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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 06-14
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
935 AM EST THU MAR 23 2006
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /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...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: PAUL HIRSCHBERG
CHIEF...SCIENCE PLANS BRANCH
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY /OST/
SUBJECT: ADDITION OF NEW GFS-BASED LOCALIZED AVIATION MOS
PROGRAM GUIDANCE: EFFECTIVE JULY 25 2006
EFFECTIVE JULY 25 2006...BEGINNING WITH THE 1500 COORDINATED
UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/ RUN... NWS WILL PRODUCE NEW SHORT RANGE...
1-25 HOUR...GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM /GFS/ -BASED LOCALIZED
AVIATION MOS PROGRAM /LAMP/ GUIDANCE AND DISSEMINATE IT ON THE
SATELLITE BROADCAST NETWORK /SBN/...NOAAPORT...AND THE NWS FTP
SERVER. THESE GUIDANCE PRODUCTS WILL BE IN BUFR... ASCII...AND
GRIB2 FORMAT. THE NEW COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE BUFR
PRODUCTS...ASCII PRODUCTS...AND GRIB2 PRODUCTS ARE SHOWN BELOW IN
TABLES 1...2...AND 3 RESPECTIVELY. A COMPLETE LIST OF GRIDDED
LAMP WMO HEADINGS IS AVAILABLE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/GFSLAMP/DOCS/LAMPHEADERS.PDF
TABLE 1: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE GFS-BASED LAMP
PRODUCTS IN BUFR FORMAT. LISTED BELOW ARE THE WMO HEADINGS.
WMO HEADING REGION
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JSMF10 KWNO LAMP BUFR PACIFIC REGION
JSMF11 KWNO LAMP BUFR NORTHEAST REGION
JSMF12 KWNO LAMP BUFR SOUTHEAST REGION
JSMF13 KWNO LAMP BUFR NORTH CENTRAL REGION
JSMF14 KWNO LAMP BUFR SOUTH CENTRAL REGION
JSMF15 KWNO LAMP BUFR ROCKY MOUNTAINS REGION
JSMF16 KWNO LAMP BUFR WEST COAST REGION
JSMF17 KWNO LAMP BUFR ALASKA
TABLE 2: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIER FOR THE GFS-BASED LAMP
PRODUCTS IN ASCII FORMAT. LISTED BELOW IS THE WMO HEADING AND
AWIPS IDENTIFIER.
WMO HEADING AWIPS ID
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FOUS11 KWNO LAVUSA
TABLE 3: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE GFS-BASED LAMP GRIDDED
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCTS IN GRIB2 FORMAT. EACH GRIB2 PRODUCT HAS A
UNIQUE WMO HEADER. LISTED BELOW ARE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE WMO
HEADINGS.
WMO HEADING ELEMENT
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LAUXXX KWNO 2-HR PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS
LBUXXX KWNO 2-HR CATEGORICAL FORECASTS OF THUNDERSTORMS
OCCURRING
GFS-LAMP GUIDANCE WILL BE GENERATED AT 0300...0900...1500...AND
2100 UTC BASED ON THE 1800... 0000...0600...AND 1200 UTC GFS
MODEL AND GFS MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS /MOS/ RUN. ADDITIONAL
CYCLES...FOR A TOTAL OF 24 CYCLES...WILL BE ADDED AT A LATER
DATE. GUIDANCE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE FOLLOWING WEATHER
ELEMENTS:
2-M TEMPERATURE
2-M DEWPOINT
WIND DIRECTION
WIND SPEED
WIND GUST SPEED
PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION OCCURRING ON THE HOUR
PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION /6 AND 12 HOUR/
OCCURRENCE OF PRECIPITATION ON THE HOUR CATEGORICAL FORECASTS
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS /2 HOUR/
THUNDERSTORM OCCURRENCE CATEGORICAL FORECASTS /2 HOUR/
CONDITIONAL PRECIPITATION TYPE CATEGORICAL FORECASTS
TOTAL SKY COVER CATEGORICAL FORECASTS
CEILING HEIGHT CATEGORICAL FORECASTS
CONDITIONAL CEILING HEIGHT CATEGORICAL FORECASTS
VISIBILITY CATEGORICAL FORECASTS
CONDITIONAL VISIBILITY CATEGORICAL FORECASTS
OBSTRUCTION TO VISION CATEGORICAL FORECASTS
PRECIPITATION CHARACTERISTICS CATEGORICAL FORECASTS
THE THUNDERSTORM GUIDANCE WILL BE AVAILABLE IN GRIDDED FORMAT ON
THE 5 KM NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE /NDFD/ CONUS GRID AT
PROJECTIONS OF 1 TO 25 HOURS IN ADVANCE...AND IS VALID AT GRID
POINTS OVER THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES AND NEAR OFFSHORE
WATERS. IT WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE NATIONAL DIGITAL GUIDANCE
DATABASE /NDGD/. THIS GUIDANCE WILL BE AVAILABLE IN GRIB2
FORMAT.
THE GUIDANCE VALID AT STATIONS IS AVAILABLE OVER 1522 STATIONS IN
THE UNITED STATES...INCLUDING ALASKA...HAWAII...PUERTO RICO...AND
THE UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS. THIS DATA WILL BE AVAILABLE IN
BOTH BUFR AND ASCII TEXT BULLETIN FORMAT.
A WEB PAGE CONTAINING DETAILED INFORMATION REGARDING AVAILABLE
PROJECTIONS...ELEMENTS...AND CATEGORIES IS PROVIDED BELOW.
DETAILS REGARDING THE DATA AVAILABILITY ON THE NWS FTP SERVER
WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE FUTURE ON THE WEB PAGE REFERENCED BELOW
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/.
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/GFSLAMP/DOCS/GFSLAMP_INFO.SHTML
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE PRODUCTS OR THE LAMP
GUIDANCE...PLEASE CONTACT:
JUDY GHIRARDELLI
MDL/SILVER SPRING MARYLAND
301-713-0056 EXT. 194
JUDY.GHIRARDELLI@xxxxxxxx
LINKS TO THE GFS-LAMP PRODUCTS...ALONG WITH DESCRIPTIONS...CAN BE
FOUND ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/LAMP
THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE
ON THE INTERNET AT THE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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