ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC - NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE

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• Subject: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC - NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE
• From: Jeff Weber <jweber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 10:52:41 -0600 (MDT)

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NOUS41 KWBC 231524
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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 05-37...AMENDED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1120 AM EDT THU JUN 23 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...AND NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM:     GLENN AUSTIN
          NATIONAL DIGITAL SERVICES PROGRAM MANAGER
          OFFICE OF CLIMATE WATER AND WEATHER SERVICES

SUBJECT:  AMENDED:  NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE /NDFD/ IMPROVEMENTS
          FOR THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES...PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN
          ISLANDS...AND HAWAII...EFFECTIVE JUNE 15 2005 AT 1400 UTC

REFER TO: TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE /TIN/ 05-24 CORRECTED: SENT
          MARCH 16 2005... MOST RECENT TIN RELATED TO NDFD
          AND THE ORIGINAL TIN 05-37 SENT MAY 13 2005... AND THE FIRST
          AMENDMENT TO TIN05-37 SENT JUNE 22 2005

AMENDED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THIS IMPLEMENTATION /SECOND AMENDMENT/

THE FOLLOWING TWO CHANGES TO THE NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE /NDFD/
WERE SCHEDULED TO BE IMPLEMENTED ON JUNE 15 2005 AT 1400 UTC:

1/THE SIX EXPERIMENTAL NDFD ELEMENTS LISTED BELOW WERE SCHEDULED TO
      BE UPGRADED TO OPERATIONAL STATUS FOR PUERTO RICO/THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
      AND HAWAII:

          MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE  TEMPERATURE
          MINIMUM TEMPERATURE  DEWPOINT
          12-HOUR PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION  WEATHER

2/TWO NEW EXPERIMENTAL NDFD ELEMENTS /APPARENT TEMPERATURE AND
      RELATIVE HUMIDITY/ WERE SCHEDULED TO BE ADDED FOR THE LOWER
      48 STATES...PUERTO RICO/THE VIRGIN ISLANDS...HAWAII...AND GUAM

THE NWS EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS IMPLEMENTING THESE CHANGES ON THE SCHEDULED
IMPLEMENTATION DATE.  WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE CAUSED BY THE DELAY.

STATUS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION AT THE TIME OF THIS MESSAGE:

ALL CHANGES SHOWN ABOVE HAVE NOW BEEN SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED.

FOR INFORMATION ON THE CONTENT OF THE NDFD GRIDDED DATA FILES AND
INSTRUCTIONS FOR ACCESSING THE OPERATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL GRID ELEMENTS
IN EITHER GRIDDED BINARY /GRIB2/ FORMAT OR EXTENSIBLE MARKUP LANGUAGE
/XML/...REFER TO /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

      HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NDFD/TECHNICAL.HTM
      HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/XML/

NDFD GRAPHICS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

      HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/FORECASTS/GRAPHICAL/SECTORS/

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE...PLEASE CONTACT:

     CHRIS ALEX
     DIGITAL SERVICES
     NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
     OFFICE OF CLIMATE...WATER...AND WEATHER SERVICES
     1325 EAST WEST HIGHWAY
     SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20910
     EMAIL:  CHRISTINE.ALEX@xxxxxxxx

IF YOU HAVE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS REGARDING THE NDFD DATA...PLEASE CONTACT:

     DAVID RUTH
     CHIEF...MESOSCALE PREDICTION BRANCH
     NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
     OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
     1325 EAST WEST HIGHWAY
     SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20910
     EMAIL:  DAVID.RUTH@xxxxxxxx

THIS INFORMATION WILL ALSO BE POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT CHANGE
NOTICES WEB PAGE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

      HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DATAMGMT/NOTICES.SHTML

THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE
ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

      HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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