[20070601: GFS Gridded MOS-Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC]

[Linda Miller]

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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 06-87...AMENDED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC

100 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 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

         SCIENCE PLANS BRANCH CHIEF

     OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY /OST/



SUBJECT:     AMENDED: ADDITION OF NEW ELEMENTS TO THE 

     GFS-BASED GRIDDED MOS GUIDANCE: EFFECTIVE 

     JUNE 5 2007



REFER TO:    TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE /TIN/ 06-87

     TRANSMITTED ON NOVEMBER 28 2006...AMENDED TIN 

             06-87 TRANSMITTED ON MARCH 8 2007... SECOND AMENDED 

             TIN 06-87 TRANSMITTED ON MAY 10 2007 AND SECOND 

             AMENDED TIN 05-56 TRANSMITTED JULY 27 2006.



THIS TIN IS BEING AMENDED TO REFLECT A DELAY IN GFS-BASED GRIDDED 

MOS PRODUCT DELIVERY.



DURING THE PROCESS OF TESTING IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ADDITION 

OF THE NEW ELEMENTS TO THE GFS-BASED GRIDDED MOS GRIB2 PRODUCTS 

WILL RESULT IN LATER PRODUCT DELIVERY TIMES. THE DAY 1-3 PRODUCT 

DELIVERY WILL BE DELAYED APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES FROM THE 

CURRENT DELIVERY TIME AND THE DAY 4-7 PRODUCT DELIVERY BY 

APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES. 



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



ON TUESDAY...JUNE 5 2007...THE 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/

     24-HR SNOWFALL AMOUNT



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.  



     WMO HEADING        ELEMENT



     LAUXXX KWBQ        SKY COVER

     LIUXXX KWBQ        6-HR QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION

     LSUXXX KWBQ        24-HR SNOWFALL AMOUNT  

     LVUXXX KWBQ        12-HR QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION

     LWUXXX KWBQ        WIND GUSTS



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



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 PLEASE 

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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