20040920: short-range GFS-based MOS BUFR prods-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC

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• Subject: 20040920: short-range GFS-based MOS BUFR prods-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 06:47:13 -0600

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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 04-54
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
825 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 NEW SHORT-RANGE GFS-BASED MOS BUFR PRODUCTS...
 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 PRODUCE NEW GFS-BASED BUFR PRODUCTS
CONTAINING MOS GUIDANCE FOR 6 TO 84 HOURS FROM THE 0000... 0600...
1200... AND 1800 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME /UTC/ MODEL RUNS. THESE NEW BUFR
PRODUCTS WILL CONTAIN ADDITIONAL STATIONS AND AN ENHANCED SET OF ELEMENTS...
INCLUDING REDEFINED CATEGORIES FOR CEILING HEIGHT... SKY COVER... AND
VISIBILITY GUIDANCE. THE NEW COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THESE PRODUCTS ARE
SHOWN IN TABLE 1. THE PRODUCTS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE NWS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS GATEWAY...THE NWS FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL /FTP/ SERVER
/TGFTP/...AND THE METEOROLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT LAB /MDL/ WEB PAGES.  A WEBPAGE
PROVIDING MORE INFORMATION REGARDING PROJECTIONS AND ELEMENTS FOR WHICH
GUIDANCE IS AVAILABLE IS REFERENCED BELOW. A FOLLOW-ON ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE
SENT WITH AN EXACT IMPLEMENTATION DATE WHEN OPERATIONAL SCHEDULES HAVE BEEN
ESTABLISHED.  THESE PRODUCTS WILL EVENTUALLY REPLACE THE EXISTING GFS-BASED
MOS BUFR PRODUCTS.  AN OVERLAP OF AT LEAST NINE MONTHS WILL OCCUR TO ALLOW
USERS TIME TO TRANSITION TO THE NEW PRODUCTS.  NOTIFICATION WILL BE SENT PRIOR
TO THE REMOVAL OF THE OLD PRODUCTS.

TABLE 1: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE SHORT-RANGE GFS-BASED MOS
BUFR PRODUCTS.

    WMO HEADING         REGION

    JSML30 KWNO         PACIFIC REGION
    JSML31 KWNO         NORTHEAST CONUS
    JSML32 KWNO         SOUTHEAST CONUS
    JSML33 KWNO         NORTH CENTRAL CONUS
    JSML34 KWNO         SOUTH CENTRAL CONUS
    JSML35 KWNO         ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONUS
    JSML36 KWNO         WEST COAST CONUS
    JSML37 KWNO         ALASKA



A WEBPAGE OUTLINING THE ELEMENTS AND PROJECTIONS AVAILABLE IN THE GFS-BASED
BUFR PRODUCTS ALONG WITH THE ASSOCIATED BUFR TABLE B CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

  HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/BUFR.HTML


A LIST OF ALL SITES IN THE BUFR PRODUCTS AND A MAP OF THE GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS
CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

  HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/STADRG.HTML

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

PAUL DALLAVALLE
MDL/SILVER SPRING MARYLAND
PHONE:  301 713 0023 EXT. 135
E-MAIL: PAUL.DALLAVALLE@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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