20061128: GFS-based gridded new elements-: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC]

[Linda Miller]

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NOUS41 KWBC 281821
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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 06-87
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
122 PM EST TUE NOV 28 2006

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
          SCIENCE PLANS BRANCH CHIEF
  OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY /OST/

SUBJECT:  ADDITION OF NEW ELEMENTS TO THE GFS-BASED GRIDDED                                MOS GUIDANCE: EFFECTIVE MARCH 13 2007

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

EFFECTIVE MARCH 13 2007...BEGINNING WITH THE 1200 UNIVERSAL 
COORDINATED TIME /UTC/ MODEL CYCLE...NWS WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL 
ELEMENTS IN THE GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM /GFS/ -BASED GRIDDED MOS 
GUIDANCE. THESE PRODUCTS WILL BE DISSEMINATED ON THE SATELLITE 
BROADCAST NETWORK /SBN/...NOAAPORT...AND THE NWS FTP SERVER. THE 
PRODUCTS WILL BE IN GRIB2 FORMAT. THE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS  
ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1 BELOW. THE GRIDDED MOS PRODUCTS WILL CONTAIN 
GUIDANCE ON THE 5 KM NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE /NDFD/ 
CONUS GRID AT PROJECTIONS OF 1 TO 7 DAYS IN ADVANCE. GRIDS WILL 
BE GENERATED FROM THE 0000 AND 1200 UTC MODEL RUNS. 

GUIDANCE WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL 
ELEMENTS:

     SKY COVER
     WIND GUSTS
     QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION /6 AND 12 HOUR/

GRIB2 GRIDDED MOS GUIDANCE IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS FTP SERVER AT 
/USE LOWER CASE EXCEPT FOR SL...ST...DF...DC...GT...AND AR/:

FTP://TGFTP.NWS.NOAA.GOV/SL.US008001/ST.OPNL/DF.GR2/DC.NDGD/
GT.MOSGFS/AR.CONUS

TABLE 1: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE GFS-BASED GRIDDED MOS 
GRIB2 PRODUCTS SCHEDULED TO BE IMPLEMENTED ON MARCH 13 2007.  
EACH GRIB2 PRODUCT HAS A UNIQUE WMO HEADING. LISTED BELOW ARE 
REPRESENTATIONS OF THE WMO HEADINGS.  A COMPLETE LIST OF GRIDDED 
MOS WMO HEADINGS IS AVAILABLE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

     HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/GMOS/GMOSHEADERS.PDF

     WMO HEADING     ELEMENT

     LAUXXX KWBQ SKY COVER
     LIUXXX KWBQ6-HR QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION  
     LVUXXX KWBQ12-HR QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION
     LWUXXX KWBQWIND GUSTS

A WEB PAGE OUTLINING THE GRIDDED MOS GUIDANCE AND THE FTP SERVER 
STRUCTURE CAN BE FOUND AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/GMOS.HTML

FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE PRODUCTS OR THE MOS GUIDANCE CONTACT:

KATHRYN GILBERT
MDL/SILVER SPRING MARYLAND
PHONE:  301-713-0023 EXT. 130
E-MAIL: KATHRYN.GILBERT at NOAA.GOV

LINKS TO THE MOS PRODUCTS...ALONG WITH DESCRIPTIONS...CAN BE 
FOUND AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
  
     HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP

THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE 
ON THE INTERNET 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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