The county warning area
of the WFO in Albuquerque is vast in its size and topographical
complexity. This complexity presented numerous difficulties
to the forecast staff at the Albuquerque WFO, who in addition to
forecasting
for a wide variety of climatological regimes, also have to
coordinate with eight adjoining WFOs (Amarillo, Lubbock, Midland,
El Paso,
Tucson, Flagstaff, Grand Junction, and Pueblo) in three different
NWS regions (Southern, Western, Central). The assurance of
forecast and weather warning consistency from office to office
is one of
the biggest challenges that WFO Albuquerque forecasters face
on a day-to-day basis.
The aforementioned factors make the creation of a functional
and climatologically-sound set of public zones that take into
account the latest meteorological science essential for the completion
of the NWS mission and the delivery of outstanding customer service
from the WFO staff. The Public Zones previously in use by the
Albuquerque WFO (Figure 1) provided numerous limitations that
could often serve as obstacles to this type of customer service-based
operational paradigm. These limitations are summarized in the
following section.
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