20040706: NCEP global model BUFR sounding products-

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2004/08/03 1200
DM 07-04.02 CHANGE TO NCEP GLOBAL MODEL BUFR SOUNDING PRODUCTS

NOXX10 KWBC 061553
DM MESSAGE 07-04.02

TO:       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICES
         FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
         OTHER CUSTOMERS OF NCEP ETA MODEL FORECASTS

FROM:     JOHN WARD
         CHIEF...PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT BRANCH
         NATIONAL CETNERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDITICTION /NCEP/
         CENTRAL OPERATIONS /NCO/

SUBJECT:  CHANGE TO NCEP GLOBAL MODEL BUFR SOUNDING PRODUCTS
         ...EFFECTIVE 1200 UTC AUGUST 3 2004

ON THE ABOVE EFFECTIVE DATE THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION /NCEP/ WILL UPGRADE THE GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM /GFS/ MODEL BUFR SOUNDING PRODUCTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE ON THE NCEP AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPERATIONS CENTER /TOC/ FTP SERVERS. THE GFS BUFR SOUNDING DATA ON THE NWS SERVER ARE LOCATED AT:

ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/ST.opnl/MT.gfs_CY.{CC}/RD.{YYYYMMDD}/PT.sndn_DF
.buf/

THE GFS BUFR SOUNDING DATA ON THE NCEP SERVER ARE LOCATED AT:

ftp://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/gfs/prod/gfs.{YYYYMMDD}/bufr.t{CC}z/

/IN THE ABOVE URLS?YYYYMMDD IS THE CURRENT DATE AND CC IS THE CYCLE?00? 06? 12? OR 18 UTC./

THIS UPGRADE WILL PRODUCE TWO NOTICEABLE CHANGES TO USERS OF THESE DATA. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BUFR SOUNDINGS WILL INCREASE FROM 662 TO 1567. THIS WILL MAKE THE GFS DATA SET SIMILAR TO THE ONE PRODUCED FROM THE NCEP ETA MODEL AND WILL INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE DATA SET FROM 42 MB PER CYCLE TO 100 MB PER CYCLE. ADDITIONALLY?THE FILE NAMES OF THESE DATA WILL BE CHANGED SO THAT THEY WILL USE A 6 DIGIT UPPER AIR STATION ID INSTEAD OF THE CURRENT 5 DIGIT ID.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS CONCERNING THESE ADDITIONS...PLEASE 
CONTACT:

 JOHN WARD
 PHONE: 301 763 8000 X 7185
 E-MAIL: JOHN.WARD@xxxxxxxx

OR

 BRENT GORDON
 PHONE:  301 763 8000 X 7193
 E-MAIL: BRENT.GORDON@xxxxxxxx

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.

Data Management
EMail   nws.dm@xxxxxxxx

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Richard Robinson
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