[nws-changes] 20100108: Additional Temporal Resolution for ECMWF Data on AWIPS.

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 20100108: Additional Temporal Resolution for ECMWF Data on AWIPS.
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:56:30 -0700

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NOXX10 KWBC 081354
DATA MGT MESSAGE 01-10.03

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

CHANGE NOTICE NO 12061
EFFECTIVE DATE JANUARY 12 2010

[12061] ON THE ABOVE EFFECTIVE DATE THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL
TEMPORAL RESOLUTION OF 6-HOUR FORECAST PROJECTIONS FOR THE
EUROPEAN CENTER FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTING [ECMWF]
DATA WILL BE ADDED TO THE AWIPS DATASTREAM.  THE DATA MUST BE
ENCRYPTED BY THE NCF BEFORE DISTRIBUTION TO AWIPS ONLY.

REBECCA COSGROVE [301] 763-8000 EXTENSION 7148 AND JEFF
WALDSTREICHER [631] 244-0131 ARE THE COGNIZANT TECHNICAL
INDIVIDUALS.  ANTHONY ROBINSON [301] 713-1373 EXTENSION 165 IS
THE DRG FOCAL POINT FOR THIS ITEM.

THE FOLLOWING WMO HEADERS WILL BE ADDED TO THE AWIPS DATASTREAM:

WMO HEADER
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1. DATA VOLUME:
 TOTAL OF GRIB FILES ARE 20 FILES [600KB/FILE -> 24 MB PER DAY]
  20 X 600KB x 2 [00Z and 12Z] = 24 MB PER DAY

2. PARAMETERS:
- TMP. RH,HGT,  U AND V WIND COMPONENTS AT 1000, 925,850,700,500,400,
300 AND 250MB

 NOTE:  3-HOUR MIN AND MAX TEMPERATURES [FROM 00 TO 144 HOURS]
        6-HOUR MIN AND MAX TEMPERATURES [FROM 150 TO 240 HOURS]

3. WMO HEADERS  [T1 T2 A1 A2 ii]    CCCC
CCCC  --->  KWBX

T1    --->  L FOR FORECAST HOUR AT [06,18,30,42]

T1    --->  M FOR FORECAST HOUR AT [54,66,78,90,102,
114,126,138,150,162,174,186,198,210,222,234]

T2    --->  T [TMP, TMIN, TMAX]
             R [RH]
             H [HGT]
             U [U GRD]
             V [V GRD]
             E [A PCP]
             A [DPT]

A1   --->   Z [GRID ID 232]
A2   --->   B  FORECAST HOUR  06
           D  FORECAST HOUR   18
           F  FORECAST HOUR   30
           H  FORECAST HOUR   42
           M  FORECAST HOUR   54
           N  FORECAST HOUR   66
           I  FORECAST HOUR   78
           U  FORECAST HOUR   90
           V  FORECAST HOUR   102
           W  FORECAST HOUR   114
           Z  FORECAST HOURS  126, 138, 150, 162, 174,
                              186, 198, 210, 222, 234

ii   -->       98 --SURFACE
               99 –-1000MB
               92 –- 925MB
               85 –- 850MB
               70 –- 700MB
               50 –- 500MB
               40 –- 400MB
               30 –- 300MB
               25 –- 250MB

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
The URL address for our CRM System is listed below.

http://help.nws.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/doit.cgi?201~-533,,,,1:521:1:CIO


THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT
CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW.

http://www.weather.gov/datamgmt/notices.shtml

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