950803: NGM-MOS Guidance NOUS41 (fwd)

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• Subject: 950803: NGM-MOS Guidance NOUS41 (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 13:11:16 -0600 (MDT)

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NOUS41 KWBC 031753
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NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION MESSAGE 95-27  UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
0200 PM EDT THU AUG 3 1995

TO:       USERS OF ALPHANUMERIC PRODUCTS CONTAINING THE NGM-      
          BASED MOS GUIDANCE FOR THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES

FROM:     JOE BOCCHIERI
          CHIEF SERVICES EVALUATION BRANCH

SUBJECT:  IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW STATIONS FOR NGM MOS GUIDANCE DELAY



BECAUSE OF HURRICANE ERIN... THE NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL CENTER (NMC)
WILL NOT IMPLEMENT THIS WEEK THE CHANGES NECESSARY TO DISSEMINATE THE
NGM MOS GUIDANCE FOR THE 36 NEW SITES AS DESCRIBED IN NTIM-27 ISSUED ON
JULY 28TH.  TENTATIVELY... NMC WILL IMPLEMENT THE CHANGES DURING THE 12Z
CYCLE ON AUGUST 8TH. 
 
EFFECTIVE WITH THE 1200 UTC CYCLE ON AUGUST 8... 1995... 36
ADDITIONAL STATIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE ALPHANUMERIC
PRODUCTS CONTAINING THE NGM-BASED MOS GUIDANCE FOR THE CONTIGUOUS
UNITED STATES.  THIS GUIDANCE WILL CONTINUE TO BE DISTRIBUTED
UNDER WMO HEADER FOUS14 KWBC AND THE FWC CATEGORY ON AFOS.

THE NGM-BASED MOS GUIDANCE IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR 529
STATIONS.  THE ADDITION OF THE NEW STATIONS WILL INCREASE THE
SPATIAL COVERAGE OF AVAILABLE INFORMATION.  NO CHANGES WILL OCCUR
IN THE FORMAT OF THE MESSAGE ITSELF.  GUIDANCE WILL CONTINUE TO
BE AVAILABLE FOR THE 6- THROUGH 60-H PROJECTIONS.  ALSO... AS IS
DONE CURRENTLY... THE MESSAGE WILL BE PREPARED TWICE DAILY AROUND
0400 UTC AND 1600 UTC AND WILL BE BASED ON THE 0000 AND 1200 UTC
FORECAST CYCLES... RESPECTIVELY... OF THE NGM. 
 
TECHNICAL PROCEDURES BULLETIN (TPB) NO. 408 ENTITLED "NGM-BASED
MOS GUIDANCE - THE FOUS14/FWC MESSAGE" DESCRIBES THE CONTENTS OF
THE MESSAGE AND LISTS THE CURRENT 529 STATIONS FOR WHICH NGM MOS
GUIDANCE IS TRANSMITTED.  A REVISED APPENDIX TO TPB NO. 408 WILL
CONTAIN THE EXPANDED LIST OF STATIONS WITH GUIDANCE.  THE
FOLLOWING LIST CONTAINS THE CALL LETTERS OF THE 36 STATIONS THAT
ARE BEING ADDED

               ABY  AKO  AMG  AYS  BAF  BRD  CAG  CID  COD 
               DXR  ECG  EMP  FOD  GCC  GON  HIB  HLC  HVN 
               INT  IRK  LAR  MCK  MHK  MIV  NXX  NZW  OTM  
               P35  RIW  RWL  SLN  SNY  SZL  TEB  WRI  3OI
                          
NWS OFFICES WILL RECEIVE AN AFOS CHANGE NOTICE WHICH INCLUDES THE
LIST OF THE NEW STATIONS... AND THE AFOS IDENTIFIERS.  FAMILY OF
SERVICES USERS WILL RECEIVE A GENERAL NOTIFICATION (GENOT)
MESSAGE (WMO HEADER NOFS1 KWBC) REGARDING THESE CHANGES.

USERS OF THE FOUS14 MESSAGE ARE REFERRED TO THE AFOREMENTIONED
TPB AND THE APPENDIX DATED MARCH 25... 1994... FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION ON THE MESSAGE FORMAT.  COPIES OF EITHER OF THESE
DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE FROM

     W/OM23
     NWS... SERVICES DEVELOPMENT BRANCH
     1325 EAST WEST HIGHWAY #13466
     SILVER SPRING... MD  20910

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NEW STATIONS... CALL
PAUL DALLAVALLE AT 301-763-8151.
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