FYI.
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Gilbert Sebenste ********
(My opinions only!) ******
Staff Meteorologist, Northern Illinois University ****
E-mail: sebenste@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ***
web: http://weather.admin.niu.edu **
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NOUS72 KNCF 041722
ADMNCF
THERE WILL BE AN AWIPS SBN/NOAAPORT TEST ON WEDNESDAY AUGUST
5TH 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 1530Z. THE PURPOSE OF THIS TEST
IS TO CONFIRM THAT AN NCF INTERFACE SOFTWARE CHANGE CORRECTLY
PRESERVES THE COMMUNICATIONS CONTROL BLOCK (CCB) PRODUCT
HEADERS OF NOAAPORT-DISSEMINATED PRODUCTS.Â
USERS WHOSE NOAAPORT INGEST SYSTEMS USE THE CCB HEADERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO CHECK NOAAPORT RECEIPT OF THE TEST PRODUCTS TO
ENSURE THE HEADERS CONFORM TO THEIR SYSTEM'S INGEST
PROCESSING. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE CCB HEADERS OF THE
PRODUCTS DISSEMINATED DURING THIS TEST WILL BE FORMATTED
NORMALLY. THIS TEST IS NOT EXPECTED TO SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT
AWIPS FIELD SITES, EXCEPT THAT TEN TEST PRODUCTS WILL BE
RECEIVED AND LOGGED.
FOR THIS TEST, TEN PRODUCTS WILL BE DISSEMINATED ON THE
NOAAPORT NMC2 (TG2/GRIB2 CHANNEL). THE WMO HEADERS
CORRESPONDING TO THESE TEN TEST PRODUCTS APPEAR BELOW:
MHEB20 KWBS
MHEB40 KWBS
MTEB20 KWBS
MTEB25 KWBS
MTEB30 KWBS
MTEB40 KWBS
MUEB20 KWBS
MUEB25 KWBS
MUEB30 KWBS
MVEB25 KWBS
THESE TEN PRODUCTS ARE GRIB2-FORMAT PRODUCTS THAT ARE NOT
ROUTINELY DISSEMINATED ON NOAAPORT TODAY. DISSEMINATION OF
THE ROUTINE OPERATIONAL (NON-TEST) SBN/NOAAPORT PRODUCTS
WILL BE ONGOING BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER THIS TEST. THE
TEN TEST PRODUCTS WILL BE SIMPLY INSERTED INTO THE ROUTINE,
OPERATIONAL NMC2/GRIB2 DATA STREAM. THESE TEN TEST PRODUCTS
ARE A SMALL SAMPLE OF A MUCH LARGER SET OF NCEP HIGH
RESOLUTION WINDOW MODEL PRODUCTS THAT ARE PLANNED FOR
ADDITION TO NOAAPORT LATER THIS YEAR.
