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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 01-38
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
330 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2001
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS
WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...
OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND
PARTNERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: LOUIS W. UCCELLINI
DIRECTOR...NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
PREDICTION
SUBJECT: NEW INTERNET WEB SITE FOR NCEP MODEL GRAPHICS
THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION /NCEP/ HAS
LAUNCHED A NEW INTERNET WEB SITE DEVOTED TO METEOROLOGICAL MODEL
FORECAST GRAPHICS. IN ITS FIRST PHASE...THIS WEB SITE WILL
FEATURE GRAPHICS FROM FOUR OF NCEP/S FORECAST MODELS: THE ETA...
GLOBAL MODEL /AVN/...MEDIUM-RANGE FORECAST MODEL /MRF/...AND
NESTED GRID MODEL /NGM/.
THE URL FOR THE NEW WEB SITE IS:
/NOTE: ALL LETTERS ARE LOWER CASE EXCEPT NCO AND PMB/
HTTP://WWW.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/NCO/PMB/NWPROD/ANALYSIS
THE WEB SITE IS CONTINUOUSLY UPDATED AS THE MODELS ARE BEING RUN.
THEREFORE...THE NCEP MODEL GRAPHICS ARE AVAILABLE 5-70 MINUTES
FASTER THAN OTHER NCEP MODEL GRAPHIC SITES.
THE GRAPHICS DISPLAY BASIC PARAMETERS SUCH AS HEIGHTS...
TEMPERATURES...WIND SPEEDS...PRECIPITATION...MEAN SEA LEVEL
PRESSURE...1000-500 MILLIBAR THICKNESS...AND VORTICITY. THE
GRAPHICS ARE PRODUCED IN THREE DIFFERENT RESOLUTIONS TO
ACCOMMODATE USERS VARIOUS COMPUTING CAPABILITIES. ALSO...
SEVERAL FOUR-PANEL DISPLAYS ARE AVAILABLE.
INITIALLY...ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF FORECAST GRAPHICS WILL BE
AVAILABLE. HOWEVER...FUTURE ENHANCEMENTS WILL INCLUDE MORE
MODELS...MORE GEOGRAPHIC AREAS AND A WEB BASED MOVIE PLAYER TO
VIEW ANIMATIONS OF THE IMAGES.
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS WEB SITE SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO:
LARRY SAGER
NCEP
CAMP SPRINGS MD
301 763 8000 X7151
LARRY.SAGER@xxxxxxxx
...NOTE TO INTERNET USERS...
THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE POSTED ON THE
INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE/:
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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