[nws-changes] 20110427: enhancements to MAG website Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC

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• Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 19:34:33 -0600

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Technical Implementation Notice 11-17
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
320 PM EDT Wed Apr 27 2011

To:        Subscribers:
           -Family of Services
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           Other NWS Partners, Users and Employees

From:      Michelle Mainelli
           Chief, Systems Integration Branch
           NCEP Central Operations

Subject:  Enhancements to the MAG Website:
          Effective June 27, 2011

Effective Monday June 27, 2011, the National Centers for
Environmental Prediction (NCEP) will make enhancements to the
Model Analysis and Guidance (MAG) website.  The MAG showcases
the NWS suite of graphical numerical model analyses and guidance
and observational database. It is online at:

http://mag.ncep.noaa.gov

Three enhancements will be implemented on the MAG:

1. Multiple image sizes will be made available on the MAG for
North America, the Western North Atlantic, and the Northern
Pacific geographic areas for the same models that were available
on the legacy Model Analysis and Forecast (MAF) website.
Images will default to the currently-available medium size
(1024 x 768). Additional image size choices will be made
available: coarse (640 x 480) and fine (1280 x 1024).

2. Four-panel charts will be made available on the MAG for the
Global Forecast System (GFS) and the North American Mesoscale
(NAM) models.

3. The top level page of the MAG will be modified.  Default
selections, a reorganization of the Model Type and Model Area
choices, and a change in the method used to select forecast hour
and loops will allow selection of images with fewer mouse
clicks. The ability to retain previous choices and enhanced
controls for moving between forecast hours in a series will
allow users to more quickly get to product images. Forecast hour
and loop option selections will be through a table of available
hours and loop options similar to the old MAF site.

For more information and updates, please refer to the MAGs
Latest Information and News document, at:

http://mag.ncep.noaa.gov/GemPakTier/MagQCDoc/whats_new.pdf

For comments regarding these changes, please contact:

    Bradley Mabe
    NCEP/NCO Systems Integration Branch
    Camp Springs, Maryland
    mag.helpdesk@xxxxxxxx

NWS National Technical Implementation Notices are online at:

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/notif.htm

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