[nws-changes] 201103324: comments-NDGD-Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 201103324: comments-NDGD-Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:21:23 -0600

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Public Information Statement, Comment Request
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
303 PM EDT Thu Mar 24 2011

To:       Subscribers:
          -Family of Services
          -NOAA Weather Wire Service
          -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
          -NOAAPORT
          Other NWS Partners and NWS Employees

From:     Eli Jacks
          Chief, Fire and Public Weather Services Branch

Subject:  Soliciting Comments until July 22, 2011, on three
          experimental ultraviolet radiation grids in the
          National Digital Guidance Database (NDGD)

NWS is accepting comments until Friday, July 22, 2011, on three
NDGD experimental ultraviolet radiation grids. Please submit
comments to the following links.

For the Ultraviolet Index grid:

  http://www.weather.gov/survey/nws-survey.php?code=uvigp

For the Daily Maximum Ultraviolet Index grid:

  http://www.weather.gov/survey/nws-survey.php?code=DMUVIgp

For the Downward Short Wave Radiation Flux grid:

  http://www.weather.gov/survey/nws-survey.php?code=DSWRFgp

Experimental Ultraviolet Index, Daily Maximum Ultraviolet Index
and Downward Short Wave Radiation Flux grids are available in
the NDGD.  These grids will be derived automatically from the
1200 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) model run of the Global
Forecast System (GFS) for the Conterminous United States
(CONUS).  The Ultraviolet Index grids will be available for each
daylight hour out to 48 hours, while the Daily Maximum
Ultraviolet Index grids will be available once per day out to
120 hours and the Downward Short Wave Radiation Flux grids will
be available for every third daylight hour out to 120 hours.
More detail regarding these experimental grids is available in a
Product Description Document (PDD) online at:

  http://products.weather.gov/detaile.php?selrow=422

To access the experimental grids use the following URLs:

For ftp access:

ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/ST.expr/DF.gr2/DC.ndgd/GT.d
nggfs

For http access:

http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/ST.expr/DF.gr2/DC.ndgd/G
T.dnggfs

General information on accessing and using NDGD elements is
available online at:

  http://www.weather.gov/ndgd/technical.shtml

At the conclusion of the comment period, the NWS will evaluate
all comments and decide whether to declare the experimental
grids operational, discontinue the experimental grids or re-
submit the grids for another experimental period.

For technical questions regarding NDGD data, please contact:

    David Ruth
    Chief, Mesoscale Prediction Branch
    National Weather Service
    Office of Science and Technology
    1325 East West Highway
    Silver Spring Maryland 20910
    David.Ruth@xxxxxxxx

For questions regarding this notice, please contact:

    Jannie G. Ferrell
    National Weather Service
    Office of Climate Water and Weather Services
    1325 East West Highway
    Silver Spring Maryland 20910
    Jannie.G.Ferrell@xxxxxxxx

National Public Information Notices are online at:

    http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm

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