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The message included below was sent earlier on our communication lines. It is also posted to the Data Management Change Notices web page at the following URL: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/datamgmt/notices.shtml 2003/04/08 DM 03-03.32 REMOVAL OF OBSOLETE EXTENDED-RANGE MOS GUIDANCE NOXX10KWBC 281512 DATA MGT MESSAGE 03-03.32 TO AWIPS/NOAAPORT USERS...FAMILY OF SERVICES/FOS/SUBSCRIBERS... EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK/EMWIN/ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE/NWS/CUSTOMERS...WAFS USERS...GTS USERS.. NWS FAX CHART USERS. FROM RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT ATTENTION USERS OF THE MOS GUIDANCE ON APRIL 8, 2003...THE NWS IS PLANNING TO REMOVE ALL OF THE OBSOLETE EXTENDED-RANGE MOS GUIDANCE FROM PRODUCTION. THIS INCLUDES THE ALPHANUMERIC BULLETINS...PRODUCTS IN BUFR AND GRIB FORMAT...AND ANYGRAPHICAL PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM THIS GUIDANCE. THE ALPHANUMERIC BULLETINS ARE LISTED UNDER THE AWIPS ID FMRXXX...WHERE XXX DENOTES THE IDENTIFIER OF THE STATION FOR WHICH THE GUIDANCE IS VALID. THESE ALPHANUMERIC PRODUCTS ARE ALSO ISSUED WITH THE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION (WMO) HEADINGS FOXE40-60 KWBC...FOXC40-73 KWBC...FOXS40-68 KWBC...AND FOXW40-63 KWBC...INCLUSIVELY. SIMILAR ALPHANUMERIC PRODUCTS FOR ALASKA LISTED UNDER WMO HEADINGS FOAK20-24 KWNO WILL ALSO BE REMOVED. THE BUFR PRODUCTS ARE AVAILABLE UNDER THE WMO HEADERS JSMT51-59 KWBC. AFTER THE REMOVAL...THESE PRODUCTS WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE FROM THE NWS GATEWAY ...THE NWS FTP SERVER (TGFTP)...OR THE MDL WEB PAGES. THESE PRODUCTS WERE LOCATED ON THE NWS FTP SERVER (TGFTP) AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: /SL.US008001/DF.ANF/DC.MOS/DS.FMR /SL.US008001/DF.GR1/DC.MOS/DS.FMR /SL.US008001/DF.BF/DC.MOS/DS.FMRJS THE NEW EXTENDED-RANGE MOS GUIDANCE /AWIPS ID MEXXXX...WHERE XXX IS THE STATION IDENTIFIER/ IS BASED ON THE GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM AND IS AVAILABLE FOR OVER 1400 STATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. LINKS TO THESE PRODUCTS...ALONG WITH DESCRIPTIONS ...CAN BE FOUND AT /ALL LOWER CASE LETTERS/ ONLINE AT /ALL LOWER CASE LETTERS/ http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/synop/products.htm IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE CHANGES TO THE MOS GUIDANCE SYSTEM...PLEASE CONTACT PAUL DALLAVALLE MDL/SILVER SPRING MARYLAND PHONE 301-713-0023 EXT. 135 E-MAIL paul.dallavalle@xxxxxxxx THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT WEB PAGE UNDER CHANGE NOTICES. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW. NOTE THE URL SHOULD BE TYPED IN ALL LOWER CASE. HTTP TO WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DATAMGMT/INDEX.HTML DATA MANAGEMENT TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER RTH WASHINGTON SENDS
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