20040210: GOES & Eta 12- ADMIN NOTICE NOXX10 KWBC (fwd)

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• Subject: 20040210: GOES & Eta 12- ADMIN NOTICE NOXX10 KWBC (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 09:05:08 -0700

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NOXX10 KWBC 091744
DATA MGT MESSAGE 02-04.07

TO  AWIPS/NOAAPORT USERS... FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/
SUBSCRIBERS 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  SINGLE CHORD OPERATIONS 09/25/03 TO 10/14/03

AWIPS CHANGE NOTICE NO AB666
EFFECTIVE DATE FEBRUARY 18 2004 12 UTC

AB666 ON THE ABOVE EFFECTIVE DATE THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS WILL BE
ADDED TO/REMOVED FROM THE AWIPS/NOAAPORT DATASTREAM.

DAVE NIVER 301-713-9001 EXTENSION 168 IS THE COGNIZANT
TECHNICAL INDIVIDUAL.  HENRY ROBINSON 301-713-1373 EXTENSION
173 IS THE DRG FOCAL POINT FOR THIS ITEM.

THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS WILL BE ADDED TO THE AWIPS/NOAAPORT
DATASTREAM..

IN MAY 2003..THE IFPS SCIENCE STEERING TEAM /ISST/ RECOMMENDED
THAT ADDITIONAL ETA 12 MODEL FORECAST TIMES BE PROVIDED TO AWIPS.
THIS WILL EXTEND THE EXISTING ETA 12 FROM 60 TO 84 HOURS..WHILE
KEEPING THE SAME PARAMETER SET.  THESE NEW FORECAST TIMES WILL
MEET THE REQUIREMENT FOR AN IMPROVED GRID SET FOR IFPS SMART
INITIALIZATION.  THEREFORE..OS AND T AND OS JOINTLY SUBMIT THIS
RC ON BEHALF OF THE ISST.

THE AWIPS BUILD TO WHICH THESE NEW GRIDS WILL BE ALLOCATED IS
TBD.. THE FULL SET OF ETA 12 GRIDS WILL BE ALLOCATED NO LATER
THAN AWIPS OB4.

15. KNOWN OR PROPOSED SOLUTION
THE ADDITIONAL ETA 12 FORECAST TIMES SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE SBN
AND MADE AVAILABLE TO AWIPS SITES..WITH THEIR EXTENDED GRIDS
FOLLOWING THE SAME DISSEMINATION PATHWAY AS THE EXISTING ETA 12
GRIDS..

NCEP-..NWS TG-..AWIPS NCF-..SBN/TG CHAN/..AWIPS AND NOAAPORT
USERS.

SPECIFICATIONS FOR NEW ETA 12 GRIDS..

1. GRID 218 /12KM ETA 12 CONUS/

2. SURFACE PARAMETER SET..
  2 M TEMPERATURE
  2 M RELATIVE HUMIDITY
  10 M U-WIND
  10 M V-WIND
  MSLP
  MSLP /ETA MODEL REDUCTION/
  STATION PRESSURE
  TOTAL PRECIPITATION
  CAPE
  CIN
  PRECIPITABLE WATER
  CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION
  LISTED INDEX
  HELICITY
  THESE PARAMETERS HAVE ONE LESS TIME INCREMENT SINCE CUMULATIVE
  FROM TIME ZERO.

3. FORECAST INTERVALS
  AWIPS CURRENTLY GETS ETA 12 GRIDS OUT TO 60 HOURS AT 00 AND
  12 UTC..AND OUT TO 48 HOURS AT 06 AND 18 UTC /ALL FOUR CYCLES
  OUTPUT AT THREE HOUR INTERVALS/. SUSTAINING THIS GRANULARITY
  OUT TO 84 HOURS GIVES 29 TOTAL ..VALID TIMES.. WITH THE LAST
  EIGHT BEING NEW..

 00..03..06..09..12..15..18..21..24..27..30..33..36..39..42..
 45..48..51..54..57..60..63..66..69..72..75..78..81..AND 84 HRS.

  UNITS ARE HOURS FROM MODEL INITIALIZATION TIME.

4. THE FOUR ETA 12 MODEL RUN TIMES ARE 00..06..12 AND 18 UTC.

5. DATA VOLUME.. THE INCREASE FROM 21 TO 29 VALID TIMES
  /PARAMETERS ABOVE INCREASE FROM 20 TO 28 VALID TIMES/
  INCREASES THE DAILY DATA VOLUME BY 176 MB /52.6 PERCENT/..
  FROM 334 TO 510 MB.

THE NWS TG SHALL PROVIDE THESE PRODUCTS IN VERY-NEAR-REAL TIME
TO THE AWIPS NCF FOR UPLINK ON THE SBN TG CHANNEL.

FOR FOS/NOAAPORT AND NON-AWIPS CUSTOMERS - IF YOU  HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS REGARDING ROUTING OR WOULD LIKE TO ADD THESE
PRODUCTS TO YOUR DATASTREAM PLEASE CONTACT.

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

DATA MANAGEMENT
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS


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