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PNSWSH TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 07-48 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 246 PM EDT THU JUL 12 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: ADDITION OF NEW CYCLES FOR GFS-BASED LAMP GUIDANCE:
EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 26 2007
ATTENTION USERS OF THE GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM /GFS/-BASED LOCALIZED AVIATION MOS PROGRAM /LAMP/ GUIDANCE:
EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 26 2007 BEGINNING WITH THE 0400 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/ RUN...THE NWS WILL PRODUCE FOUR ADDITIONAL CYCLES OF THE NEW SHORT RANGE /1 - 25 HOUR/ GFS-BASED LAMP GUIDANCE AND DISSEMINATE THEM ON THE SATELLITE BROADCAST NETWORK /SBN/...NOAAPORT AND THE NWS FTP SERVER. THE FOUR NEW LAMP CYCLES ARE 0400...0500...1000...AND 1100 UTC.
THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE EIGHT EXISTING LAMP CYCLES OF 0000...0300...0600...0900...1200...1500...1800 AND 2100 UTC...AND BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF OPERATIONAL LAMP CYCLES UP TO 12. ADDITIONAL CYCLES...FOR A TOTAL OF 24 CYCLES...WILL BE ADDED AT A LATER DATE. THESE GUIDANCE PRODUCTS WILL BE IN BUFR...ASCII AND GRIB2 FORMAT. THE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE BUFR...ASCII AND GRIB2 PRODUCTS ARE SHOWN BELOW IN TABLES 1...2 AND 3 RESPECTIVELY. A WEB PAGE OUTLINING THE LAMP GUIDANCE CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/GFSLAMP/DOCS/GFSLAMP_INFO.SHTMLTABLE 1: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE GFS-BASED LAMP PRODUCTS IN BUFR FORMAT. LISTED BELOW ARE THE WMO HEADINGS:
WMO HEADING REGION JSMF10 KWNO LAMP BUFR PACIFIC REGIONJSMF11 KWNO LAMP BUFR NORTHEAST REGION JSMF12 KWNO LAMP BUFR SOUTHEAST REGION JSMF13 KWNO LAMP BUFR NORTH CENTRAL REGION JSMF14 KWNO LAMP BUFR SOUTH CENTRAL REGION JSMF15 KWNO LAMP BUFR ROCKY MOUNTAINS REGION JSMF16 KWNO LAMP BUFR WEST COAST REGION JSMF17 KWNO LAMP BUFR ALASKA TABLE 2: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIER FOR THE GFS-BASED LAMP PRODUCTS IN ASCII FORMAT. LISTED BELOW IS THE WMO HEADING AND AWIPS IDENTIFIER:
WMO HEADING AWIPS ID FOUS11 KWNO LAVUSATABLE 3: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE GFS-BASED LAMP GRIDDED THUNDERSTORM PRODUCTS IN GRIB2 FORMAT. EACH GRIB2 PRODUCT HAS A UNIQUE WMO HEADING. LISTED BELOW ARE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE WMO HEADINGS.
WMO HEADING ELEMENT LAUXXX KWNO 2-HR PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMSLBUXXX KWNO 2-HR CATEGORICAL FORECASTS OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING
A COMPLETE LIST OF WMO HEADINGS FOR LAMP GRIDDED THUNDERSTORM GUIDANCE IS AVAILABLE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/GFSLAMP/DOCS/LAMPHEADERS.PDF LINKS TO THE GFS-LAMP PRODUCTS...ALONG WITH DESCRIPTIONS...CAN BE FOUND AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/LAMPIF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE PRODUCTS OR THE LAMP GUIDANCE...PLEASE CONTACT:
JUDY GHIRARDELLI MDL/SILVER SPRING MARYLAND PHONE: 301-713-0056 EXT. 194 E-MAIL: JUDY.GHIRARDELLI@xxxxxxxxTHIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
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