20050608: ETA MOSS products-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)

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• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 06:46:43 -0600

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NOUS41 KWBC 081133
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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 05-XX
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
730 AM EST WED JUNE 8 2005


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 VISIBILITY AND OBSTRUCTION TO VISION
         GUIDANCE OF ETA MOS PRODUCTS: EFFECTIVE
         AUGUST 30 2005

ATTENTION USERS OF THE MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS /MOS/
GUIDANCE: ON TUESDAY... AUGUST 30 2005... WITH THE 1200
UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME /UTC/ MODEL CYCLE... NWS WILL ADD
VISIBILITY AND OBSTRUCTION TO VISION GUIDANCE TO THE ETA MOS
SYSTEM. THE TEXT PRODUCTS WILL CONTAIN CATEGORICAL GUIDANCE
AS OUTLINED BELOW:

VISIBILITY CATEGORICAL DEFINITIONS:
1 = <  MI
2 =  MI TO < 1 MI
3 = 1 TO < 2 MI
4 = 2 TO < 3 MI
5 = 3 TO 5 MI
6 = 6 MI
7 = > 6 MI

OBSTRUCTION TO VISION CATEGORICAL DEFINITIONS:
N = NONE OF THE FOLLOWING
HZ = HAZE... SMOKE... DUST
BR = MIST (FOG WITH VISIBILITY >= 5/8 MI)
FG = FOG OR GROUND FOG (VISIBILITY < 5/8 MI)
BL = BLOWING DUST... SAND... OR SNOW

THE BINARY UNIVERSAL FORM FOR THE REPRESENTATION OF
METEOROLOGICAL DATA /BUFR/ PRODUCTS WILL CONTAIN
PROBABILISTIC AND CATEGORICAL GUIDANCE. THE COMMUNICATION
IDENTIFIERS FOR ALL ETA MOS PRODUCTS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.

TABLE 1.  COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE ETA-BASED MOS
TEXT AND BUFR PRODUCTS TO WHICH VISIBILITY AND OBSTRUCTION
TO VISION GUIDANCE WILL BE ADDED.

WMO HEADING AWIPS ID

TEXT PRODUCTS
FOPA40 KWNOMETPA0
FOUS44 KWNOMETNE1
FOUS45 KWNOMETSE1
FOUS46 KWNOMETNC1
FOUS47 KWNOMETSC1
FOUS48 KWNOMETRM1
FOUS49 KWNOMETWC1
FOAK47 KWNOMETAJK
FOAK48 KWNOMETAFC
FOAK49 KWNOMETAFG

BUFR PRODUCTS
JSML10 KWNO
JSML11 KWNO
JSML12 KWNO
JSML13 KWNO
JSML14 KWNO
JSML15 KWNO
JSML16 KWNO
JSML17 KWNO

A TECHNICAL PROCEDURES BULLETIN DESCRIBING THE ETA MOS TEXT
PRODUCTS INCLUDING A SAMPLE MESSAGE CONTAINING VISIBILTY AND
OBSTRUCTION TO VISION GUIDANCE IS AVAILABLE AT THE URL
LISTED BELOW /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/...

 HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/TPB/MDLTPB05-06.PDF

A WEB PAGE OUTLINING THE ETA-BASED BUFR PRODUCTS CAN BE
FOUND ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

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


IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE PRODUCTS OR THE MOS
GUIDANCE... PLEASE CONTACT:

PAUL DALLAVALLE
METEOROLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY
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 THE URL LISTED BELOW /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/...

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

THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE
AVAILABLE AT THE URL LISTED BELOW /USE LOWER CASE
LETTERS/...

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

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