20050217: digital data services

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• Subject: 20050217: digital data services
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 18:45:46 -0700

To all NWS partners:

NOUS41 KWBC 152033
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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 05-12
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
335 PM EST TUE FEB 15 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...AND
          NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM:      GLENN AUSTIN
          ACTING CHIEF...DIGITAL SERVICES

SUBJECT:   THREE NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE /NDFD/
          ELEMENTS FOR THE CONTIGUOUS U.S. BECOME OPERATIONAL ON
          MARCH 15 2005 AT 1400 UTC

REFER TO:  TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE /TIN/ 04-65 SENT 12/15/04
          TIN 04-61...SENT 9/16/04
          TIN 04-49...SENT 9/16/04
          TIN 04-34...SENT 6/30/04

THREE ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS FOR THE CONTIGUOUS U.S. /CONUS/ IN THE
NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE /NDFD/ WILL BE DECLARED
OPERATIONAL ON MARCH 15 2005 AT 1400 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME
/UTC/. THESE THREE ELEMENTS FOR THE CONUS ARE:

               TEMPERATURE
               DEW POINT
               WEATHER

THIS CHANGE IMPACTS USERS WHO PULL THESE ELEMENTS IN GRID FORMAT
FROM THE NWS FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL /FTP/ SERVER.  SPECIFIC
INFORMATION FOR FTP USERS REGARDING THIS CHANGE IS AVAILABLE
ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

 HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NDFD/OPER_IMPLEM.HTM

THIS CHANGE WILL BE TRANSPARENT TO USERS OF THE NDFD NATIONAL
GRAPHICAL FORECASTS AVAILABLE ON /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/FORECASTS/GRAPHICAL/SECTORS/ AND USERS OF THE
NDFD EXTENSIBLE MARKUP LANGAUAGE /XML/ VIA WEB SERVICE...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/XML/.

AS OF MARCH 15 2005...THE STATUS OF THE 12 INITIAL ELEMENTS IN
NDFD FOR THE CONUS IS:

ELEMENT /CONUS ONLY/                                    STATUS:

TEMPERATURE
OPERATIONAL AS OF 3/15/05
DEW POINT
OPERATIONAL AS OF 3/15/05
WEATHER
OPERATIONAL AS OF 3/15/05
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE                                  OPERATIONAL AS OF
12/1/04
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE                                   OPERATIONAL AS OF
12/1/04
PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION /POP12/      OPERATIONAL AS OF 12/1/04
SKY COVER
EXPERIMENTAL
QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION
FORECAST /QPF/
EXPERIMENTAL
WIND DIRECTION
EXPERIMENTAL
WIND SPEED
EXPERIEMTNAL
SNOW AMOUNT
EXPERIMENTAL
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT                              EXPERIMENTAL

STATUS OF OTHER AREAS /OUTSIDE OF CONUS/

ALL 11 ELEMENTS FOR PUERTO RICO
 /SNOW AMOUNT NOT AVAILABLE/
EXPERIMENTAL
ALL 11 ELEMENTS FOR HAWAII
 /QPF NOT
AVAILABLE/
EXPERIMENTAL
ALL 10 ELEMENTS FOR GUAM
 /QPF AND SNOW AMOUNT NOT AVAILABLE/             EXPERIMENTAL
ALL ELEMENTS FOR ALASKA                                            NOT
YET AVAILABLE

ELEMENTS REMAINING IN EXPERIMENTAL STATUS WILL BE EVALUATED AND
IMPROVED... AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE ON EXPERIMENTAL NDFD
DIRECTORIES. NDFD ELEMENTS FOR ALASKA ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE IN
EXPERIMENTAL OR OPERATIONAL STATUS.

NWS IS ASKING USERS OF EXPERIMENTAL NDFD ELEMENTS FOR FEEDBACK ON
WHICH OF THE REMAINING SIX EXPERIMENTAL ELEMENTS ARE MOST NEEDED
AND WHICH APPEAR READY TO BE DESIGNATED OPERATIONAL. A BRIEF
SURVEY AND COMMENT FORM IS AVAILABLE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

 HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=NDFD-GRIDS

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE...PLEASE CONTACT:

 CHRIS ALEX
 DIGITAL SERVICES
 OFFICE OF CLIMATE WATER AND WEATHER SERVICES
 NWS HEADQUARTERS
 SILVER SPRING MD
 E-MAIL:  CHRISTINE.ALEX@xxxxxxxx

IF YOU HAVE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS REGARDING NDFD DATA... CONTACT:

 DAVID RUTH
 CHIEF... MESOSCALE PREDICTION BRANCH
 OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
 NWS HEADQUARTERS ? SILVER SPRING MD
 E-MAIL: DAVID.RUTH@xxxxxxxx

THIS INFORMATION WILL ALSO BE POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT
CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

 HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DATAMGMT/NOTICES.SHTML

THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE POSTED
AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

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

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