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

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• Subject: 20050203: MOS Guidance-Short Range-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 08:16:30 -0700

PNSWSH

TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 05-08
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:  NEW SHORT-RANGE GFS MOS GUIDANCE FOR ISLAND LOCATIONS
         IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN: EFFECTIVE JUNE 7 2005

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

ON TUESDAY... JUNE 7 2005... WITH THE 1200 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED
TIME /UTC/ MODEL CYCLE... NWS WILL MAKE AVAILABLE SHORT-RANGE
GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM /GFS/ MOS GUIDANCE FOR 13 STATIONS IN THE
PACIFIC OCEAN TO THE WEST OF THE INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE.
INITIALLY ONLY WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR
THESE SITES... AND THE GUIDANCE WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE FROM THE
0000 AND 1200 UTC RUNS OF THE GFS. AS ADDITIONAL WEATHER ELEMENTS
ARE INCLUDED IN THE MESSAGE... NEW TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION
NOTICES WILL BE ISSUED. THE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE
PRODUCTS ARE SHOWN BELOW IN TABLE 1.

TABLE 1. COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR GFS-BASED MOS TEXT AND
BINARY UNIVERSAL FORM FOR THE REPRESENTATION OF METEOROLOGICAL
DATA /BUFR/ PRODUCTS FOR ISLAND STATIONS IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC
OCEAN.

WMO HEADING AWIPS ID

FOPA21 KWNOMAVPA1TEXT PRODUCT
JSML38 KWNOBUFR PRODUCT

THE 13 STATIONS INCLUDED IN THESE PRODUCTS ARE:

STATION ID STATION NAME

PGRO        ROTA INTL AIRPORT/ROTA ISL... MARIANA ISLANDS
PGSNSAIPAN... MARIANA ISLANDS
PGUAANDERSON AFB... GUAM
PGUMGUAM INTL AIRPORT... GUAM
PGWTWEST TINIAN... NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
PKMRMAJURO ATOLL WSO... MARSHALL ISLANDS
PKWAKWAJALEIN... MARSHALL ISLANDS
PTKKCHUUK... MICRONESIA
PTKRKOROR WSO... PALAU
PTSAKOSRAE... MICRONESIA
PTTPPOHNPEI WSO... MICRONESIA
PTYAYAP... MICRONESIA
PWAKWAKE ISLAND

GUIDANCE FOR TWO ADDITIONAL SITES IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN WILL BE
IMPLEMENTED UNDER A DIFFERENT HEADING IN APRIL.  SEE TIN 05-07
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 BULLETIN FOR
THE WESTERN PACIFIC SITES IS AVAILABLE AT THE URL LISTED BELOW
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

 HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/TPB/MDLTPB05-01.PDF

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PRODUCT OR THE MOS
GUIDANCE... PLEASE CONTACT:

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

LINKS TO THE MOS PRODUCTS... ALONG WITH DESCRIPTIONS... CAN BE
FOUND AT /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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