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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 07-82
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1130 AM EDT WED OCTOBER 24 2007
TO: 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 GFS-BASED GRIDDED MOS GUIDANCE FOR ALASKA: EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 26 2008
EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 26 2008...THE NWS WILL PRODUCE NEW GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM /GFS/ -BASED GRIDDED MOS GUIDANCE FOR ALASKA AND DISSEMINATE IT ON THE SATELLITE BROADCAST NETWORK /SBN/... NOAAPORT...AND THE NWS FTP SERVER. THESE GUIDANCE PRODUCTS WILL BE IN GRIB2 FORMAT. THE NEW COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THESE PRODUCTS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1 BELOW. THE GRIDDED MOS PRODUCTS WILL CONTAIN GUIDANCE ON A ROUGHLY 3 KM POLAR STEREOGRAPHIC GRID COVERING THE SAME EXPANSE AS THE NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE /NDFD/ ALASKA GRID. GRIDS WILL BE GENERATED FROM THE 0000 AND 1200 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME /UTC/ MODEL RUNS AT PROJECTIONS OF 1 TO 7 DAYS IN ADVANCE. GUIDANCE WILL INITIALLY BE AVAILABLE FOR THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS WITH OTHERS TO BE ADDED AT A LATER DATE:
DAYTIME MAXIMUM AND NIGHTTIME MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
2-METER SPOT TEMPERATURE
2-METER SPOT DEWPOINT TEMPERATURE
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WIND SPEED
WIND DIRECTION
PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION /6 AND 12 HOUR/
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS /3...6...AND 12 HOUR/
THE ALASKA PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORM GUIDANCE WILL ONLY BE
VALID DURING THE WARM SEASON FROM MAY 1 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30.
A WEB PAGE PROVIDING MORE INFORMATION REGARDING GRID SPECIFICATIONS...GRIB2 ENCODING AND ELEMENTS FOR WHICH GUIDANCE IS AVAILABLE IS REFERENCED BELOW.
THE GRIB2 PRODUCTS WILL BE PROVIDED AS PART OF THE NATIONAL DIGITAL GUIDANCE DATABASE /NDGD/. THEY WILL INITIALLY BE AVAILABLE ON THE NWS FTP SERVER AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS EXCEPT FOR SL...ST...DF...DC...GT...AND AR/:
FTP://TGFTP.NWS.NOAA.GOV/SL.US008001/ST.EXPR/DF.GR2/DC.NDGD/GT.MO SGFS/AR.ALASKATABLE 1: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE GFS-BASED GRIDDED MOS GRIB2 PRODUCTS FOR ALASKA. EACH GRIB2 PRODUCT HAS A UNIQUE WMO HEADER. LISTED BELOW ARE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE WMO HEADERS. A COMPLETE LIST OF GRIDDED MOS WMO HEADERS IS AVAILABLE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/GMOS/GMOSHEADERS.PDF
WMO HEADING ELEMENT
LBRXXX KWBQ WIND DIRECTION
LCRXXX KWBQ WIND SPEED
LDRXXX KWBQ 12-HR PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION
LERXXX KWBQ 2-METER TEMPERATURE
LFRXXX KWBQ 2-METER DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
LGRXXX KWBQ DAYTIME MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE
LHRXXX KWBQ NIGHTTIME MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
LJRXXX KWBQ 6-HR PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS
LRRXXX KWBQ RELATIVE HUMIDITY
LURXXX KWBQ 6-HR PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION
LXRXXX KWBQ 12-HR PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS
LYRXXX KWBQ 3-HR PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS
A WEB PAGE OUTLINING THE GRIDDED MOS GUIDANCE AND THE FTP SERVER
STRUCTURE CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/GMOS.HTMLIF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE PRODUCTS OR THE MOS GUIDANCE... PLEASE CONTACT:
KATHRYN GILBERT MDL/SILVER SPRING MARYLAND PHONE: 301-713-0023 EXT. 130 E-MAIL: KATHRYN.GILBERT@xxxxxxxxLINKS TO THE MOS PRODUCTS...ALONG WITH DESCRIPTIONS... CAN BE FOUND AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/...
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOPTHIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT THE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/...
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM $$ NNNN
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