Sen. Budd Introduces the Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program Enhancement Act

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“Improving the understanding, prediction, and communication of rapid intensity change and projected path of hurricanes, including probabilistic methods for hurricane hazard mapping.”

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“Improving the forecast and impact-based communication of inland flooding, compound flooding, and storm surges from hurricanes.”

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“Incorporating social, behavioral, risk, communication, and economic sciences to clearly inform response to prevent the loss of life or property.”

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“Evaluating and incorporating, as appropriate, innovative observations, including acoustic or infrasonic measurements, novel sensor technologies, observation tools or networks, crewed or uncrewed systems, and hosted instruments on commercial aircrafts, vessels, and satellites.”

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“The number and causes of missed mission requirements for the National Hurricane Operations Plan and the National Winter Season Operations Plan, including those related to equipment malfunction, aircraft availability, aircraft maintenance, flight hour limits, and availability of pilots or other air and maintenance crew members.”

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“expand computational resources, including cloud computing, to support and improve higher resolution operational modeling of hurricanes and related weather phenomena.”