National Weather Service Transformation Roadmap to 2033

In 2033, we will have a National Weather Service enabled by enhanced capabilities, technologies, and tools to address the last critical mile and to support core partners and the public with high-end, probabilistic Impact-based Decision Support Services (IDSS). This will be realized through a nimble forecasting process that harnesses cutting-edge technology to create the world’s best water, weather, and climate community-centric products and warnings, a mobile suite of capabilities that is untethered from traditional infrastructure to allow our workforce to work even closer with the communities we serve, and a flexible operating model that enables our workforce to meet our partners where they make decisions to deliver trusted, eye-to-eye, science-based last critical mile decision support services.

This presentation will discuss and visualize how the NWS will transform by 2033, including the drivers for change, and how our people, infrastructure and future influences and investments will shape the NWS transformation.