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PNSWSH TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 07-07 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 945 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007TO: 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
CHIEF...SCIENCE PLANS BRANCH
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY /OST/
SUBJECT: NEW GFS MOS PRECIPITATION GUIDANCE FOR ISLAND
LOCATIONS IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN:
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY APRIL 24 2007
ATTENTION USERS OF THE MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS /MOS/ GUIDANCE:
ON TUESDAY APRIL 24 2007...BEGINNING WITH THE 1200 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/ MODEL CYCLE...THE NWS WILL MAKE AVAILABLE NEW GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM /GFS/ MOS PRECIPITATION GUIDANCE FOR 15 STATIONS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN TO THE WEST OF THE HAWAII ISLANDS...FOR SHORT RANGE PROJECTIONS. THE MOS GUIDANCE OF PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION FOR A 12-HR PERIOD...PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION FOR A 6-HR PERIOD...AND PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION ON THE HOUR WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THESE SITES. THIS GUIDANCE WILL BE ADDED TO THE EXISTING PRODUCTS WHOSE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS ARE SHOWN BELOW IN TABLES 1 AND 2. NOTE THAT THE PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION ON THE HOUR WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE IN THE BINARY UNIVERSAL FORM FOR THE REPRESENTATION OF METEOROLOGICAL DATA (BUFR) PRODUCTS. TABLE 1: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE HAWAII GFS MOS TEXT AND BUFR PRODUCTS.
WMO HEADING AWIPS ID MESSAGE TYPE
FOPA20 KWNOMAVPA0TEXT JSMT20 KWNON/ABUFRPRECIPITATION GUIDANCE WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR THESE TWO STATIONS IN THE HAWAII GFS MOS MESSAGES:
STATION ID STATION NAME NSTU PAGO PAGO...AMERICAN SAMOA PMDY MIDWAY ISLANDTABLE 2: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR GFS-BASED MOS TEXT AND BUFR PRODUCTS VALID FOR ISLAND STATIONS TO THE WEST OF INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE.
WMO HEADING AWIPS IDMESSAGE TYPE
FOPA21 KWNO MAVPA1TEXT JSML38 KWNO N/A BUFRPRECIPITATION GUIDANCE WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR THESE 13 ISLAND STATIONS IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN GFS MOS MESSAGES:
STATION ID STATION NAME PGRO ROTA INTL AIRPORT/ROTA ISL...MARIANA IS. PGSN SAIPAN...MARIANA IS. PGUA ANDERSON AFB...GUAM PGUM GUAM INTL AIRPORT...GUAM PGWT WEST TINIAN...NORTHERN MARIANA IS. PKMR MAJURO ATOLL WSO...MARSHALL IS. PKWA KWAJALEIN...MARSHALL IS. PTKK CHUUK...MICRONESIA PTKR KOROR WSO...PALAU PTSA KOSRAE...MICRONESIA PTTP POHNPEI WSO...MICRONESIA PTYA YAP...MICRONESIA PWAK WAKE ISLANDTHE COMPLETE GFS MOS STATION LIST CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/STADRG.HTML
THE LINK TO THESE PRODUCTS...ALONG WITH THE DESCRIPTION CAN BE
FOUND ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/PRODUCTS.SHTML
A TECHNICAL DOCUMENT DESCRIBING THE FORMAT OF THE BULLETIN FOR
THE WESTERN PACIFIC SITES IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE
LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/TPB/MDLTPB05-01.PDF
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PRODUCT OR THE MOS GUIDANCE
SYSTEM...PLEASE CONTACT:
JAMES SU
MDL/SILVER SPRING MARYLAND
PHONE 301-713-0023 EXT. 139
E-MAIL JAMES.SU@xxxxxxxx
THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE
ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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