970620: SST PRODUCTS (fwd)

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• Subject: 970620: SST PRODUCTS (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 07:02:05 -0600 (MDT)

     TO:        HRS SUBSCRIBERS
     
     NCEP HAS IMPLEMENTED THE FOS 2.5X5 AND WAFS 1.25X1.25 GRIB SST
     FIELDS.  THEY ARE WORKING ON THE 2X2 FIELDS.  NCEP IS WORKING ON
     INCLUDING THE BIT MAP WITH THE FIELDS THAT PREVIOUSLY CONTAINED
     THEM AS WELL. 
     
     NOTE:
     
     THE OCTET NO. 4 HAS CHANGED IN THE PRODUCT DEFINITION SECTION
     (PDS) FROM "02" TO "03" TO REFLECT THE CORRECT PARAMETER TABLE
     VERSION NUMBER FOR THE SST FIELDS.
     
     THE HEADERS FOR THE FOS AND WAFS SST FIELDS ARE:
     
     2.5x5 
     HTAA93, HTBA93, HTCA93, HTDA93 (THESE HEADERS ARE CURRENTLY ON
     THE HRS)
     
     1.25x1.25 ---
     HTIA88 (THIS HEADER IS CURRENTLY ON THE HRS), HTJA88, HTKA88,
     HTLA88, HTMA88, HTNA88, HTOA88, HTPA88 (THESE HEADERS ARE NOT
     CURRENTLY ON FOS.  A REQUEST WILL GO OUT TODAY TO PUT THESE
     HEADERS ON THE HRS)
     
      
     SPECIAL NOTE:
     
     WHEN NCEP BEGINS PRODUCING THE SST FIELDS WITH BIT MAPS INCLUDED,
     THEY WILL CORRECT THE 2.5X5 AND 2X2 HEADERS TO SHOW ii AS 88
     INSTEAD OF 93.  YOU WILL BE INFORMED OF THESE HEADER CHANGES.