20050718: GFS

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• Subject: 20050718: GFS
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 06:45:06 -0600

NOXX10KWBC 151413
DATA MGT MESSAGE 07-05.06

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

REF  DATA MGT MESSAGE 04-05.03

AWIPS CHANGE NOTICE NO AC768

EFFECTIVE DATE  AUGUST 9 2005

[AC768] ON OR ABOUT APRIL 19 2005 A LIMITED SET OF THE CONUS GLOBAL
FORECAST SYSTEM [GFS] GRIB2 GRIDDED PRODUCTS WERE ADDED TO THE
AWIPS/NOAAPORT DATASTREAM FOR TESTING. IN ORDER FOR FIELD TESTING TO
CONTINUE THE FULL CONUS GFS PRODUCT SUITE REFERENCED IN DATA MGT MESSAGE
04-05.03 AND REPEATED IN THIS MESSAGE WILL BE ADDED TO THE
AWIPS/NOAAPORT DATASTREAM ON OR ABOUT AUGUST 9 2005.

DAVE MILLER 301-713-1570 EXTENSION 146 IS THE COGNIZANT TECHNICAL
INDIVIDUAL.  HENRY ROBINSON [301] 713-1373 EXTENSION 173 IS THE DRG
FOCAL POINT FOR THIS ITEM.

THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS WILL BE ADDED TO THE AWIPS/NOAAPORT DATASTREAM:

THE T1A2 COMBINATION SPECIFIES THE FORECAST TIME [RANGING FROM 00 TO 240
HOURS]

IF T1= L THEN FOR A2 A=00 B=06 C=12 D=18 E=24 F=30 G=36 H=42 I=48 J=60
K=72 L=84
                    M=96 N=108 O=120 P=132 Q=144 R=156 S=168 T=180
U=192 V=204
                    W=216 X=228 AND Z=240 HOURS.

IF T1= M THEN FOR A2 M=54 N=66 T=78 U=90 V=102 W=114 AND Z=126 138 150
162 174
                    186 198 210 222 OR 234 HOURS.

A1 = R FOR NCEP GRID 212

T2 SPECIFIES THE PARAMETER AS FOLLOWS:
   H ? HEIGHT
   T ? TEMPERATURE
   R - RELATIVE HUMIDITY
   U - U COMPONENT OF WIND
   V - V COMPONENT OF WIND
   P ? PRESSURE
   W ? CAPE
   Y ? CIN
   X - SURFACE LI
   Q - BEST LI
   F - PRECIPITABLE WATER
   E - TOTAL PRECIPITATION
   G - CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION
   S - WATER EQUIVALENT ACCUMULATED SNOW DEPTH [WEASD]
   M - CATEGORICAL PRECIPITATION TYPES
   B - VERTICAL SPEED SHEAR
   O - VERTICAL VELOCITY
   C - ABSOLUTE VORTICITY

II SPECIFIES THE LEVEL AS FOLLOWS:
       II   LEVEL
   99 - 1000 MB
   98 - AIR PROPERTIES AT SURFACE OF EARTH SURFACE LI CAPE  CIN
   97 - LEVEL OF THE TROPOPAUSE OR PVU SURFACE
   96 - LEVEL OF THE MAXIMUM WIND
   95 - 950 MB
   94 - LEVEL OF THE 0 DEG. C ISOTHERM
   93 - 975 MB
   92 - 925 MB
   91 - 875 MB
   90 - 900 MB
   89 - ANY PARAMETER REDUCED TO SEA LEVEL
   87 - 875 MB
   86 - ALL BOUNDARY LAYER PRODUCTS  BL CAPE + CIN
   85 - 850 MB
   82 - 825 MB
   80 - 800 MB
   77 - 775 MB
   75 - 750 MB
   73 - CLOUD BOTTOM LEVEL [HIGH  MEDIUM  OR LOW]
   72 - 725 MB
   70 - 700 MB
   67 - 675 MB
   65 - 650 MB
   62 - 625 MB
   60 - 600 MB
   57 - 575 MB
   55 - 550 MB
   52 - 525 MB
   50 - 500 MB
   45 - 450 MB
   40 - 400 MB
   35 - 350 MB
   30 - 300 MB
   25 - 250 MB
   20 - 200 MB
   15 - 150 MB
   10 - 100 MB
   00 - ENTIRE ATMOSPHERE [PWAT]

FOR FOS/NOAAPORT AND NON-AWIPS CUSTOMERS - IF YOU  HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS REGARDING ROUTING OR WOULD LIKE TO ADD THESE
PRODUCTS TO YOUR DATASTREAM PLEASE CONTACT.

Data Management
EMail   nws.dm@xxxxxxxx

THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT CHANGE

NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW.

http://weather.gov/datamgmt/index.html

DATA MANAGEMENT
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS




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