20050808: QPF

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• Subject: 20050808: QPF
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 07:00:30 -0600

NOUS41 KWBC 081146
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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 05-34
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
745 AM EDT THU SEP 8 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:     THOMAS GRAZIANO
         ACTING CHIEF, HYDROLOGIC SERVICES DIVISION

SUBJECT:  CHANGE TO DAY 2 AND DAY 3 QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION
         FORECAST /QPF/ AND DISCUSSION TIMES: EFFECTIVE
         OCTOBER 11 2005

ON TUESDAY... OCTOBER 11 2005... NWS WILL CHANGE THE ISSUANCE
TIMES OF THE GRAPHIC AND TEXT PRODUCTS FOR QPF AFFECTING DAY 2
AND DAY 3. THESE PRODUCTS ARE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER /HPC/.

THE DAY 2 GRAPHIC PRODUCT USES AWIPS IDENTIFIER RBG98Q AND WORLD
METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION /WMO/ HEADER PEII42 KWBC.

THE ISSUANCE TIMES FOR THE DAY 2 GRAPHIC WILL BE 0600 UTC AND
1800 UTC...WITH UPDATES ISSUED AS NEEDED AT 1000 UTC AND 2200
UTC.  PREVIOUSLY THIS PRODUCT WAS ISSUED AT 0700 UTC AND 1900
UTC...WITH UPDATES AT 1015 UTC AND 2215 UTC.

THE DAY 3 GRAPHIC PRODUCT USES AWIPS IDENTIFIER RBG99Q WMO HEADER
PEII42 KWBC.

ISSUANCE TIMES FOR THE DAY 3 GRAPHIC WILL BE AT 0800 UTC AND 2000
UTC. PREVIOUSLY THIS PRODUCT WAS ISSUED AT 1015 UTC AND 2215 UTC.

THE VALID TIME PERIOD OF EACH HPC PRODUCT WILL NOT CHANGE. THE
FORMAT WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED EXCEPT THAT THE DASHED LINE
INDICATING THE BREAKPOINT BETWEEN LIQUID AND SOLID PRECIPITATION
WILL BE DISCONTINUED.

THE ASSOCIATED HPC TEXT PRODUCT IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT IS
DEPICTED IN THE GRAPHIC AND IS LABELED: QUANTITATIVE
PRECIPITATION FORECAST DISCUSSION ...WMO HEADER FXUS04 KWBC ...
AWIPS ID QPFPFD.  THE DOMAIN OF THE HPC QPF DISCUSSION IS THE
CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES.

THE ISSUANCE TIMES FOR THESE HPC DISCUSSIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

0700 UTC (DAY 1 ONLY)...0930 UTC (FOR DAYS 1-3)...
1100 UTC (UPDATE FOR DAYS 1-3)...
1900 (DAY 1 ONLY)...2130 UTC (DAYS 1-3)...
2300 UTC (UPDATE FOR DAYS 1-3)

VALID TIMES AND FORMAT REMAIN UNCHANGED.

IN ADDITION THE HPC DISSEMINATES THESE PRODUCTS AND RELATED
INFORMATION AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

HTTP://WWW.HPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/

THIS HPC SERVICE ENHANCEMENT DOES NOT AFFECT THE AVAILABILITY OF
NWS QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECASTS.  QPF PRODUCTS ISSUED BY
NWS WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES ARE AVAILABLE IN GRIDDED...
GRAPHICAL AND TEXT FORMATS FROM THE NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST
DATABASE /NDFD/ AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/FORECASTS/GRAPHICAL/SECTORS/

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE Qpf PRODUCT SUITE...PLEASE
CONTACT:

     KEVIN MCCARTHY...DEPUTY DIRECTOR
     NCEP HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER
     CAMP SPRINGS MARYLAND
     PHONE:  301-763-8000 X7304
     EMAIL:  KEVIN.MCCARTHY@xxxxxxxx

     OR

     ROBERT KELLY...CHIEF
     NCEP/HPC FORECAST OPERATIONS BRANCH
     CAMP SPRINGS MARYLAND
     PHONE:  301-763-8000 X7306
     EMAIL:  ROBERT.KELLY@xxxxxxxx

THIS NOTICE AND OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE AT
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

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

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