20040920: Eta-based MOS Wind and Temp Guidance-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC

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• Subject: 20040920: Eta-based MOS Wind and Temp Guidance-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 06:42:06 -0600

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NOUS41 KWBC 201211
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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 04-51
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
810 AM EST MON SEPTEMBER 20 2004

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:     PAUL HIRSCHBERG
         CHIEF...SCIENCE PLANS BRANCH
         OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY /OST/

SUBJECT:  ADDITION OF ETA-BASED MOS WIND AND TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE
 FOR MARINE LOCATIONS... EFFECTIVE LATE JANUARY 2005

NOTE:     THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER
         WIRE SUBSCRIBERS

ATTENTION USERS OF THE MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS /MOS/ GUIDANCE...

IN LATE JANUARY 2005 THE NWS WILL ADD NEW MOS GUIDANCE
PRODUCTS CONTAINING WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION... AIR TEMPERATURE...
AND DEW POINT TEMPERATURE FOR MARINE SITES.  THE NEW MOS GUIDANCE IS
BASED ON THE ETA MODEL AND WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE 0000 AND 1200
UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME /UTC/ MODEL RUNS FOR 121 STATIONS.  THE
GUIDANCE WILL BE AVAILABLE IN BOTH ALPHANUMERIC AND BUFR FORMAT.  THE
COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE ALPHANUMERIC BULLETINS ARE SHOWN IN
TABLE 1.  THE NEW ETA MOS BUFR PRODUCTS DESCRIBED IN TIN 04-52 CONTAIN
GUIDANCE FOR BOTH MARINE AND LAND SITES.  THE PRODUCTS WILL BE AVAILABLE
FROM THE NWS GATEWAY...THE NWS FTP SERVER /TGFTP/...AND THE MDL WEB PAGES.
A FOLLOW-ON ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE SENT WITH AN EXACT IMPLEMENTATION
DATE WHEN OPERATIONAL SCHEDULES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED.

REFERENCED BELOW IS A WEBPAGE PROVIDING MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING THE
STATIONS FOR WHICH GUIDANCE IS AVAILABLE AND SAMPLE TEXT PRODUCTS.

TABLE 1.  COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE ALPHANUMERIC
BULLETINS OF ETA-BASED MOS GUIDANCE AT MARINE STATIONS.  THE
AWIPS IDS ARE MMEXXX...WHERE XXX DENOTES THE GEOGRAPHIC REGION
FOR WHICH THE GUIDANCE IS VALID.

    WMO HEADING         AWIPS ID       REGION

    FQPA40 KWNO         MMEHI1         PACIFIC
    FQUS41 KWNO         MMENE1         NORTHEAST
    FQUS42 KWNO         MMESE1         SOUTHEAST
    FQUS43 KWNO         MMEGL1         GREAT LAKES
    FQUS44 KWNO         MMEGF1         GULF OF MEXICO
    FQUS45 KWNO         MMENW1         NORTHWEST
    FQUS46 KWNO         MMESW1         SOUTHWEST
    FQAK47 KWNO         MMEAK1         ALASKA


A WEBPAGE WITH MORE INFORMATION AND SAMPLE TEXT PRODUCTS CAN BE
FOUND ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

  HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/MARINEDESC.HTM


IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE CHANGES TO THE MOS GUIDANCE
SYSTEM...PLEASE CONTACT:

CHRISTOPHER MCALOON
MDL/SILVER SPRING MARYLAND
PHONE:  301 713 0023 EXT. 141
E-MAIL: CHRISTOPHER.MCALOON@xxxxxxxx

LINKS TO THE MOS PRODUCTS...ALONG WITH DESCRIPTIONS...CAN BE FOUND
AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

  HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/PRODUCTS.SHTML


THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE
ON THE INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/

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

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