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NWS Data Management Change Notices web page at the following URL. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/datamgmt/notices.shtml 2004/08/03 1200 DM 07-04.02 CHANGE TO NCEP GLOBAL MODEL BUFR SOUNDING PRODUCTS NOXX10 KWBC 061553 DM MESSAGE 07-04.02 TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICES FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS OTHER CUSTOMERS OF NCEP ETA MODEL FORECASTS FROM: JOHN WARD CHIEF...PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT BRANCH NATIONAL CETNERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDITICTION /NCEP/ CENTRAL OPERATIONS /NCO/ SUBJECT: CHANGE TO NCEP GLOBAL MODEL BUFR SOUNDING PRODUCTS ...EFFECTIVE 1200 UTC AUGUST 3 2004ON THE ABOVE EFFECTIVE DATE THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION /NCEP/ WILL UPGRADE THE GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM /GFS/ MODEL BUFR SOUNDING PRODUCTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE ON THE NCEP AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPERATIONS CENTER /TOC/ FTP SERVERS. THE GFS BUFR SOUNDING DATA ON THE NWS SERVER ARE LOCATED AT:
ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/ST.opnl/MT.gfs_CY.{CC}/RD.{YYYYMMDD}/PT.sndn_DF .buf/ THE GFS BUFR SOUNDING DATA ON THE NCEP SERVER ARE LOCATED AT: ftp://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/gfs/prod/gfs.{YYYYMMDD}/bufr.t{CC}z//IN THE ABOVE URLS?YYYYMMDD IS THE CURRENT DATE AND CC IS THE CYCLE?00? 06? 12? OR 18 UTC./
THIS UPGRADE WILL PRODUCE TWO NOTICEABLE CHANGES TO USERS OF THESE DATA. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BUFR SOUNDINGS WILL INCREASE FROM 662 TO 1567. THIS WILL MAKE THE GFS DATA SET SIMILAR TO THE ONE PRODUCED FROM THE NCEP ETA MODEL AND WILL INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE DATA SET FROM 42 MB PER CYCLE TO 100 MB PER CYCLE. ADDITIONALLY?THE FILE NAMES OF THESE DATA WILL BE CHANGED SO THAT THEY WILL USE A 6 DIGIT UPPER AIR STATION ID INSTEAD OF THE CURRENT 5 DIGIT ID.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS CONCERNING THESE ADDITIONS...PLEASE CONTACT: JOHN WARD PHONE: 301 763 8000 X 7185 E-MAIL: JOHN.WARD@xxxxxxxx OR BRENT GORDON PHONE: 301 763 8000 X 7193 E-MAIL: BRENT.GORDON@xxxxxxxx FOR FOS/NOAAPORT AND NON-AWIPS CUSTOMERS - IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING ROUTING OR WOULD LIKE TO ADD THESE PRODUCTS TO YOUR DATASTREAM PLEASE CONTACT. Data Management EMail nws.dm@xxxxxxxx THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/datamgmt/index.html DATA MANAGEMENT TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER RTH WASHINGTON SENDS -- For assistance use the following online trouble ticketing reporting system http://help.nws.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/doit.cgi?201~-506,,,,1:467:1 -- Regards, Richard Robinson W/CIO11 5326 Data Manager Work: (301) 713-0880 ext. 179 Cell: (240) 393-3337 Fax: (301) 713-1409 Email: Richard.Robinson@xxxxxxxx
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