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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 05-12
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
335 PM EST TUE FEB 15 2005
TO: 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...AND
NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: GLENN AUSTIN
ACTING CHIEF...DIGITAL SERVICES
SUBJECT: THREE NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE /NDFD/
ELEMENTS FOR THE CONTIGUOUS U.S. BECOME OPERATIONAL ON
MARCH 15 2005 AT 1400 UTC
REFER TO: TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE /TIN/ 04-65 SENT 12/15/04
TIN 04-61...SENT 9/16/04
TIN 04-49...SENT 9/16/04
TIN 04-34...SENT 6/30/04
THREE ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS FOR THE CONTIGUOUS U.S. /CONUS/ IN THE
NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE /NDFD/ WILL BE DECLARED
OPERATIONAL ON MARCH 15 2005 AT 1400 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME
/UTC/. THESE THREE ELEMENTS FOR THE CONUS ARE:
TEMPERATURE
DEW POINT
WEATHER
THIS CHANGE IMPACTS USERS WHO PULL THESE ELEMENTS IN GRID FORMAT
FROM THE NWS FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL /FTP/ SERVER. SPECIFIC
INFORMATION FOR FTP USERS REGARDING THIS CHANGE IS AVAILABLE
ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NDFD/OPER_IMPLEM.HTM
THIS CHANGE WILL BE TRANSPARENT TO USERS OF THE NDFD NATIONAL
GRAPHICAL FORECASTS AVAILABLE ON /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/FORECASTS/GRAPHICAL/SECTORS/ AND USERS OF THE
NDFD EXTENSIBLE MARKUP LANGAUAGE /XML/ VIA WEB SERVICE...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/XML/.
AS OF MARCH 15 2005...THE STATUS OF THE 12 INITIAL ELEMENTS IN
NDFD FOR THE CONUS IS:
ELEMENT /CONUS ONLY/STATUS:
TEMPERATUREOPERATIONAL AS OF 3/15/05
DEW POINTOPERATIONAL AS OF 3/15/05
WEATHEROPERATIONAL AS OF 3/15/05
MAXIMUM TEMPERATUREOPERATIONAL AS OF 12/1/04
MINIMUM TEMPERATUREOPERATIONAL AS OF 12/1/04
PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION /POP12/OPERATIONAL AS OF 12/1/04
SKY COVEREXPERIMENTAL
QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION
FORECAST /QPF/EXPERIMENTAL
WIND DIRECTIONEXPERIMENTAL
WIND SPEEDEXPERIEMTNAL
SNOW AMOUNTEXPERIMENTAL
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHTEXPERIMENTAL
STATUS OF OTHER AREAS /OUTSIDE OF CONUS/
ALL 11 ELEMENTS FOR PUERTO RICO
/SNOW AMOUNT NOT AVAILABLE/EXPERIMENTAL
ALL 11 ELEMENTS FOR HAWAII
/QPF NOT AVAILABLE/EXPERIMENTAL
ALL 10 ELEMENTS FOR GUAM
/QPF AND SNOW AMOUNT NOT AVAILABLE/EXPERIMENTAL
ALL ELEMENTS FOR ALASKANOT YET AVAILABLE
ELEMENTS REMAINING IN EXPERIMENTAL STATUS WILL BE EVALUATED AND
IMPROVED... AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE ON EXPERIMENTAL NDFD
DIRECTORIES. NDFD ELEMENTS FOR ALASKA ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE IN
EXPERIMENTAL OR OPERATIONAL STATUS.
NWS IS ASKING USERS OF EXPERIMENTAL NDFD ELEMENTS FOR FEEDBACK ON
WHICH OF THE REMAINING SIX EXPERIMENTAL ELEMENTS ARE MOST NEEDED
AND WHICH APPEAR READY TO BE DESIGNATED OPERATIONAL. A BRIEF
SURVEY AND COMMENT FORM IS AVAILABLE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=NDFD-GRIDS
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE...PLEASE CONTACT:
CHRIS ALEX
DIGITAL SERVICES
OFFICE OF CLIMATE WATER AND WEATHER SERVICES
NWS HEADQUARTERS
SILVER SPRING MD
E-MAIL: CHRISTINE.ALEX@xxxxxxxx
IF YOU HAVE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS REGARDING NDFD DATA... CONTACT:
DAVID RUTH
CHIEF... MESOSCALE PREDICTION BRANCH
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
NWS HEADQUARTERS SILVER SPRING MD
E-MAIL: DAVID.RUTH@xxxxxxxx
THIS INFORMATION WILL ALSO BE POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT
CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DATAMGMT/NOTICES.SHTML
THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE POSTED
AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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