20060828: CIP icing severity-: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC]

[Linda Miller]

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NOUS41 KWBC 281838
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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 06-58
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
240 PM EDT MON AUG 28 2006

TO:      NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICES
         FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION /FAA/
         FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS
         OTHER CUSTOMERS OF NWS AVIATION FORECASTS

FROM:    KEVIN L. JOHNSTON
         CHIEF...AVIATION SERVICES BRANCH 

SUBJECT: NEW CIP ICING SEVERITY: EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 06 2006

NOTE: THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER WIRE 
SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS

EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 06 2006 AT 1300 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME 
/UTC/... THE NWS AVIATION WEATHER CENTER /AWC/ IN KANSAS CITY 
MISSOURI WILL IMPLEMENT THE NEW CIP ICING SEVERITY /CIP-SEV/ 
ALGORITHM.

THE CIP-SEV IS AN AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED DIAGNOSTIC INDEX OF 
ICING SEVERITY PRODUCED HOURLY OVER A DOMAIN SPANNING THE 
CONTIGUOUS 48 UNITED STATES AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THE CIP-
SEV IS GENERATED AT 1000 FOOT INCREMENTS BETWEEN 1000 AND 30000 
FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL. THE CIP-SEV OUTPUT FORMAT IS GRIDDED 
BINARY /GRIB/.

THE CIP-SEV OUTPUT MAY BE VIEWED AT /USE LOWER CASES LETTERS/:

     HTTP://ADDS.AVIATIONWEATHER.GOV/ICING/

THE NEW WMO COMMUNICATION HEADERS CONTAINING CIP-SEV GRIB 
MESSAGES ARE AS FOLLOWS.

         FLIGHT  CIP-SEV 
         LEVEL   WMO HEADER
         -----   -----------
         010     YLXA93 KKCI
         020     YLXA95 KKCI
         030     YLXA90 KKCI
         040     YLXA84 KKCI
         050     YLXA85 KKCI
         060     YLXA81 KKCI
         070     YLXA78 KKCI
         080     YLXA75 KKCI
         090     YLXA73 KKCI
         100     YLXA70 KKCI
         110     YLXA67 KKCI
         120     YLXA65 KKCI
         130     YLXA62 KKCI
         140     YLXA60 KKCI
         150     YLXA57 KKCI
         160     YLXA55 KKCI
         170     YLXA53 KKCI
         180     YLXA50 KKCI
         190     YLXA48 KKCI
         200     YLXA46 KKCI
         210     YLXA45 KKCI
         220     YLXA43 KKCI
         230     YLXA41 KKCI
         240     YLXA39 KKCI
         250     YLXA38 KKCI
         260     YLXA36 KKCI
         270     YLXA34 KKCI
         280     YLXA33 KKCI
         290     YLXA32 KKCI
         300     YLXA30 KKCI

THE CIP-SEV PRODUCTS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN GRIB FORMAT ON:

1. THE SATELLITE BROADCAST NETWORK /SBN/ NOAAPORT CHANNEL

2. NWS FTP SERVERS AT /USE LOWER CASES LETTER EXCEPT SL AND DC 
MUST BE UPPER CASE/: 
                          
     FTP://TGFTP.NWS.NOAA.GOV/SL.US008001/DC.AVSPT/

3. THE FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ HIGH RESOLUTION DATA SERVICE AND 
SERVER ACCESS SERVICE.

THE CIP-SEV PRODUCT DESCRIPTION DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE AT /USE 
LOWER CASES LETTERS/:

     HTTP://PRODUCTS.WEATHER.GOV/

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT...CONTACT: 

     CLINTON WALLACE
     CHIEF, AVIATION SUPPORT BRANCH
     AVIATION WEATHER CENTER
     7220 NW 101ST TERRACE ROOM 101
     KANSAS CITY MO 64153
     PHONE: 816-584-7248    
     E-MAIL: CLINTON.WALLACE at NOAA.GOV

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON NWS AVIATION PRODUCT DISSEMINATION IS 
AVAILABLE AT /USE LOWER CASES LETTERS/:
                                                            
     HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/OM/DISEMSYS.SHTML

THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE 
ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/...

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

$$
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Linda Miller - lmiller at unidata.ucar.edu
Community Services, Unidata
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307-3000
303-497-8646 fax: 303-497-8690 


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