20050203: MOS Guidance-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)

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• Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 08:15:36 -0700

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NOUS41 KWBC 031508
PNSWSH

TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 05-07
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1000 AM EST THU FEB 3 2005


TO:  FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA
         WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...
         EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
         /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS..
         OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS
         AND PARTNERS...NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM:  PAUL HIRSCHBERG
 CHIEF... SCIENCE PLANS BRANCH
 OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY /OST/

SUBJECT:  ADDITION OF TWO SITES TO THE SHORT-RANGE GFS MOS
         GUIDANCE: EFFECTIVE APRIL 19 2005

ATTENTION USERS OF THE MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS /MOS/ GUIDANCE:

ON TUESDAY... APRIL 19 2005... WITH THE 1200 UNIVERSAL
COORDINATED TIME /UTC/ MODEL CYCLE... NWS WILL ADD TWO STATIONS
IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN TO THE SHORT-RANGE GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM
/GFS/ MOS TEXT AND BINARY UNIVERSAL FORM FOR THE REPRESENTATION
OF METEOROLOGICAL DATA /BUFR/ PRODUCTS.  INITIALLY ONLY WIND
SPEED AND DIRECTION WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THESE TWO SITES... AND
GUIDANCE WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLY FROM 0000 AND 1200 UTC RUNS OF
THE GFS. AS ADDITIONAL WEATHER ELEMENTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE
MESSAGE... NWS WILL ISSUE NEW TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES.
THE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THESE PRODUCTS ARE SHOWN BELOW
IN TABLE 1.

TABLE 1.  COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE GFS-BASED MOS TEXT
AND BUFR PRODUCTS TO WHICH STATIONS WILL BE ADDED.

WMO HEADING AWIPS ID

FOPA20 KWNOMAVPA0TEXT PRODUCT
JSMT20 KWNOBUFR PRODUCT

THE STATIONS BEING ADDED TO THE PRODUCTS ARE:

STATION ID STATION NAME

NSTU            PAGO PAGO... AMERICAN SAMOA
PMDYMIDWAY ISLAND

GUIDANCE FOR 13 ADDITIONAL SITES IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN WILL BE
IMPLEMENTED UNDER A DIFFERENT HEADING IN JUNE. SEE TIN 05-08 FOR
MORE DETAILS. THE COMPLETE LIST OF SITES FOR WHICH MOS GUIDANCE
IS AVAILABLE CAN BE FOUND AT THE URL LISTED BELOW /USE LOWER CASE
LETTERS/:

 HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/STADRG.HTML

A TECHNICAL PROCEDURES BULLETIN DESCRIBING THE GFS MOS WIND
GUIDANCE FOR SITES IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLINE
BY FEBRUARY 15 2005 AT THE URL LISTED BELOW /USE LOWER CASE
LETTERS/:

 HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/TPB/MDLTPB05-02.PDF

A TECHNICAL DOCUMENT DESCRIBING THE FORMAT OF THE TEXT /MAV/
BULLETIN IS AVAILABLE AT THE URL LISTED BELOW /USE LOWER CASE
LETTERS/:

 HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/TPB/GFSMSG2004T0012.PDF

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE PRODUCTS OR THE MOS
GUIDANCE... PLEASE CONTACT:

 PAUL DALLAVALLE
 MDL/SILVER SPRING MARYLAND
 PHONE:  301-713-0023 EXT. 135
 E-MAIL: PAUL.DALLAVALLE@xxxxxxxx

LINKS TO THE MOS PRODUCTS...ALONG WITH DESCRIPTIONS... CAN BE
FOUND AT THE URL LISTED BELOW /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

 HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/PRODUCTS.SHTML

THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE
ON THE INTERNET AT THE URL LISTED BELOW /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

 HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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