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PNSWSH TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 06-48NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 727 AM EDT MON JUL 10 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 HIRSCHBERGCHIEF...SCIENCE PLANS BRANCH OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY /OST/ SUBJECT: REMOVAL OF OBSOLETE SHORT-RANGE GFS-BASED MOS BUFR PRODUCTS: EFFECTIVE AUGUST 15 2006
REFER TO: TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE /TIN/ 04-53 UPDATED:TRANSMITTED ON JANUARY 7 2005 DESCRIBING THE REPLACEMENT FOR THESE OBSOLETE PRODUCTS.
ATTENTION USERS OF THE MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS /MOS/ GUIDANCE: ON TUESDAY AUGUST 15 2006...NWS WILL STOP PRODUCING THE SHORT-RANGE GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM /GFS/-BASED MOS BINARY UNIVERSAL FORM. THIS FORM REPRESENTS METEOROLOGICAL DATA /BUFR/ PRODUCTS ISSUED WITH THE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS LISTED IN TABLE 1. THESE PRODUCTS WERE REPLACED WITH NEW SHORT-RANGE GFS-BASED MOS BUFR PRODUCTS IN FEBRUARY 2005. THESE NEW BUFR PRODUCTS CONTAIN GUIDANCE FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER ELEMENTS AND MORE STATIONS THAN THE ORIGINAL BUFR PRODUCTS. THE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THESE PRODUCTS ARE LISTED IN TABLE 2.
NWS CONTINUED TO PRODUCE THE OBSOLETE BUFR PRODUCTS TO ALLOW USERS AT LEAST NINE MONTHS TO TRANSITION FROM THE OLD PRODUCTS AND TO ALLOW AWIPS SOFTWARE TO BE UPGRADED TO USE THE NEW PRODUCTS. BOTH OF THESE CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN MET. THE OBSOLETE BUFR PRODUCTS ARE NOW BEING REMOVED. DETAILS ABOUT THE CURRENT SHORT-RANGE GFS MOS BUFR PRODUCTS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/BUFR.HTML
TABLE 1: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE OBSOLETE SHORT-RANGE
GFS-BASED MOS BUFR PRODUCTS TO BE ELIMINATED ON AUGUST 15, 2006.
WMO HEADING REGION
JSMT20 KWNO PACIFIC REGION
JSMT21 KWNO NORTHEAST CONUS
JSMT22 KWNO SOUTHEAST CONUS
JSMT23 KWNO NORTH CENTRAL CONUS
JSMT24 KWNO SOUTH CENTRAL CONUS
JSMT25 KWNO ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONUS
JSMT26 KWNO WEST COAST CONUS
JSMT27 KWNO SOUTHEAST ALASKA
JSMT28 KWNO SOUTHWESTERN/CENTRAL ALASKA
JSMT29 KWNO NORTHERN ALASKA
TABLE 2: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE SHORT-RANGE GFS-BASED
MOS BUFR PRODUCTS THAT REPLACE THE PRODUCTS BEING REMOVED.
WMO HEADING REGION
JSML30 KWNO PACIFIC REGION
JSML31 KWNO NORTHEAST CONUS
JSML32 KWNO SOUTHEAST CONUS
JSML33 KWNO NORTH CENTRAL CONUS
JSML34 KWNO SOUTH CENTRAL CONUS
JSML35 KWNO ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONUS
JSML36 KWNO WEST COAST CONUS
JSML37 KWNO ALASKA
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CHANGES TO THE MOS GUIDANCE
SYSTEM...PLEASE CONTACT:
REBECCA COSGROVE
MDL/SILVER SPRING MARYLAND
PHONE: 301 713 0023 EXT. 124
E-MAIL: REBECCA.COSGROVE@xxxxxxxx
LINKS TO THE MOS PRODUCTS...ALONG WITH DESCRIPTIONS...CAN BE
FOUND AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/PRODUCTS.SHTML
THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE
ON THE INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
$$
-- Linda Miller - lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Community Services, Unidata University Corporation for Atmospheric Research P.O. Box 3000 Boulder, CO 80307-3000303-497-8646 fax: 303-497-8690
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