What is the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center (HPC)?
Q: What is the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center (HPC)?
A: The HPC is one of nine Service Centers that are part of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), which is part of the National Weather Service, which in turn is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the U.S. government.
Q: What does the HPC do?
A: The HPC serves as a center of excellence in Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting, Medium Range Forecasting (three to seven days) and the interpretation of numerical weather prediction models. It issues storm summaries on storm systems bringing significant rainfall and snowfall to portions of the United States, as well as advisories for tropical cyclones which have moved inland and are no longer under responsibility from the National Hurricane Center. In addition, it acts as backup office to NHC in case of complete communications failure.
Q: When was HPC created?
A: The HPC was created in October 1995 when former National Meteorological Center was reorganized into NCEP.
Q: Where is HPC based?
A: The HPC is based at World Weather Building in Camp Springs, Maryland along with other national centers such as Climate Prediction Center (CPC), Ocean Prediction Center (OPC), and Environmental Modeling Center (EMC).
