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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 06-87...AMENDED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC

100 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007
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

        SCIENCE PLANS BRANCH CHIEF

    OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY /OST/
SUBJECT: AMENDED: ADDITION OF NEW ELEMENTS TO THE GFS-BASED GRIDDED MOS GUIDANCE: EFFECTIVE 
    JUNE 5 2007



REFER TO:    TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE /TIN/ 06-87
TRANSMITTED ON NOVEMBER 28 2006...AMENDED TIN 06-87 TRANSMITTED ON MARCH 8 2007... SECOND AMENDED TIN 06-87 TRANSMITTED ON MAY 10 2007 AND SECOND 
            AMENDED TIN 05-56 TRANSMITTED JULY 27 2006.
THIS TIN IS BEING AMENDED TO REFLECT A DELAY IN GFS-BASED GRIDDED 
MOS PRODUCT DELIVERY.
DURING THE PROCESS OF TESTING IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ADDITION OF THE NEW ELEMENTS TO THE GFS-BASED GRIDDED MOS GRIB2 PRODUCTS WILL RESULT IN LATER PRODUCT DELIVERY TIMES. THE DAY 1-3 PRODUCT DELIVERY WILL BE DELAYED APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES FROM THE CURRENT DELIVERY TIME AND THE DAY 4-7 PRODUCT DELIVERY BY APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES. 


ATTENTION USERS OF THE MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS /MOS/ GUIDANCE:
ON TUESDAY...JUNE 5 2007...THE NWS WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS IN THE GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM /GFS/ -BASED GRIDDED MOS GUIDANCE. THESE PRODUCTS WILL BE DISSEMINATED ON THE SATELLITE BROADCAST NETWORK /SBN/...NOAAPORT...AND THE NWS FTP SERVER. THE PRODUCTS WILL BE IN GRIB2 FORMAT. THE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1 BELOW. THE GRIDDED MOS PRODUCTS WILL CONTAIN GUIDANCE ON THE 5 KM NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE /NDFD/ CONUS GRID AT PROJECTIONS OF 1 TO 7 DAYS IN ADVANCE. GRIDS WILL BE GENERATED FROM THE 0000 AND 1200 UTC MODEL RUNS.
GUIDANCE WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL 
ELEMENTS:



    SKY COVER

    WIND GUSTS

    QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION /6 AND 12 HOUR/

    24-HR SNOWFALL AMOUNT
GRIB2 GRIDDED MOS GUIDANCE IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS FTP SERVER AT 
/USE LOWER CASE EXCEPT FOR SL...ST...DF... DC...GT...AND AR/:



FTP://TGFTP.NWS.NOAA.GOV/SL.US008001/ST.OPNL/DF.GR2/DC.NDGD/

GT.MOSGFS/AR.CONUS
TABLE 1: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE GFS-BASED GRIDDED MOS GRIB2 PRODUCTS SCHEDULED TO BE IMPLEMENTED. 


    WMO HEADING        ELEMENT



    LAUXXX KWBQ        SKY COVER

    LIUXXX KWBQ        6-HR QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION
LSUXXX KWBQ 24-HR SNOWFALL AMOUNT 
    LVUXXX KWBQ        12-HR QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION

    LWUXXX KWBQ        WIND GUSTS
EACH GRIB2 PRODUCT HAS A UNIQUE WMO HEADING. LISTED BELOW ARE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE WMO HEADINGS. A COMPLETE LIST OF GRIDDED 
MOS WMO HEADINGS IS AVAILABLE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:



    HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/GMOS/GMOSHEADERS.PDF
A WEB PAGE OUTLINING THE GRIDDED MOS GUIDANCE AND THE FTP SERVER 
STRUCTURE CAN BE FOUND AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:



    HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/GMOS.HTML
FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE PRODUCTS OR THE MOS GUIDANCE PLEASE 
CONTACT:



    KATHRYN GILBERT

    MDL/SILVER SPRING MARYLAND

    PHONE:  301-713-0023 EXT. 130

    E-MAIL: KATHRYN.GILBERT@xxxxxxxx
LINKS TO THE MOS PRODUCTS...ALONG WITH DESCRIPTIONS...CAN BE 
FOUND AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:


    HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP
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



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