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PNSWSH TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 05-56...AMENDED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 725 AM EDT THU JUL 27 2006TO: 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
CHIEF...SCIENCE PLANS BRANCH
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY /OST/
SUBJECT: AMENDED: ADDITION OF NEW GFS-BASED GRIDDED MOS
GUIDANCE EFFECTIVE AUGUST 15 2006
REFER TO: TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE /TIN/ 05-56TRANSMITTED ON JULY 22 2005 AND AMENDED TIN 05-56 TRANSMITTED ON OCTOBER 5 2005
THIS NOTICE AMENDS TIN 05-56 TO ANNOUNCE THE IMPLEMENTATION DATE OF AUGUST 15 2006 FOR THE NEW GFS-BASED GRIDDED MOS GUIDANCE. OTHER AMENDMENTS TO THE ORIGINAL TIN INCLUDE: FULL CONUS GUIDANCE COVERAGE /THE INITIAL EXPERIMENTAL GRIDDED MOS HAD ONLY THE WESTERN THIRD OF THE NDFD GRID POPULATED WITH GUIDANCE/.
GRIDDED PRODUCTS FOR THE 24-HOUR SNOWFALL AMOUNT WILL BECOME AVAILABLE AT A LATER DATE.
UNTIL THE AUGUST 15 2006 IMPLEMENTATION... EXPERIMENTAL GRIB2 PRODUCTS FOR SOME ELEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE NWS FTP SERVER AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS EXCEPT FOR SL...ST...DF...DC...GT ...AND AR/:
FTP://TGFTP.NWS.NOAA.GOV/SL.US008001/ST.EXPR/DF.GR2/DC.NDGD/GT.MO SGFS/AR.CONUSAS OF AUGUST 15 2006...THESE PRODUCTS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE UPDATED OPERATIONAL NWS FTP SERVER LOCATION GIVEN BELOW /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS EXCEPT FOR SL...ST... DF...DC...GT...AND AR/:
FTP://TGFTP.NWS.NOAA.GOV/SL.US008001/ST.OPNL/DF.GR2/DC.NDGD/GT.MO SGFS/AR.CONUS ATTENTION USERS OF THE MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS /MOS/ GUIDANCE:THE NWS WILL PRODUCE NEW GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM /GFS/ -BASED GRIDDED MOS GUIDANCE AND DISSEMINATE IT ON THE SATELLITE BROADCAST NETWORK /SBN/... NOAAPORT... AND THE NWS FTP SERVER. THESE GUIDANCE PRODUCTS WILL BE IN GRIB2 FORMAT. THE NEW COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THESE PRODUCTS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1 BELOW. THE GRIDDED MOS PRODUCTS WILL CONTAIN GUIDANCE ON THE 5 KM NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE /NDFD/ CONUS GRID FOR SELECTED ELEMENTS AT PROJECTIONS OF 1 TO 7 DAYS IN ADVANCE. GRIDS WILL BE GENERATED FROM THE 0000 AND 1200 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME /UTC/ MODEL RUNS. GUIDANCE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS WITH OTHERS TO BE ADDED AT A LATER DATE:
DAYTIME MAXIMUM AND NIGHTTIME MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 2-METER SPOT TEMPERATURE 2-METER SPOT DEWPOINT TEMPERATURE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WIND SPEED WIND DIRECTION PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION /6 AND 12 HOUR/ PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS /3...6 AND 12 HOUR/A WEB PAGE PROVIDING MORE INFORMATION REGARDING PROJECTIONS AND ELEMENTS FOR WHICH GUIDANCE IS AVAILABLE IS REFERENCED BELOW. TABLE 1: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE GFS-BASED GRIDDED MOS GRIB2 PRODUCTS. EACH GRIB2 PRODUCT HAS A UNIQUE WMO HEADER. LISTED BELOW ARE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE WMO HEADERS. A COMPLETE LIST OF GRIDDED MOS WMO HEADERS IS AVAILABLE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/GMOS/GMOSHEADERS.PDF
WMO HEADING ELEMENT
LBUXXX KWBQ WIND DIRECTION
LCUXXX KWBQ WIND SPEED
LDUXXX KWBQ 12-HR PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION
LEUXXX KWBQ 2-METER TEMPERATURE
LFUXXX KWBQ 2-METER DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
LGUXXX KWBQ DAYTIME MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE
LHUXXX KWBQ NIGHTTIME MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
LJUXXX KWBQ 6-HR PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS
LRUXXX KWBQ RELATIVE HUMIDITY
LSUXXX KWBQ 24-HR SNOWFALL AMOUNT
LUUXXX KWBQ 6-HR PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION
LXUXXX KWBQ 12-HR PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS
LYUXXX KWBQ 3-HR PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS
A WEB PAGE OUTLINING THE GRIDDED MOS GUIDANCE AND THE FTP SERVER
STRUCTURE CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/GMOS.HTML
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE PRODUCTS OR THE MOS
GUIDANCE...PLEASE CONTACT:
PAUL DALLAVALLE MDL/SILVER SPRING MARYLAND PHONE: 301-713-0023 EXT. 135 E-MAIL: PAUL.DALLAVALLE@xxxxxxxxLINKS 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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