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PNSWSH TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 07-13 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 805 AM EST THU FEB 22 2007TO: 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 CYCLES AND STATIONS FOR GFS-BASED LAMP
GUIDANCE: EFFECTIVE MAY 8 2007
ATTENTION USERS OF THE GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM /GFS/-BASED LOCALIZED AVIATION MOS PROGRAM /LAMP/ GUIDANCE:
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY MAY 8 2007 BEGINNING WITH THE 1200 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/ RUN...THE NWS WILL PRODUCE FOUR ADDITIONAL CYCLES OF THE NEW SHORT RANGE /1 - 25 HOUR/ GFS-BASED LAMP GUIDANCE AND DISSEMINATE IT ON THE SATELLITE BROADCAST NETWORK /SBN/...NOAAPORT AND THE NWS FTP SERVER. THE FOUR NEW LAMP CYCLES ARE 0000 UTC...0600 UTC...1200 UTC and 1800 UTC.
THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE FOUR EXISTING LAMP CYCLES OF 0300...0900...1500 and 2100 UTC...AND BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF OPERATIONAL LAMP CYCLES UP TO EIGHT. ADDITIONAL CYCLES...FOR A TOTAL OF 24 CYCLES...WILL BE ADDED AT A LATER DATE. THESE GUIDANCE PRODUCTS WILL BE IN BUFR...ASCII AND GRIB2 FORMAT. THE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE BUFR...ASCII AND GRIB2 PRODUCTS ARE SHOWN BELOW IN TABLES 1...2 AND 3 RESPECTIVELY. IN ADDITION 69 NEW STATIONS WILL BE ADDED TO THE GFS LAMP PRODUCT FOR ONLY THE NEW CYCLES. INITIALLY THESE NEW STATIONS WILL NOT HAVE GUIDANCE FOR ALL ELEMENTS. ELEMENTS WILL BE ADDED IN THE FUTURE AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE. USERS CAN FIND A LIST OF THE NEW STATIONS BEING ADDED AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/GFSLAMP/DOCS/NEWSITES_052007.SHTMLTABLE 1: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE GFS-BASED LAMP PRODUCTS IN BUFR FORMAT. LISTED BELOW ARE THE WMO HEADERS:
WMO HEADING REGION JSMF10 KWNO LAMP BUFR PACIFIC REGIONJSMF11 KWNO LAMP BUFR NORTHEAST REGION JSMF12 KWNO LAMP BUFR SOUTHEAST REGION JSMF13 KWNO LAMP BUFR NORTH CENTRAL REGION JSMF14 KWNO LAMP BUFR SOUTH CENTRAL REGION JSMF15 KWNO LAMP BUFR ROCKY MOUNTAINS REGION JSMF16 KWNO LAMP BUFR WEST COAST REGION JSMF17 KWNO LAMP BUFR ALASKA TABLE 2: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIER FOR THE GFS-BASED LAMP PRODUCTS IN ASCII FORMAT. LISTED BELOW IS THE WMO HEADER AND AWIPS IDENTIFIER:
WMO HEADING AWIPS ID FOUS11 KWNO LAVUSATABLE 3: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE GFS-BASED LAMP GRIDDED THUNDERSTORM PRODUCTS IN GRIB2 FORMAT. EACH GRIB2 PRODUCT HAS A UNIQUE WMO HEADER. LISTED BELOW ARE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE WMO HEADERS.
WMO HEADING ELEMENT LAUXXX KWNO 2-HR PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMSLBUXXX KWNO 2-HR CATEGORICAL FORECASTS OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING
A COMPLETE LIST OF WMO HEADERS FOR LAMP GRIDDED THUNDERSTORM GUIDANCE IS AVAILABLE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/GFSLAMP/DOCS/LAMPHEADERS.PDF A WEB PAGE OUTLINING THE LAMP GUIDANCE CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/GFSLAMP/DOCS/GFSLAMP_INFO.SHTML
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE PRODUCTS OR THE LAMP
GUIDANCE...PLEASE CONTACT:
JUDY GHIRARDELLI
MDL/SILVER SPRING MARYLAND
PHONE: 301-713-0056 EXT. 194
E-MAIL: JUDY.GHIRARDELLI@xxxxxxxx
LINKS TO THE GFS-LAMP PRODUCTS...ALONG WITH DESCRIPTIONS...CAN BE
FOUND AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/LAMP
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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Linda Miller - lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Community Services, Unidata
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
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Boulder, CO 80307-3000
303-497-8646 fax: 303-497-8690
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