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NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION MESSAGE 96-4
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
200 PM EST MON JAN 29 1996
TO: ALL USERS OF NWS PRODUCTS
FROM: DONALD R. WERNLY
CHIEF... CUSTOMER SERVICE
SUBJECT: TERMINATION OF LFM
THE REPLACEMENT OF THE LIMITED-AREA FINE-MESH MODEL (LFM) BY
THE ETA MODEL WAS INITIATED IN 1993. THESE MODELS HAVE...
RESPECTIVELY...PROVIDED AN EARLY LOOK AT THE SYNOPTIC SCALE
FORECAST. WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ETA MODEL... MOST PRODUCTS
THAT WERE GENERATED FROM THE LFM WERE DERIVED FROM EITHER THE ETA
MODEL OR THE NESTED GRID MODEL (NGM). WHILE SOME LFM FORECAST
PRODUCTS WERE ELIMINATED... A FEW PRODUCTS REMAINED LFM-BASED UNTIL
THE CONVERSION WAS COMPLETED. THAT CONVERSION IS NOW COMPLETE. THE
LFM IS TO BE TERMINATED ON OR ABOUT FEBRUARY 28 1996. AT THAT
TIME... THE REMAINING LFM DATA AND PRODUCTS WILL NO LONGER BE
AVAILABLE. THE AFFECTED PRODUCTS ARE LISTED AT THE END OF THIS
MESSAGE. IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS RELATED TO THE TERMINATION OF THE
LFM... PLEASE CONTACT BRENT BOWER AT 301-713-1970.
AFOS
IDENTIFIER DESCRIPTION DISPOSITION
NMCGPH04G 12-36 H TSTM REPLACED BY NGM-
NMCGPH04O 12-36 H SVR WX BASED MOS
NMCGPH06G 12-36 H TSTM/SVR WX REPLACEMENT BY
NMCGPH06O CONV. OUTLOOK NGM-BASED MOS
(RADAR-BASED) PENDING
(LIGHTNING-BASED)
NMCGRDNE 2-5 GRIDDED 6-H TSTM SIMILAR NGM-BASED
NMCGRDOK 2-5 PROB. (LIGHTNING) MOS PROB. BASED
NMCGRDWR 2-5 ON RADAR
NMCGPH01E 0-6 H QPF NO REPLACEMENT
NMCGPH02E 3-9 H
NMCGPH01G 2-6 H TSTM/SVR WX NO REPLACEMENT
NMCGPH01O PROB.
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IDENTIFIER DESCRIPTION DISPOSITION
NMCGPH9AC 12 H SURFACE PRESSURE CHANGE NO REPLACEMENT
NMCGPH5AC 24 H 500 MB HEIGHT CHANGE NO REPLACEMENT
THE FOLLOWING FACSIMILE/USAF PRODUCTS WILL BE TERMINATED WITHOUT
REPLACEMENT.
ALASKA FACSIMILE CIRCUIT
SLOT NUMBER DESCRIPTION
A052 00 H 850 MB HT/TEMP ANALYSIS (0000 UTC)
A052 00 H 300 MB HT/TEMP ANALYSIS
A053 00 H 850 MB HT/TEMP ANALYSIS (1200 UTC)
A053 00 H 300 MB HT/TEMP ANALYSIS
A066 00 H 700 MB HT/TEMP ANALYSIS (0000 UTC)
A066 00 H 500 MB HT/TEMP ANALYSIS
A067 00 H 700 MB HT/TEMP ANALYSIS (1200 UTC)
A067 00 H 500 MB HT/TEMP ANALYSIS
A070 00 H 500 MB HT/VORT ANALYSIS (0000 UTC)
A084 00 H 500 MB HT/VORT ANALYSIS (1200 UTC)
DIFAX CIRCUIT
D014 24 H 500 MB HT CHANGE (0000 UTC)
D158 24 H 500 MB HT CHANGE (1200 UTC)
D030 00 H 850 MB HT/TEMP ANALYSIS (0000 UTC)
D157 00 H 850 MB HT/TEMP ANALYSIS (1200 UTC)
D026 00 H 700 MB HT/TEMP ANALYSIS (0000 UTC)
D278 00 H 700 MB HT/TEMP ANALYSIS (1200 UTC)
D020 00 H 500 MB HT/TEMP ANALYSIS (0000 UTC)
D155 00 H 500 MB HT/TEMP ANALYSIS (1200 UTC)
D049 00 H 300 MB HT/ISOTACH ANALYSIS (0000 UTC)
D183 00 H 300 MB HT/ISOTACH ANALYSIS (1200 UTC)
D053 00 H 250 MB HT/ISOTACH ANALYSIS (0000 UTC)
D160 00 H 250 MB HT/ISOTACH ANALYSIS (1200 UTC)
SLOT NUMBER DESCRIPTION
D166 00 H 200 MB HT/ISOTACH ANALYSIS (0000 UTC)
D175 00 H 200 MB HT/ISOTACH ANALYSIS (1200 UTC)
D024 00 H 500 MB HT/VORT ANALYSIS (0000 UTC)
D154 00 H 500 MB HT/VORT ANALYSIS (1200 UTC)
USAF PRODUCTS
PRODUCT NUMBER DESCRIPTION
354 12 H SURFACE PRESSURE CHANGE (0000 UTC)
355 24 H 500 MB HT CHANGE
327 12 H SURFACE PRESSURE CHANGE (1200 UTC)
328 24 H 500 MB HT CHANGE
030 00 H 850 MB ANALYSIS (0000 UTC)
157 00 H 850 MB ANALYSIS (1200 UTC)
026 00 H 700 MB ANALYSIS (0000 UTC)
278 00 H 700 MB ANALYSIS (1200 UTC)
020 00 H 500 MB ANALYSIS (0000 UTC)
155 00 H 500 MB ANALYSIS (1200 UTC)
049 00 H 300 MB ANALYSIS (0000 UTC)
105 00 H 300 MB ANALYSIS
183 00 H 300 MB ANALYSIS (1200 UTC)
194 00 H 300 MB ANALYSIS
166 00 H 200 MB ANALYSIS (0000 UTC)
175 00 H 200 MB ANALYSIS (1200 UTC)
122 00 H 500 MB HT/VORT ANALYSIS (0000 UTC)
125 00 H 500 MB HT/VORT ANALYSIS (1200 UTC)
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