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NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION MESSAGE 96-07
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1000 AM EST MON FEB 26 1996
TO ALL USERS OF NWS PRODUCTS
FROM JOSEPH R. BOCCHIERI
CHIEF... SCIENCE AND TRAINING CORE
SUBJECT TERMINATION OF LFM-BASED MOS GUIDANCE
(THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY PAUL DALLAVALLE)
TERMINATION OF 00-06 AND 03-09 HR LFM MOS QPF FORECASTS AND
2-6 HR LFM MOS THUNDERSTORM/ SEVERE WEATHER FORECASTS.
THE 00-06 AND 03-09 HR LFM-BASED MOS QPF GRAPHICS (AFOS
IDENTIFIERS NMCGPH01E AND NMCGPH02E) WILL BE TERMINATED ON
FEBRUARY 28... 1996... AT THE 1200 UTC CYCLE. IN ADDITION...
THE 2-6 HR LFM MOS THUNDERSTORM AND SEVERE WEATHER PROBABILITY
FORECASTS (AFOS IDENTIFIERS NMCGPH01G AND NMCGPH01O) WILL BE
TERMINATED AT THE SAME TIME. COMPARABLE NGM MOS PRODUCTS ARE
NOT AVAILABLE.
TERMINATION OF 6-HR LFM-BASED MOS GRIDDED THUNDERSTORM
PRODUCTS.
THE 06-12... 12-18... 18-24... AND 24-30 HR LFM-BASED MOS
THUNDERSTORM PROBABILITY GRIDDED PRODUCTS WILL BE TERMINATED
ON FEBRUARY 28... 1996... AT THE 1200 UTC CYCLE. THESE
PRODUCTS PROVIDED FORECASTS FOR THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES
(AFOS IDENTIFIER NMCGRDNE2 THROUGH NMCGRDNE5)... KANSAS AND
OKLAHOMA (AFOS IDENTIFIER NMCGRDOK2 THROUGH NMCGRDOK5)... AND
THE WESTERN UNITED STATES (AFOS IDENTIFIER NMCGRDWR2 THROUGH
NMCGRDWR5). THE PRODUCTS ARE DESCRIBED IN NWS FORECASTING
HANDBOOK NO. 1... PGS II-STA-4-1 THROUGH II-STA-4-6.
COMPARABLE NGM MOS PRODUCTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE.
TERMINATION OF 24-HR LFM MOS THUNDERSTORM AND SEVERE WEATHER
PRODUCTS.
THE 12-36 HR LFM MOS THUNDERSTORM AND CONDITIONAL SEVERE
WEATHER PROBABILITY GRAPHICS AND AUTOMATED CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
CHARTS WILL BE TERMINATED ON FEBRUARY 29... 1996... AT THE
0000 UTC CYCLE. THE AFOS THUNDERSTORM AND SEVERE WEATHER
PROBABILITY GRAPHICS (IDENTIFIERS NMCGPH04G AND NMCGPH04O)
HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH NGM MOS GUIDANCE. THE NGM MOS 12-36
HR THUNDERSTORM AND SEVERE WEATHER PROBABILITY GRAPHICS HAVE
BEEN AVAILABLE SINCE JUNE 21... 1995... AS AFOS GRAPHICS
NMCGPH0TG AND NMCGPH0TO. ON FEBRUARY 29... 1996... THE
IDENTIFIERS NMCGPH04G AND NMCGPH04O WILL REPLACE NMCGPH0TG AND
NMCGPH0TO... RESPECTIVELY... AND... THUS... WILL CONTAIN THE
NGM MOS GRAPHICS.
NGM MOS REPLACEMENT PRODUCTS FOR THE LFM THUNDERSTORM AND
CONDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER AUTOMATED CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK CHARTS
(AFOS IDENTIFIERS NMCGPH06G AND NMCGPH06O) ARE NOT CURRENTLY
AVAILABLE. AFTER FEBRUARY 28... 1996... THEREFORE... THESE
PRODUCTS WILL BE UNAVAILABLE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS RELATED TO THE TERMINATION OF THESE
GRAPHICS... PLEASE CONTACT BRENT BOWER OF THE OFFICE OF
METEOROLOGY AT (301)-713-1970.
IF YOU NEED FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE NGM-BASED
STATISTICAL FORECASTS... PLEASE CALL PAUL DALLAVALLE OF THE
TECHNIQUES DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY AT (301)-713-1065.
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