2007222: GFS-based LAMP-Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC]

[Linda Miller]

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NOUS41 KWBC 221304
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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 07-13
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
805 AM EST THU FEB 22 2007

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

SUBJECT:  ADDITION OF NEW CYCLES AND STATIONS FOR GFS-BASED LAMP 
          GUIDANCE: EFFECTIVE MAY 8 2007

ATTENTION USERS OF THE GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM /GFS/-BASED 
LOCALIZED AVIATION MOS PROGRAM /LAMP/ GUIDANCE:

EFFECTIVE TUESDAY MAY 8 2007 BEGINNING WITH THE 1200 COORDINATED 
UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/ RUN...THE NWS WILL PRODUCE FOUR ADDITIONAL 
CYCLES OF THE NEW SHORT RANGE /1 - 25 HOUR/ GFS-BASED LAMP 
GUIDANCE AND DISSEMINATE IT ON THE SATELLITE BROADCAST NETWORK 
/SBN/...NOAAPORT AND THE NWS FTP SERVER.  THE FOUR NEW LAMP 
CYCLES ARE 0000 UTC...0600 UTC...1200 UTC and 1800 UTC.

THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE FOUR EXISTING LAMP CYCLES OF 
0300...0900...1500 and 2100 UTC...AND BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF 
OPERATIONAL LAMP CYCLES UP TO EIGHT. ADDITIONAL CYCLES...FOR A 
TOTAL OF 24 CYCLES...WILL BE ADDED AT A LATER DATE. THESE 
GUIDANCE PRODUCTS WILL BE IN BUFR...ASCII AND GRIB2 FORMAT.  THE 
COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE BUFR...ASCII AND GRIB2 PRODUCTS 
ARE SHOWN BELOW IN TABLES 1...2 AND 3 RESPECTIVELY.  

IN ADDITION 69 NEW STATIONS WILL BE ADDED TO THE GFS LAMP PRODUCT 
FOR ONLY THE NEW CYCLES. INITIALLY THESE NEW STATIONS WILL NOT 
HAVE GUIDANCE FOR ALL ELEMENTS. ELEMENTS WILL BE ADDED IN THE 
FUTURE AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.   

USERS CAN FIND A LIST OF THE NEW STATIONS BEING ADDED AT /USE 
LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/GFSLAMP/DOCS/NEWSITES_052007.SHTML

TABLE 1:  COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE GFS-BASED LAMP 
PRODUCTS IN BUFR FORMAT.  LISTED BELOW ARE THE WMO HEADERS:  

WMO HEADING     REGION

JSMF10 KWNO     LAMP BUFR PACIFIC REGION
JSMF11 KWNO     LAMP BUFR NORTHEAST REGION 
JSMF12 KWNO     LAMP BUFR SOUTHEAST REGION 
JSMF13 KWNO     LAMP BUFR NORTH CENTRAL REGION 
JSMF14 KWNO     LAMP BUFR SOUTH CENTRAL REGION 
JSMF15 KWNO     LAMP BUFR ROCKY MOUNTAINS REGION 
JSMF16 KWNO     LAMP BUFR WEST COAST REGION 
JSMF17 KWNO     LAMP BUFR ALASKA 

TABLE 2:  COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIER FOR THE GFS-BASED LAMP 
PRODUCTS IN ASCII FORMAT.  LISTED BELOW IS THE WMO HEADER AND 
AWIPS IDENTIFIER:  

WMO HEADING     AWIPS ID

FOUS11 KWNO     LAVUSA

TABLE 3: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE GFS-BASED LAMP GRIDDED 
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCTS IN GRIB2 FORMAT.  EACH GRIB2 PRODUCT HAS A 
UNIQUE WMO HEADER.  LISTED BELOW ARE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE WMO 
HEADERS.  

WMO HEADING     ELEMENT

LAUXXX KWNO     2-HR PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS
LBUXXX KWNO     2-HR CATEGORICAL FORECASTS OF THUNDERSTORMS    
                OCCURRING

A COMPLETE LIST OF WMO HEADERS FOR LAMP GRIDDED THUNDERSTORM 
GUIDANCE IS AVAILABLE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

     HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/GFSLAMP/DOCS/LAMPHEADERS.PDF  

A WEB PAGE OUTLINING THE LAMP GUIDANCE CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT 
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

     HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/GFSLAMP/DOCS/GFSLAMP_INFO.SHTML

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE PRODUCTS OR THE LAMP 
GUIDANCE...PLEASE CONTACT:

     JUDY GHIRARDELLI
     MDL/SILVER SPRING MARYLAND
     PHONE:  301-713-0056 EXT. 194
     E-MAIL: JUDY.GHIRARDELLI at NOAA.GOV

LINKS TO THE GFS-LAMP PRODUCTS...ALONG WITH DESCRIPTIONS...CAN BE 
FOUND AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

     HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/LAMP

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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