20020813: digital fcst prods-So Reg-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)

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• Subject: 20020813: digital fcst prods-So Reg-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 12:30:10 -0600

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NOUS41 KWBC 131505
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 02-44
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1105 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2002

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:     JAMES E. LEE
         CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH

SUBJECT:  DIGITAL FORECAST PRODUCT FROM SOUTHERN REGION NATIONAL
         WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICES

SEVERAL SOUTHERN REGION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICES
HAVE BEGUN ISSUING AN EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCT CALLED THE DIGITAL
FORECAST PRODUCT.  THOSE FORECAST OFFICES ARE AS FOLLOWS:

    WFO                  LOCATION ID

    AMARILLO TEXAS           AMA
    ATLANTA GEORGIA          FFC
    BROWNSVILLE TEXAS        BRO
    FORT WORTH TEXAS         FWD
    HOUSTON TEXAS            HGX
    MEMPHIS TENNESSEE        MEG
    MIAMI FLORIDA            MFL
    MORRISTOWN TENNESSEE     MRX
    NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA    LIX
    NORMAN OKLAHOMA          OUN
    SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA     SHV
    TULSA OKLAHOMA           TSA

THE DIGITAL FORECAST PRODUCT DISPLAYS FORECAST WEATHER
PARAMETERS IN 3-HOUR AND 12-HOUR INTERVALS.  THE DIGITAL FORMAT
OF THIS PRODUCT PROMOTES QUICK VISUAL SCANNING OF SELECTED
WEATHER ELEMENTS AND FACILITATES EASE OF USE WITH COMPUTERS.  IT
ALLOWS THE USER TO OBTAIN THE WEATHER PARAMETER/S/ OF CHOICE.

TABLE 1 BELOW CONTAINS THE WMO HEADING AND AWIPS IDENTIFIER FOR
THIS PRODUCT FROM EACH FORECAST OFFICE.  CUSTOMERS WILL NEED TO
ADD THESE IDENTIFIERS TO THEIR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS IF THEY WISH
TO RECEIVE THE DIGITAL FORECAST.

TABLE 1: NWS SOUTHERN REGION DIGITAL FORECAST IDENTIFIERS.

    OFFICE              WMO HEADING    AWIPS IDENTIFIER

    AMARILLO /AMA/      FOUS54 KAMA    RDFAMA
    ATLANTA /ATL/       FOUS52 KFFC    RDFATL
    BROWNSVILLE /BRO/   FOUS54 KBRO    RDFBRO
    FORT WORTH /FWD/    FOUS54 KFWD    RDFFTW
    HOUSTON /HGX/       FOUS54 KHGX    RDFHGX
    MEMPHIS /MEG/       FOUS54 KMEG    RDFMEM
    MIAMI /MFL/         FOUS52 KMFL    RDFMFL
    MORRISTOWN /MRX/    FOUS54 KMRX    RDFMRX
    NEW ORLEANS /LIX/   FOUS54 KLIX    RDFNEW
    NORMAN /OUN/        FOUS54 KOUN    RDFOKC
    SHREVEPORT /SHV/    FOUS54 KSHV    RDFSHV
    TULSA /TSA/         FOUS54 KTSA    RDFTUL

THE FOLLOWING LINKS WILL PROVIDE EXAMPLES OF THE DIGITAL FORECAST
PRODUCT:

AMARILLO - http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/LBB/RDF/LBBRDFAMA.1.txt
ATLANTA - http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ffc/html/rdfexp.htm
BROWNSVILLE- http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/SAT/RDF/SATRDFBRO.1.txt
FORT WORTH -
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/fwd/cgi-bin/get_text.pl?+FTWRDFFTW+1
HOUSTON - http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/SAT/RDF/SATRDFHGX.1.txt
MEMPHIS - http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/MEM/RDF/MEMRDFMEM.1.txt
MIAMI -
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mia/newpage/cgi-bin/master.pl?suite=text&;
prod=MIARDFMFL&hours=12&name=Revised\sDigital\sForecast
MORRISTOWN - http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/MEM/RDF/MEMRDFMRX.1.txt
NEW ORLEANS- http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/NEW/RDF/NEWRDFNEW.1.txt
NORMAN - http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/products/rdf/oklahoma.php
SHREVEPORT - http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/NEW/RDF/NEWRDFSHV.1.txt
TULSA -
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tulsa/cgi-bin/get_text.pl?OKCRDFTUL+1

FURTHER DETAILS ON HOW TO INTERPRET THIS PRODUCT CAN BE FOUND ON
THE ATLANTA WFO WEB SITE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

      HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/FFC/HTML/RDFEXP.HTM

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS PRODUCT...PLEASE
CALL MELINDA BAILEY...PUBLIC SERVICE METEOROLOGIST...AT SOUTHERN
REGION HEADQUARTERS IN FORT WORTH TEXAS...AT 817-978-1100 EXT
107.

THIS NOTICE AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ON THE INTERNET
AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

      WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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