hurricane Season of 2005 • Provides O&M support for the next generation hurricane and storm surge prediction system funded under the FY 2005 Hurricane Supplemental Appropriation • Eight contractors to maintain and enhance operational software code for the hurricane forecast system and storm surge forecast systems 16

Hurricane Forecast Modeling (HWRF O&M) +$1. 0 M Performance DOC Goal: Observe, protect and manage the Earth’s resources to promote environmental stewardship. NOAA Performance Goal: Weather and Water Performance Measures Hurricane Track Error (48 hours) (nautical miles) Number of Storm surge basins updated FY 2008 without increase FY 2008 with increase FY 2011 without increase FY 2011 with increase 111 105 111 100 2 6 • Supports planned FY 08 NWS GPRA 48 hr Hurricane Intensity Forecast • Current 48 hr Hurricane Intensity Forecast error is 14 knots • This increase is projected to improve intensity forecasts by 3% per year; 30% improvement by FY 15 FY 2007 Schedule – Implement new Hurricane WRF Forecast Model – Maintain update of 6 basins per year initiated with the Storm Surge Supplemental Funding FY 2008 Schedule – Provide operations and maintenance of Hurricane WRF Forecast Model – Continue updating Storm Surge model with 6 basins 17

Hurricane Katrina Supplemental: Systems O&M +$1. 2 M FY 06 Enacted* FY 07 PB ATBs $6. 60 Base Program Change FY 08 Request $1. 20 * Included in Hurricane Supplemental Why • $6. 6 M provided in FY 06 Hurricane Supplemental for portable equipment to deploy meteorologists to high impact areas and continuity of operations at WFOs, NWR, and ASOS located in hurricane prone areas due to lost power and/or communications due to Katrina: • 4 WFOs/RFCs • 5 NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) transmitters • 5 coastal Automated Surface Observing Systems (ASOS) • Ongoing operations and maintenance funding is necessary to ensure these capital investments continue to provide the live-saving services they were intended to support What • Maintaining and keeping the portable systems and communications used by incident meteorologists (IMET) secure and up-to-date • Maintaining 150 emergency backup systems for ASOS • Maintaining 126 emergency backup systems for NWR All-Hazards • Continuing lease and maintenance of on-site satellite communications equipment: – 25 coastal WFOs/ 10 Next Generation Weather Radar sites /lease of satellite bandwidth 18

Hurricane Katrina Supplemental: Systems O&M +$1. 2 M FY 2008 Schedule: • Continue lease of IMET communications, maintain IMET equipment, provide tech refresh of IMET equipment ($250, 000) • Provide maintenance and diesel fuel for 150 ASOS emergency backup power systems ($230, 000) • Provide maintenance and diesel fuel for 126 NWR emergency backup power systems ($150, 000) • Continue lease of satellite communications for 25 coastal WFOs and 10 coastal NEXRADS ($600, 000)

NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction -$5. 2 M FY 06 Enacted FY 07 PB ATBs Base Program Change FY 08 Request $8. 41 $19. 30 ($5. 20) $14. 10 Why – Recognizes Congressional Priority – Continues commitment of DOC in President’s Budgets since FY 04. – Provides safe building for operations – Accelerates the transfer of newly developed scientific information through close collaboration with University of MD – Improved recruitment & retention of personnel What – Continues preparation of the NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction (NCWCP) for FY 2008 occupancy and operations. – Planned NCWCP investment profile to implement mission critical systems overlap during the transition/move from the current World Weather Building (WWB) to the NCWCP. • • IT/Mission critical infrastructure: $3. 27 M System furniture and related facility outfitting costs: $2. 63 M GSA/NOAA project management costs: $1. 5 M Rent, utilities, security, facility O&M: $6. 7 M 20

NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction -$5. 2 M Scheduled Completion Date Milestones Site Acquisition February 6, 2004 Lease Acquisition Lease Award September, 2005 Design Start September, 2005 Construction Start December, 2006 Occupancy Move Start March, 2008 Move Complete June, 2008 Lease for World Weather Building Expires April 30, 2008 OUTYEAR FUNDING ESTIMATES (BA in Thousands) NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction NCWCP FY 2007 & Prior FY 2008 40, 278 19, 305 Total Request 40, 278 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 (5, 205) Change from FY 2007 Base FY 2009 (12, 605) 14, 100 6, 700 Cost to Complete Total Program Estimate - 54, 378 *The costs cited for FY 2009 onward represent increased lease payments for this facility and will be moved to the Operations, Research, and Facilities appropriation in FY 2009. 21

Tsunami Warning Program +$2. 7 M FY 06 Enacted FY 07 PB ATBs Base Program Change FY 08 Request $6. 02 $20. 40 $2. 70 $23. 10 Why § § § Supports a Presidential & Congressional Commitment Fulfills Administration Priority Current tsunami warning system lacks necessary detection and hazard mitigation capabilities for effective protection of life & property What § Preserves the Administration’s two year $24. 0 M investment ($14. 5 M in FY 2005 and $9. 5 M in FY 2006) § Expands the U. S. tsunami detection, warning and mitigation capabilities § Completes 39 station DART Network § Supports operations and maintenance for the 29 Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART) buoy systems § Supports operations and maintenance of the expanded seismic and sea-level monitoring networks § Provides $1 M for state of Alaska tsunami hazard mitigation programs (TWEAK) 22

Tsunami Warning Program +$2. 7 M FY 2008 Schedule • Deploy the final 10 DART systems • Operates and maintains the 29 DART systems in the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean basins • Operates and maintains the expanded seismic and sea-level monitoring networks • Continues tsunami inundation modeling, and forecast system efforts for all U. S. communities at risk • Continues tsunami education/outreach activities including the Tsunami. Ready program to improve community preparedness for all U. S. communities at risk • Continues NOAA’s DART R&D program to improve DART reliability, costeffectiveness, and capabilities 23

Tsunami Warning Program +$2. 7 M Budget 24

Tsunami Warning Program +$2. 7 M Performance DOC Goal: Observe, protect and manage the Earth’s resources to promote environmental stewardship. NOAA Performance Goal: Weather and Water Performance Measures FY 2008 without increase FY 2008 with increase FY 2009 without increase FY 2009 with increase 8 30 5 15 Inundation Mapping, Modeling and Forecast Efforts (MMFE) (cumulative) 30 30 34 34 DART Stations 39 39 Percentage of Local Seismic Network Upgrades Completed 100% % DART II Stations Operational 69% 100% Warning Latency (time between event detection and warning issuance in minutes) Local Tsunami Distant Tsunami

NOAA Profiler Network +$3. 5 M FY 06 Enacted FY 07 PB $2. 86 ATBs $6. 34 Base Program Change FY 08 Request $6. 34 $3. 50 $9. 84 Why • Supports FY 06 decision to operate Nat’l Profiler Network (NPN) per COEA study • By FY 2010 all unconverted Profilers will need to be shut down • Improves NWS performance capability for tornado, winter storm, severe storm, and flash flood forecasts and warnings, and aviation and fire weather warnings What • Sustains operations of NPN from research to operations by converting the operational frequency to not interfere with SARSAT capability on Galileo communications satellites and replacing obsolete components (required tech refresh) • Provides $1. 83 M for PAC • $1. 67 M for new systems O&M (ORF increase FY 08 through FY 09 only) • Demonstrated improvements to numerical weather prediction and local severe weather warnings: – 20% improvement in short-term model forecast accuracy for winds – Sustains current tornado warning lead time, without conversion the we would loose 3 minutes (WFOs within NPN domain vs. outside) 26

NOAA Profiler Network +$3. 5 M OUTYEAR FUNDING ESTIMATES (BA in thousands) NOAA Profiler Conversion Change from FY 2008 Base FY 07 & Prior FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 Cost to complete* Total 3, 500 8, 130 1, 600 (3, 270) 6, 336 9, 836 14, 466 7, 936 3, 066 12, 264 61, 840 Profilers Converted 3 12 17 32 Profilers Tech. Refreshed 12 13 37 Total Request 27

NOAA Profiler Network +$3. 5 M Frequency Change: $13. 2 M • • Antennas –$5. 97 M Transmitters – $5. 87 M Parts – $0. 79 M Project expenses (frequency change coordination) – $0. 57 M (To be completed in FY 10) Technical Refresh: $14. 01 M • The technical refresh effort is completed concurrent with the frequency conversion. • Hardware: $10. 81 M • Software: $3. 2 M (To be completed in FY 11) 28

TAO Array: Tech Refresh +$1. 1 M FY 06 Enacted FY 07 PB ATBs Base Program Change FY 08 Request $1. 10 Why • Obsolete components must be replaced to maintain and improve operational availability (technology is from late 80 s/early 90 s) • Guarantees continuance of critical data for climate models • Provides early detection of El Nino and La Nina to mitigate economic, ecological, and human impact • Improves predictions of potential for extreme climate episodes such as drought and flood What • Replace obsolete components to sustain life cycle of 55 buoy TAO Array • Establishes tech refresh cycle (7 -8 year) 29

TAO Array: Tech Refresh +$1. 1 M FY 07 FY 2008 without increase FY 2008 with increase 88% 80% 89% Number of Sites Operational 55 50 55 Observations per Day 880 800 4, 192* Observational Availability * Increased real-time observations necessary to calibrate and validate the coupled ocean/atmosphere Climate Forecast System will become available as refreshed buoys are deployed with improved communications capabilities. 30

TAO Array: Tech Refresh +$1. 1 M FY 2008 Schedule • On 17 buoys and spares: – Replace subsurface temperature and salinity sensors ($0. 58 M) – Replace CPU/data logger and modem ($0. 26) – Replace compass, communications, sensor interfaces and enclosures ($0. 26 M)

NDBC Data Buoy Ocean Sensor O&M +$1. 4 M FY 06 Enacted FY 07 PB ATBs Base Program Change FY 08 Request $1. 40 Why • U. S. has invested $12 M to add oceanographic sensors to existing weather buoys at 98 sites • Subsurface sensors for temperature, salinity, current and directional wave measurement • Biofouling of subsurface sensors requires maintenance every 6 -9 months rather than every three years for coastal weatheronly buoys—increases ship time required to maintain buoys • Benefits coastal managers, fishing industry, search/rescue, hazardous spill mitigation • Oceanographic sensors add 900, 000 observations per year What • Ongoing operations and maintenance funding needed to continue benefits of initial investment 32

NDBC Data Buoy Ocean Sensor O&M +$1. 4 M Performance DOC Goal: Observe, protect and manage the Earth’s resources to promote environmental stewardship. NOAA Performance Goal: Weather and Water Performance Measures Number of Observations processed per year FY 2008 without increase FY 2008 with increase 0 900, 000 FY 2008 Schedule • Provide field service and maintenance, including ship support ($1 M) • Provide onshore infrastructure support ($0. 05 M) • Provide and maintain spare equipment/buoy to support field maintenance strategy ($0. 3 M)

Reallocations to Support Priorities: -$5. 1 M • U. S. Weather Research Program: -$1. 5 M – NOAA requests reductions to reflect funding of higher-priority requirements. – Reduce support for THORPEX • Including a multi-national experiment in the North Pacific targeted to improving high impact winter weather forecasts on the U. S. Pacific Coast. • Will end a grants program between NOAA and the academic community focused on accelerating 1 -14 day forecasts. • Significantly reduces US participation (THORPEX funding reduced to FY 05 levels: $1. 0 M) • Preserves Air Quality research, Hurricane Test Bed & high impact weather research • Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) (formally the Space Environment Center): -$1. 3 M – Reduces SWPC model development and transition of models to operations – Eliminates outreach efforts. – $6. 3 M funding level supports SWPC real-time monitoring and forecasting of solar and geophysical events. • Automated Surface Observing Systems (ASOS): -$2. 3 M – Reduction in ASOS/PI funding to reflect funding of higher-priority NWS requirements. – Eliminates NWS development and deployment of the ASOS Enhanced Precipitation Identifier (EPI) sensors. – Defers completion of scheduled ASOS ceilometer deployment from FY 2009 to FY 2013.

Local Warnings and Forecasts - ORF Line Item/Account FY 2007 Pres Budget ATBs FY 08 Program Change FY 08 NOAA Submission Local Warnings & Forecasts 561. 0 17. 0 578. 0 Strengthen U. S. Tsunami Warning Network 20. 4 2. 7 23. 1 NOAA Profiler Network 6. 3 (3. 3) 1. 7 4. 7 Hurricane Supplemental Buoy O&M (LWF) 1. 4 3. 0 4. 4 Hurricane Supplemental O&M (LWF) 1. 2 TAO Array Refresh (LWF) 1. 1 NDBC Ocean Sensor O&M (LWF) 1. 4 SEC 7. 3 0. 2 (1. 3) 6. 3 USWRP 7. 5 0. 1 (1. 5) 6. 1 NOAA Weather Radio 2. 3 Alaska Data Buoys 1. 7 Sustain COOP Observer Network 1. 9 Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service 6. 0 Aviation Weather 4. 7 WFO Maintenance 7. 3 Air Quality Forecasting 5. 4 Pacific Islands Compact 3. 5 636. 8 14. 0 8. 3 659. 1 ($ in millions) Total, Local Warnings & Forecasts 35

Central Forecast Guidance - ORF Line Item/Account ($ in millions) Central Forecast Guidance FY 2007 Pres Budget ATBs 51. 1 1. 5 Environmental Modeling Total, Central Forecast Guidance FY 08 Program Change FY 08 NOAA Submission 52. 6 1. 0 51. 1 1. 5 1. 0 53. 6 36

Systems Operations & Maintenance - ORF Line Item/Account FY 2007 Pres Budget ATBs NEXRAD 43. 8 1. 4 ASOS 8. 7 0. 4 9. 1 AWIPS 37. 6 0. 4 38. 0 NWS Telecommunications Gateway Backup (CIP) O&M 5. 5 - 5. 5 ($ in millions) Total, Systems O&M 95. 6 2. 2 FY 08 Program Change FY 08 NOAA Submission 45. 1 - 97 8 37

Procurement, Acquisition, & Construction Line Item/Account FTE FY 2007 Pres Budget ATBs Change FY 08 Program Change FY 08 OMB Submission 0. 5 0. 7 1. 2 3. 3 1. 8 5. 1 ASOS Product Improvement (EPI) 3. 9 (2. 3) 1. 6 Strengthen U. S. Tsunami Warning Network 1. 0 (1. 0) - NOAA Center for Weather & Climate Prediction Construction 19. 3 (5. 2) 14. 1 Radiosonde Network Replacement 4. 0 NEXRAD Product Improvement 8. 4 AWIPS 12. 8 Weather & Climate Supercomputing 19. 1 Weather & Climate Supercomputing Back-up (CIP) 7. 1 Complete & Sustain NWR 5. 6 COOP Modernization 4. 2 Weather Forecast Office Construction 12. 5 Total, PAC 98. 4 3. 3 (6. 0) 95. 7 ($ in millions) NWSTG Legacy Replacement NOAA Profiler Network - 38

FY 2008 NWS Overview • Maintains current services by providing $24. 2 M above FY 07 PB, a 2. 7% Increase: – ATBs at $20. 9 M - number 1 priority – Program Changes at $3. 3 M: • Provides operations & maintenance funding for expanded capabilities – Hurricane Supplemental projects: observations, modeling, system redundancy – Strengthen Tsunami Warning System – Modernized, redundant telecommunications hub • Continues planned technology and facilities investments/ Administration commitments • Reallocates funding to support priorities

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(ORF) NOAA Profiler Network O&M: +$1. 7 M Why • Addresses Congressional mandate • Supports FY 06 decision to operate National Profiler Network (NPN) per COEA study • 32/37 Wind Profilers have frequency interference problems. These 32 profilers need to be converted from 404 MHz to 449 MHz profilers. • All NPN sites (nearing 20 years in age) require tech refresh What • Establishes new NPN systems O&M infrastructure while continuing current system O&M (2 year effort). • Establishes new Monitoring Center at the Radar Operations Center (ROC): 4 contract FTEs: $0. 8 M • Provides for the development of new systems maintenance course at the NWSTC: 1 contract FTE: $0. 1 M • Provides funding to establish new NPN Depot repair test facility at the National Reconditioning Center (NRC): 1 contract FTE with test equipment: $0. 55 M • Provides funding to purchase test equipment for field Electronic Technicians: $0. 22 M

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NOAA Profiler Network: +$1. 7 M Funding Plan: NPN O&M Costs (ORF) Recurring Costs FY 07 FY 08 FY 09 FY 10 FY 11 Communication Costs 0. 25 Logistics Repairs 0. 5 0. 5 Operations and Maintenance (existing) 2. 35 0 0 0 1. 67 2. 35 3. 1 4. 77 3. 1 Operations and Maintenance (new) Sub-total Recurring Schedule • FY 08: 3 sites converted • FY 09: 12 sites converted • FY 10: 17 sites converted • FY 11: 12 sites refreshed 13 sites refreshed (includes 5 Profilers already operating at approved frequency) 43

(PAC) NOAA Profiler Network O&M: +$1. 83 M Technical Refresh: $14. 0 M Hardware ($10. 81 M) • LINUX computer platform with backup and fail over circuitry - $11 K per site x 35 sites = $0. 4 M. Technology refresh includes replacing the VAX system computers and re-hosting the software on a LINUX platform • One support system for the NWS Training Center - $0. 5 M • Refurbish one support system for National Reconditioning Center - $0. 3 • Software re-host development system = $0. 2 M • Upgrade telecommunications equipment at each site (including modems) - $41 K per site x 35 sites = $1. 44 M • Data Collection facility modems - $0. 16 M • Site uninterruptible power supplies - $92 K per site x 30 sites = $2. 76 M • Quality Assurance and receiving test system - $0. 2 M • Site uninterruptible power supplies - $92 K per site x 8 sites - $0. 74 M • Shelter replacement – 36 K per site x 35 sites - $1. 26 M • Site electric distribution – 9 K per site x 35 sites - $0. 32 M • Antenna array support structure replacement - $29 K per site x 35 sites - $1. 02 M • RASS component replacement - $13 K per site x 35 sites - $0. 46 M • Satellite communication equipment - $30 K per site x 35 sites - $1. 05 M Software ($3. 2 M) • Software re-host engineering to comply with NWS Enterprise Architecture - $1. 8 M Technology refresh includes replacing the VAX system computers and re-hosting the software on a LINUX platform. • Wind profiler site product formatter - $0. 7 M • Site data compression software- $0. 2 M • Data collection facility data decompression software - $0. 2 M • National Reconditioning Center and Quality assurance test software - $0. 3 M 44

NDBC Hurricane Supp. Buoy O&M +$3. 0 M * * Estimated costs – NWS will be required to cover costs exceeding $4. 4 M request

NWSTG Tech Refresh +$0. 7 M OUTYEAR FUNDING ESTIMATES (BA in Thousands) FY 2007 & Prior FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 6, 304 495 700 700 700 6, 304 1, 195 1, 195 FY 05 Actual FY 06 Target FY 07 Target FY 08 with increase FY 08 without Increase FY 09 with increase FY 09 without increase FY 10 without increase Message (Watch and Warning) Average Transit Time (seconds) 84 10 10 10 39 10 44 10 45 Average Message Traffic (send/receive) (daily) 950 GB 1. 1 TB 1. 3 TB 3. 0 TB* 3. 0 TB 3. 5 TB 4. 0 TB Servers beyond recommended life cycle 42% 33% 40% 38% 43% 18% 42% 10% 44% 99. 9% 99. 99% 98. 89% NWSTG Legacy System Replacement Change from FY 2007 Base Total Request Measure System Reliability ** Cost to Complete* 4, 780 Total Program Estimate 17, 059 * By end of FY 2008 ** 99. 9% system reliability results in 8. 75 hour maximum unscheduled downtime per year; 99. 99% system reliability results in. 9 hours maximum unscheduled downtime per year; 99. 25% results in 65. 7 hours downtime; 98. 89% results in 97 hours of downtime per year. 46