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-------- Original Message -------- 555 NOUS41 KWBC 061744 PNSWSHTechnical Implementation Notice 13-22
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC 145 PM EDT Tue Aug 6 2013To: Subscribers:
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From: Tim McClung
Science Plans Branch Chief
Office of Science and Technology
Subject: New GFS MOS Total Sky Cover and Ceiling Guidance for
Island Locations in the Tropical Western Pacific,
Effective on or about Tuesday October 22, 2013
On or about Tuesday October 22, 2013, beginning with the 1200
Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) model cycle, the NWS
Meteorological Development Laboratory (MDL) will offer new GFS
MOS total sky cover and ceiling guidance for 15 stations in the
Pacific Ocean to the west of the Hawaiian Islands for short range
projections. This guidance will be added to the existing products
in text (MAV) and BUFR messages. The communication identifiers
are shown below in Tables 1 and 2.
Table 1. Communication identifiers for the Hawaii GFS MOS text
and BUFR products
WMO HEADING AWIPS ID MESSAGE TYPE
----------- -------- ------------
FOPA20 KWNO MAVPA0 TEXT
JSMT20 KWNO N/A BUFR
Total sky cover and ceiling guidance will be made available for
these two stations in the Hawaii GFS MOS messages:
NSTU Pago Pago, American Samoa
PMDY Midway Island
Table 2. Communication identifiers for GFS-based MOS text and
BUFR products valid for island stations to the west of
international date line.
WMO HEADING AWIPS ID MESSAGE TYPE
----------- -------- ------------
FOPA21 KWNO MAVPA1 TEXT
JSML38 KWNO N/A BUFR
Total sky cover and ceiling guidance will be made available for
these 13 stations in the tropical western Pacific Ocean, to the
west of international date line:
PGRO Rota International Airport/Rota Island,
Mariana Islands
PGSN Saipan, Mariana Islands
PGUA Andersen AFB, Guam
PGUM Guam International Airport, Guam
PGWT West Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands
PKMR Majuro Atoll WSO, Marshall Islands
PKWA Kwajalein, Marshall Islands
PTKK Chuuk, Micronesia
PTKR Koror, WSO, Palau
PTSA Kosrae, Micronesia
PTTP Pohnpei, WSO, Micronesia
PTYA Yap, Micronesia
PWAK Wake Island
The complete GFS MOS station list is online at:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/synop/stadrg.php
A technical document describing the format of the bulletin for
the tropical western Pacific sites is available at the URL listed
below.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/synop/smbpublications.php
For questions regarding the Pacific MOS product, please contact:
James Su
MDL/Silver Spring, Maryland
301-713-0023 Ext.139
James.Su@xxxxxxxx
Links to the MOS products and descriptions are online at:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/synop
NWS national TINs are online at:
http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm
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