[nws-changes] 20071126: removal of NGM-LAMP guidance Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC]

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851 NOUS41 KWBC 261308
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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 07-94
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
808 AM EST MON NOV 26 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: REMOVAL OF NGM-LAMP GUIDANCE PRODUCTS FROM NWS WEB SITES AND FTP SERVERS AND REPLACEMENT BY THE LOCALIZED
         AVIATION MOS PROGRAM: EFFECTIVE JANUARY 15 2008

EFFECTIVE TUESDAY JANUARY 15 2008...BEGINNING WITH THE 1400 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/ RUN...THE NWS WILL NO LONGER PRODUCE NESTED GRID MODEL /NGM/-BASED LOCAL AWIPS MOS PROGRAM /LAMP/ GUIDANCE. A PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT WAS ISSUED ON AUGUST 13 2007 REQUESTING COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED TERMINATION OF THE NGM-LAMP PRODUCT. BASED ON THE RESPONSES RECEIVED...THE DECISION WAS MADE TO TERMINATE THE PRODUCT. FOR DETAILS ABOUT THIS DECISION PLEASE SEE THE MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
 HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/INFOSERVICECHANGES/TERMNGMLAMP.PDF

THE GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM /GFS/- LAMP SYSTEM...RENAMED THE LOCALIZED AVIATION MOS PROGRAM...REPLACES THE NGM-LAMP PRODUCT. CURRENTLY THE NEW GFS-BASED LAMP SYSTEM IS RUNNING OPERATIONALLY WITH MORE CYCLES THAN THE NGM-BASED LAMP SYSTEM AND WILL EVENTUALLY PROVIDE UPDATED GUIDANCE EVERY HOUR OF THE DAY. IN ADDITION THE NUMBER OF STATIONS FOR WHICH FORECASTS ARE GENERATED IN THE NEW GFS-LAMP SYSTEM HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED FROM THE NGM-LAMP SYSTEM. WITH THE REMOVAL OF THE NGM-LAMP SYSTEM...THE NGM-LAMP GUIDANCE WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE ON THE NWS WEB PAGE OF /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

 HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/LAMP/NGMLAMP.SHTML

THE NGM-LAMP PRODUCTS LISTED BELOW WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE ON THE NWS FTP SERVER /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/ TGFTP.NWS.NOAA.GOV:

NGM-LAMP ASCII TEXT BULLETINS LOCATED ON THE NWS FTP SERVER IN THE FOLLOWING DIRECTORY WITH THE FOLLOWING FILENAMES /USE LOWER CASE EXCEPT FOR THE SL...DF...AND DC/:

     SL.US008001/DF.ANF/DC.LAMP/CY.HH.TXT

WHERE HH IS THE CYCLE OF THE NGM-LAMP GUIDANCE IN UTC...AND CAN BE ANY OF 02...05...08...11...14...17...20...OR 23.

NGM-LAMP GRIB1 QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECASTS LOCATED ON THE NWS FTP SERVER IN THE FOLLOWING DIRECTORY WITH THE FOLLOWING FILENAMES /USE LOWER CASE EXCEPT FOR THE SL...DF...DC...AND RD/:

SL.US008001/DF.GR1/DC.LAMP/RD.YYYYMMDD/CY.HH.BIN

WHERE YYYY IS THE CURRENT YEAR IN 4 DIGITS...MM IS THE CURRENT MONTH IN TWO DIGITS...AND DD IS THE CURRENT DAY IN TWO DIGITS. HH IS THE CYCLE OF THE NGM-LAMP GUIDANCE IN UTC...AND CAN BE ANY OF 02...05...08...11...14...17...20...OR 23.

FOR YOUR REFERENCE KEY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE NGM-LAMP SYSTEM AND THE GFS-LAMP SYSTEM ARE SUMMARIZED AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
 WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MDL/GFSLAMP/DOCS/PLAN_NGMLAMP_REMOVAL.SHTML

FOR MORE DETAILS ON THE NEW GFS-LAMP SYSTEM, PLEASE SEE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
 HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MDL/LAMP/

FOR 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@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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