DM08-04.10 - IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW CLIMATE FORECAST SYSTEM/REMOVAL OF

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• Subject: DM08-04.10 - IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW CLIMATE FORECAST SYSTEM/REMOVAL OF
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 11:19:17 -0600

EXISTING SEASONAL FORECAST MODEL

NOXX10KWBC 231403
DM MESSAGE 08-04.10

TO  AWIPS/NOAAPORT USERS... FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/
SUBSCRIBERS EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION
NETWORK /EMWIN/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/
CUSTOMERS... WAFS USERS... GTS USERS... NWS FAX CHART USERS...
AND NWS FTP SERVER USERS

FROM RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT

SUBJECT IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW CLIMATE FORECAST SYSTEM
       EFFECTIVE 1200 UTC AUGUST 24 2004...AND

       REMOVAL OF EXISTING SEASONAL FORECAST MODEL
       EFFECTIVE 1200 UTC NOVEMBER 2 2004

ON AUGUST 24 2004 THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
PREDICTION /NCEP/ WILL IMPLEMENT THE NEW CLIMATE FORECAST SYSTEM
/CFS/ ON ITS CENTRAL COMPUTING SYSTEM /CCS/ IN GAITHERSBURG MD.
THE CFS IS THE FIRST EVER FULLY COUPLED OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE
PREDICTION SYSTEM DEVELOPED AT NOAA.  IT PRODUCES A SET OF
OPERATIONAL SEASONAL FORECASTS USING AN INTERACTIVE OCEAN-LAND-
ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM.

THE CFS WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING SEASONAL FORECAST MODEL /SFM/
WHICH WILL BE REMOVED ON NOVEMBER 2 2004.  INFORMATION ON THE
CFS AND ITS DATA SETS CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE:

http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/gmb/ssaha/cfs_data/cfs_data.pdf

DATA SETS FROM THE NEW CFS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE NWS FTP
SERVER AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS;

- FORECAST OUTPUT:

ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/ST.opnl/MT.cfs_MR.fcst/RD.{
YYYYMMDD}/PA.monthavg/PT.grid_DF.gr1/

- MONTHLY AVERAGE HISTORICAL CLIMATE OUTPUT:

ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/ST.opnl/MT.cfs_MR.clim/RD.{
YYYYMMDD}/PA.monthavg/PT.grid_DF.gr1/

- SEASONAL AVERAGE HISTORICAL CLIMATE OUTPUT:

ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/ST.opnl/MT.cfs_MR.clim/RD.{
YYYYMMDD}/PA.seasavg/PT.grid_DF.gr1/

/IN THE ABOVE URLS?YYYYMMDD IS THE CURRENT DATE./

THE EXISTING SFM WILL BE RUN IN PARALLEL WITH THE CFS FOR A
SHORT TIME...THEN ON NOVEMBER 2 2004 NCEP WILL DISCONTINUE THE
SFM.   ON THIS DATE THE DATA IN THE FOLLOWING DIRECTORIES ON THE
NWS FTP SERVER WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE:

ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/ST.opnl/MT.clim_MR.fcst/

AND

ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/ST.opnl/MT.clim_MR.hind/

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS CONCERNING THESE ADDITIONS
AND DELETIONS...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

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
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