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The message included below was sent earlier on our communications lines. It is also posted to the NWS Data Management Change Notices web page at the following URL. http://weather.gov/datamgmt/notices.shtml 2005/04/19 Testing DM 04-05.03 Add a Full Set of CONUS GFS 212 GRIB2 Grids to SBN/NOAAPORT NOXX10 KWBC 191940 DATA MGT MESSAGE 04-05.03 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 AWIPS CHANGE NOTICE NO AC768 TESTING DATE APRIL 19 2005 [AC768] ONCE THE EFFECTOVE DATE IS DETERMINED THE FOLLOWING CONUS GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM [GFS] GRIB2 GRIDED PRODUCTS WILL BE ADDED TO THE AWIPS/NOAAPORT DATASTREAM FOR TESTING. THE PRODUCT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR TESTING ON APRIL 19 2005. DAVE MILLER 301-713-1570 EXTENSION 142 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: THE T1A2 COMBINATION SPECIFIES THE FORECAST TIME [RANGING FROM 00 TO 240 HOURS] IF T1= L THEN FOR A2 A=00 B=06 C=12 D=18 E=24 F=30 G=36 H=42 I=48 J=60 K=72 L=84 M=96 N=108 O=120 P=132 Q=144 R=156 S=168 T=180 U=192 V=204 W=216 X=228 AND Z=240 HOURS. IF T1= M THEN FOR A2 M=54 N=66 T=78 U=90 V=102 W=114 AND Z=126 138 150 162 174 186 198 210 222 OR 234 HOURS. A1 = R FOR NCEP GRID 212 T2 SPECIFIES THE PARAMETER AS FOLLOWS: H ? HEIGHT T ? TEMPERATURE R - RELATIVE HUMIDITY U - U COMPONENT OF WIND V - V COMPONENT OF WIND P ? PRESSURE W ? CAPE Y ? CIN X - SURFACE LI Q - BEST LI F - PRECIPITABLE WATER E - TOTAL PRECIPITATION G - CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION S - WATER EQUIVALENT ACCUMULATED SNOW DEPTH [WEASD] M - CATEGORICAL PRECIPITATION TYPES B - VERTICAL SPEED SHEAR O - VERTICAL VELOCITY C - ABSOLUTE VORTICITY II SPECIFIES THE LEVEL AS FOLLOWS: II LEVEL 99 - 1000 MB 98 - AIR PROPERTIES AT SURFACE OF EARTH SURFACE LI CAPE CIN 97 - LEVEL OF THE TROPOPAUSE OR PVU SURFACE 96 - LEVEL OF THE MAXIMUM WIND 95 - 950 MB 94 - LEVEL OF THE 0 DEG. C ISOTHERM 93 - 975 MB 92 - 925 MB 91 - 875 MB 90 - 900 MB 89 - ANY PARAMETER REDUCED TO SEA LEVEL 87 - 875 MB 86 - ALL BOUNDARY LAYER PRODUCTS BL CAPE + CIN 85 - 850 MB 82 - 825 MB 80 - 800 MB 77 - 775 MB 75 - 750 MB 73 - CLOUD BOTTOM LEVEL [HIGH MEDIUM OR LOW] 72 - 725 MB 70 - 700 MB 67 - 675 MB 65 - 650 MB 62 - 625 MB 60 - 600 MB 57 - 575 MB 55 - 550 MB 52 - 525 MB 50 - 500 MB 45 - 450 MB 40 - 400 MB 35 - 350 MB 30 - 300 MB 25 - 250 MB 20 - 200 MB 15 - 150 MB 10 - 100 MB 00 - ENTIRE ATMOSPHERE [PWAT] 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 THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW. http://weather.gov/datamgmt/index.html DATA MANAGEMENT TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER RTH WASHINGTON SENDS
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