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DATA MGT MESSAGE 01-04.05
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ RADAR PRODUCTS SERVICES
SUBSCRIBERS AWIPS/NOAAPORT USERS... EMERGENCY
MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/CUSTOMERS... WAFS USERS...
GTS USERS... NWS FAX CHART USERS
FROM RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT
SUBJECT CHANGES TO THE PRODUCT DELIVERY SCHEDULE
FOR THE NCEP ETA MODEL FORECASTS...EFFECTIVE 12
UTC APRIL 20 2004
AT 12 UTC ON TUESDAY APRIL 20 2004...THE NATIONAL
CENTERS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION /NCEP/ WILL CHANGE
THE PRODUCT DELIVERY SCHEDULE FOR THE ETA MODEL
FORECASTS. ON THIS DATE THE ETA MODEL FORECASTS WILL
BE RUN IN A NEW CONFIGURATION THAT WILL ALLOW FOR THE
0-84 HOUR FORECAST SEGMENT TO BE RUN IN THE CURRENT
0-60 HOUR TIME SLOT. THIS CHANGE WILL BE PERMANENT
AND IS EXPECTED TO HAVE THE FOLLOWING IMPACT ON PRODUCT
DELIVERY TIMES
24 HOUR PRODUCTS 5-10 MINUTES EARLIER
36 HOUR PRODUCTS 10-15 MINUTES EARLIER
48 HOUR PRODUCTS 15-20 MINUTES EARLIER
60 HOUR PRODUCTS 20-25 MINUTES EARLIER
84 HOUR PRODUCTS 35-40 MINUTES EARLIER
MORE PRECISE DELIVERY TIMES WILL BE ANNOUNCE IN ANOTHER
STATEMENT ONCE TESTING OF THIS CHANGE HAS COMPLETED.
WITH THIS CHANGE THE FORECAST LENGTH OF THE ETA BUFR
SOUNDING DATA WILL ALSO BE INCREASED FROM 60 HOURS TO
84 HOURS. EXAMPLE DATA WITH THESE EXTENDED FORECAST
HOURS CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE
/USE LOWER CASE/
FTP/COLON//FTPPRD.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/PUB/EMC/MMB/MMBPLL/BUFR
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS CONCERNING EITHER
THE CHANGE IN PRODUCT DELIVERY SCHEDULE OR THE CHANGE TO
THE ETA BUFR SOUNDINGS...PLEASE CONTACT
JOHN WARD
PHONE 301 763 8000 X 7185
E-MAIL JOHN.WARD/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
OR
GEOFF DIMEGO
PHONE 301 763 8000 X 7221
E-MAIL GEOFF.DIMEGO/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE
AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE/
HTTP/COLON///WWW.NES.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
THIS INFORMATION IS POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT
NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW.
HTTP /COLON/ //WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DATAMGMT/INDEX.SHTML
DATA MANAGEMENT
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS
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