20040331: NDFD Review-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)

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• Subject: 20040331: NDFD Review-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 07:50:13 -0700

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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 04-18
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
945 AM EST WED MAR 31 2004

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:      GREG MANDT
          DIRECTOR...OFFICE OF CLIMATE WATER AND WEATHER SERVICES

SUBJECT:   UPDATE...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL DIGITAL
          FORECAST DATABASE /NDFD/ STATUS

REFER TO:  TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 3-42...CORRECTED...
          SENT OCTOBER 1 2003

THE NEW DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ASKED FOR A
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE DIGITAL SERVICES PROGRAM. AS A
RESULT...THE NDFD GRIDDED ELEMENTS WILL CONTINUE THEIR
EXPERIMENTAL STATUS UNTIL WE COMPLETE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN...NO
LATER THAN JUNE 30 2004.

THESE EXPERIMENTAL FILES CAN BE ACCESSED AT THE FOLLOWING URL:

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

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

FOR THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS:

         MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE
         MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
         PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION /POP12/
         WEATHER
         SKY COVER
         QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECASTS /QPF/
         WIND DIRECTION AND WIND SPEED
         SNOW AMOUNT
         TEMPERATURE
         DEWPOINT
         SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT

...THE EXPERIMENTAL PERIOD WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST
JUNE 30 2004.  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE TRANSITION OF THESE
ELEMENTS TO OFFICIAL NWS PRODUCTS WILL BE PROVIDED IN A FUTURE
TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE BY JUNE 30 2004.

MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON THE CONTENT OF THESE FILES AND FILE
TRANSFER PROTOCOL /FTP/ INSTRUCTIONS CAN BE OBTAINED ONLINE AT
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

         HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/NDFD/TECHNICAL/TECHNICAL.HTM

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

         LEROY SPAYD
         OFFICE OF CLIMATE WATER AND WEATHER SERVICES
         CHIEF - METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES DIVISION
         NWS HEADQUARTERS
         SILVER SPRING MARYLAND
         EMAIL:  LEROY.SPAYD@xxxxxxxx

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

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

THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT CHANGE
NOTICES WEB PAGE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

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

THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE
ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

         HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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