Designing a connected hazard forecasting workspace
Designing a workflow that enables National Weather Service forecasters to configure, review, and issue multiple weather warnings from a shared workspace, while maintaining visibility and control over each hazard.
01 — THE CHALLENGE
Forecasting doesn't happen one task at a time.
Forecasters need to track developing weather conditions, assess threats, and issue hazard products as situations evolve. These workflows are closely connected, but competing panels and limited map visibility can make it difficult to maintain context.
02 — THE DESIGN APPROACH
Keep the map central. Connect the workflows.
Rather than treating monitoring and hazard creation as isolated experiences, I explored how forecasters could move between them while preserving access to the map and relevant event information.
Split View of Event Monitoring & Product Editor
Design decision: Support simultaneous access without forcing users to abandon their current task.
Design decision: Support simultaneous access without forcing users to abandon their current task.
03 — KEY INTERACTIONS
From monitoring to action.
04 — OUTCOME
A more connected way to monitor and manage hazards.
The designs established a cohesive direction for how Event Monitoring, HazGen, and the map could work together, supporting clearer hazard visibility and more contextual transitions between workflows.