20040203: eta model prod delivery-ADMIN NOTICE NOXX10 KWBC (fwd)

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• Subject: 20040203: eta model prod delivery-ADMIN NOTICE NOXX10 KWBC (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 06:57:34 -0700

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NOXX10 KWBC 031345
DATA MGT MESSAGE 01-04.05

TO  FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ RADAR PRODUCTS SERVICES
SUBSCRIBERS AWIPS/NOAAPORT USERS... EMERGENCY
MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/CUSTOMERS... WAFS USERS...
GTS USERS... NWS FAX CHART USERS

FROM  RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT

SUBJECT  CHANGES TO THE PRODUCT DELIVERY SCHEDULE
FOR THE NCEP ETA MODEL FORECASTS...EFFECTIVE 12
UTC APRIL 20 2004

AT 12 UTC ON TUESDAY APRIL 20 2004...THE NATIONAL
CENTERS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION /NCEP/ WILL CHANGE
THE PRODUCT DELIVERY SCHEDULE FOR THE ETA MODEL
FORECASTS.  ON THIS DATE THE ETA MODEL FORECASTS WILL
BE RUN IN A NEW CONFIGURATION THAT WILL ALLOW FOR THE
0-84 HOUR FORECAST SEGMENT TO BE RUN IN THE CURRENT
0-60 HOUR TIME SLOT.  THIS CHANGE WILL BE PERMANENT
AND IS EXPECTED TO HAVE THE FOLLOWING IMPACT ON PRODUCT
DELIVERY TIMES

    24 HOUR PRODUCTS  5-10 MINUTES EARLIER
    36 HOUR PRODUCTS 10-15 MINUTES EARLIER
    48 HOUR PRODUCTS 15-20 MINUTES EARLIER
    60 HOUR PRODUCTS 20-25 MINUTES EARLIER
    84 HOUR PRODUCTS 35-40 MINUTES EARLIER

MORE PRECISE DELIVERY TIMES WILL BE ANNOUNCE IN ANOTHER
STATEMENT ONCE TESTING OF THIS CHANGE HAS COMPLETED.

WITH THIS CHANGE THE FORECAST LENGTH OF THE ETA BUFR
SOUNDING DATA WILL ALSO BE INCREASED FROM 60 HOURS TO
84 HOURS.  EXAMPLE DATA WITH THESE EXTENDED FORECAST
HOURS CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE
/USE LOWER CASE/

FTP/COLON//FTPPRD.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/PUB/EMC/MMB/MMBPLL/BUFR

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS CONCERNING EITHER
THE CHANGE IN PRODUCT DELIVERY SCHEDULE OR THE CHANGE TO
THE ETA BUFR SOUNDINGS...PLEASE CONTACT

 JOHN WARD
 PHONE 301 763 8000 X 7185
 E-MAIL JOHN.WARD/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV

OR

 GEOFF DIMEGO
 PHONE  301 763 8000 X 7221
 E-MAIL GEOFF.DIMEGO/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV


THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE
AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE/

HTTP/COLON///WWW.NES.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

THIS INFORMATION IS POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT
NOTICES WEB PAGE.  THE URL IS LISTED BELOW.

HTTP /COLON/ //WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DATAMGMT/INDEX.SHTML

DATA MANAGEMENT
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS




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