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DATA MGT MESSAGE 04-05.07
TO NWS FTP SERVER USERS... AWIPS/NOAAPORT USERS.. FAMILY OF
SERVICES/FOS/SUBSCRIBERS... 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: REMOVAL OF MRF MODEL DATA SETS ON NWS AND NCEP FTP
SERVERS...
EFFECTIVE 0000 UTC JUNE 29 2005
ON THE ABOVE EFFECTIVE DATE THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
PREDICTION /NCEP/ WILL DISCONTINUE THE DISSEMINATION OF MRF MODEL
GUIDANCE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ TELECOMMUNICATIONS
OPERATIONS CENTER /TOC/ FTP SERVER AND NCEP FTP SERVER. THE MRF DATA ON
THE NWS SERVER ARE LOCATED AT:
ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/ST.opnl/MT.mrf_CY.00/RD.{YYYYMMDD}/PT.grid_DF.g
r1/
ON THE NCEP SERVER THE MRF DATA ARE LOCATED AT:
ftp://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/mrf/prod/mrf.{YYYYMMDD}/
/IN THE ABOVE URLS...YYYYMMDD IS THE CURRENT DATE./
ON 23 APRIL 2002 THE MRF MODEL RUN WAS DISCONTINUED AT NCEP. SINCE THIS
TIME...NCEP HAS BEEN CREATING LOOK ALIKE MRF PRODUCTS BASED OFF OF THE
00 UTC GFS RUN. USERS OF THE LOOK ALIKE MRF DATA SETS ON THE NCEP AND
NWS SERVERS SHOULD NOW TRANSITION THEIR PROCESSING TO USE THE 00 UTC GFS
DATA SETS. ON THE NWS FTP SERVER THE GFS DATA SETS ARE LOCATED AT:
ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/ST.opnl/MT.gfs_CY.00/RD.{YYYYMMDD}/PT.grid_DF.g
r1/
ON THE NCEP SERVER THE GFS DATA ARE LOCATED AT:
ftp://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/gfs/prod/gfs.{YYYYMMDD}/
THESE 00 UTC GFS DATA ARE AVAILABLE 2.5 TO 3 HOURS EARLIER THAN WHEN THE
LOOK ALIKE MRF PRODUCTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE ON THESE SERVERS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS CONCERNING THESE
ADDITIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:
JOHN WARD
PHONE: 301 763 8000 X 7185
E-MAIL: JOHN.WARD@xxxxxxxx
OR
BRENT GORDON
PHONE: 301 763 8000 X 7193
E-MAIL: BRENT.GORDON@xxxxxxxx
THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT CHANGE
NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/datamgmt/index.html
DATA MANAGEMENT
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
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