What is Hydrometeorological Prediction Center?
The '''Hydrometeorological Prediction Center''' (a.k.a. '''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]]. The HPC serves as a center of excellence in Quantitative [[Precipitation (meteorology)|Precipitation]] Forecasting, Medium Range [[Weather forecasting|Forecasting]] (three to seven days) and the interpretation of [[Computer simulation|numerical weather prediction models]]. The HPC issues storm summaries on storm systems bringing significant [[rain]]fall and [[snow]]fall to portions of the [[United States]]. Advisories are also issued for [[tropical cyclone]]s which have moved inland and are no longer the responsibility of the [[National Hurricane Center]]. The HPC also acts as the backup office to the [[National Hurricane Center]] in the event of a complete communications failure. The HPC was created in [[October]] [[1995]], when the former National Meteorological Center was reorganised into the NCEP. It is based at the World Weather Building in [[Camp Springs, Maryland|Camp Springs]], [[Maryland]], along with a few of the other National Centers such as the Climate Prediction Center (CPC), the Ocean Prediction Center (OPC), and the Environmental Modeling Center (EMC). ==Other websites== * [http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/index.shtml Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014062141/http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/index.shtml |date=2012-10-14 }} [[Category:Meteorology]]