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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 06-21
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1240 AM EDT MON APR 24 2006
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: CHANGES TO EXTENDED-RANGE GFS-BASED MOS WIND GUIDANCE:
EFFECTIVE JULY 11 2006.
ATTENTION USERS OF THE MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS /MOS/ GUIDANCE:
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY JULY 11 2006 THE NWS METEOROLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT
LABORATORY /MDL/ WILL MAKE CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED-RANGE GLOBAL
FORECAST SYSTEM /GFS/ BASED MOS WIND GUIDANCE. THE GUIDANCE IS
AVAILABLE IN THE TEXT AND BUFR PRODUCTS WHOSE COMMUNICATION
IDENTIFIERS ARE LISTED BELOW IN TABLE 1. CURRENTLY MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED SURFACE WIND SPEED GUIDANCE FOR 12-HOUR PERIODS IS
AVAILABLE IN THE 0000 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME /UTC/ CYCLE
PRODUCTS ONLY. THIS GUIDANCE INDICATES THE HIGHEST 10-M WIND
SPEED AT ANY OF THE HOURS DURING THE 12-HOUR PERIOD.
STARTING WITH THE 1200 UTC CYCLE ON JULY 11 2006... THE GUIDANCE
WILL BE AVAILABLE IN BOTH THE 0000 AND 1200 UTC PRODUCTS. HOURLY
WIND SPEED FORECASTS WILL BE GENERATED FOR EVERY THIRD HOUR...
AND THE 12-HOUR GUIDANCE IN THE TEXT AND BUFR PRODUCTS WILL EQUAL
THE HIGHEST OF THE FIVE HOURLY VALUES AVAILABLE IN THE 12-HOUR
PERIOD.
TABLE 1. COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE EXTENDED-RANGE
GFS-BASED MOS ALPHANUMERIC AND BUFR PRODUCTS.
WMO HEADING AWIPS ID
ALPHANUMERIC PRODUCTS
FEPA20 KWNOMEXPA0
FEUS21 KWNOMEXNE1
FEUS22 KWNOMEXSE1
FEUS23 KWNOMEXNC1
FEUS24 KWNOMEXSC1
FEUS25 KWNOMEXRM1
FEUS26 KWNOMEXWC1
FEAK37 KWNOMEXAJK
FEAK38 KWNOMEXAFC
FEAK39 KWNOMEXAFG
BUFR PRODUCTS
JSMT30 KWNO
JSMT31 KWNO
JSMT32 KWNO
JSMT33 KWNO
JSMT34 KWNO
JSMT35 KWNO
JSMT36 KWNO
JSMT37 KWNO
A TECHNICAL PROCEDURES BULLETIN DESCRIBING THE EXTENDED-RANGE GFS
MOS ALPHANUMERIC PRODUCTS IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE
LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/TPB/MDLTPB05-07.PDF
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:
REBECCA COSGROVE
MDL/SILVER SPRING MARYLAND
PHONE: 301 713 0023 EXT. 124
E-MAIL: REBECCA.COSGROVE@xxxxxxxx
LINKS TO THE MOS PRODUCTS...ALONG WITH DESCRIPTIONS...CAN BE
FOUND ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP
THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE
ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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