20030606: digital forecast database

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• Subject: 20030606: digital forecast database
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 14:51:38 -0600

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PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT...TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 03-27
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
435 PM EDT FRI JUNE 6 2003

TO        FAMILY SERVICE /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...AND
         NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM      GLENN AUSTIN
         ACTING CHIEF...PUBLIC AND FIRE WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH

SUBJECT   UPDATE...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EXPERIMENTAL NATIONAL
         DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE /NDFD/ ELEMENT RELEASE

REFER TO  TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 02-31...FIRST
         DISTRIBUTED OCTOBER 28 2002

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY ARE FILES THAT CONTAIN FORECASTS FOR
MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURE...SURFACE TEMPERATURE AND DEW
POINT.  THESE FORECASTS COVER THE CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES
/CONUS/.

THE CONUS FILES CAN BE ACCESSED AT THE FOLLOWING URL /CASE
SENSITIVE...AS SHOWN/

ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/ST.expr/DF.gr2/DC.ndfd/AR.conus/

MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON THE CONTENT OF THESE FILES AND FTP
INSTRUCTIONS CAN BE OBTAINED AT THE URL LISTED BELOW /USE LOWER
CASE LETTERS/...

         http://weather.gov/ndfd/technical/technical.htm

DATA FROM THE NDFD ARE PROVIDED IN GRIB2 /GRIDDED BINARY/ FORMAT.

BY JUNE 16 2003...FILES WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE WITH FORECASTS FOR
PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION /POP12/...WEATHER...SKY
COVER...QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECASTS /QPF/...SNOW
AMOUNT...WAVE HEIGHT...WIND DIRECTION... AND WIND SPEED.  THESE
FORECASTS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE CONTERMINOUS UNITED
STATES /CONUS/...AS WELL AS 16 OVERLAPPING CONUS SECTORS AND
PUERTO RICO...AS DESCRIBED ON THE WEB PAGE LISTED ABOVE.

BE CAUTIONED THAT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NDFD IS PRESENTLY
EXPERIMENTAL AND IS NOT INTENDED FOR REDISTRIBUTION OR
OPERATIONAL USE.

THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2003...WE WILL BE ACTIVELY SEEKING FEEDBACK ON
THESE PRODUCTS.  YOU CAN HELP US SHAPE THE FUTURE OF THIS PRODUCT
BY E-MAILING RESPONSES TO...

                    nws.ndfd@xxxxxxxx

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE...PLEASE CONTACT

         DOUGLAS YOUNG
         NATIONAL PUBLIC WEATHER PROGRAM MANAGER
         NWS HEADQUARTERS
         PUBLIC AND FIRE WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH
         OFFICE OF CLIMATE...WATER...AND WEATHER SERVICES
         EMAIL   DOUGLAS.YOUNG@xxxxxxxx

IF YOU HAVE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS REGARDING THE NDFD DATA...PLEASE
CONTACT

         DAVID RUTH
         CHIEF - MESOSCALE PREDICTION BRANCH
         NWS HEADQUARTERS
         OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
         EMAIL   DAVID.RUTH@xxxxxxxx

A SIMILAR NOTIFICATION MESSAGE WILL ALSO BE POSTED ON THE NWS
DATA MANAGEMENT NOTICES WEB PAGE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/...

         http://www.nws.noaa.gov/datamgmt/notices.shtml

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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