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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 05-42
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
01:45 PM EDT MON JUNE 06 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... NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: PAUL HIRSCHBERG
CHIEF... SCIENCE PLANS BRANCH
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY /OST/
SUBJECT: ADDITION OF EXTENDED-RANGE GFS-BASED MOS TEXT
PRODUCT FOR THE 1200 UTC MODEL CYCLE...EFFECTIVE
SEPTEMBER 13 2005
ATTENTION USERS OF THE MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS /MOS/
GUIDANCE...
ON TUESDAY... SEPTEMBER 13 2005... WITH THE 1200 UNIVERSAL
COORDINATED TIME /UTC/ MODEL CYCLE... NWS WILL ADD EXTENDED-
RANGE MOS GUIDANCE BASED ON THE GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM /GFS/
FOR THE 1200 UTC MODEL CYCLE. CURRENTLY EXTENDED-RANGE GFS
MOS PRODUCTS ARE PRODUCED ONLY FROM THE 0000 UTC MODEL
CYCLE. GUIDANCE WILL BE AVAILABLE IN AN ALPHANUMERIC
PRODUCT FOR 1 TO 7 DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE 1200 UTC MODEL
CYCLE. INITIALLY THE 1200 UTC TEXT PRODUCT WILL CONTAIN
GUIDANCE FOR TEMPERATURE...DEWPOINT TEMPERATURE... MAXIMUM
AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURE...PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION...
SNOWFALL AMOUNT... AND PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS ONLY.
GUIDANCE FOR TOTAL SKY COVER...WIND... AND PRECIPITATION
TYPE WILL BE ADDED AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. THE COMMUNICATION
IDENTIFIERS FOR THE EXTENDED-RANGE GFS MOS
PRODUCTS ARE SHOWN BELOW IN TABLE 1.
TABLE 1. COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE EXTENDED-RANGE
GFS-BASED MOS ALPHANUMERIC PRODUCTS.
WMO HEADING AWIPS ID
FEPA20 KNOW MEXPA0
FEUS21 KNOW MEXNE1
FEUS22 KNOW MEXSE1
FEUS23 KNOW MEXNC1
FEUS24 KNOW MEXSC1
FEUS25 KNOW MEXRM1
FEUS26 KNOW MEXWC1
FEAK37 KNOW MEXAJK
FEAK38 KNOW MEXAFC
FEAK39 KNOW MEXAFG
A TECHNICAL PROCEDURES BULLETIN DESCRIBING THE EXTENDED-
RANGE GFS MOS ALPHANUMERIC PRODUCTS IS AVAILABLE AT THE URL
LISTED BELOW /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/...
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/TPB/MDLTPB05-07.PDF
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE PRODUCTS OR THE MOS
GUIDANCE... PLEASE CONTACT:
PAUL DALLAVALLE
METEOROLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY
SILVER SPRING MARYLAND
PHONE: 301-713-0023 EXT. 135
E-MAIL: PAUL.DALLAVALLE@xxxxxxxx
LINKS TO THE MOS PRODUCTS... ALONG WITH DESCRIPTIONS... CAN
BE FOUND AT THE URL LISTED BELOW /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/...
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/PRODUCTS.SHTML
THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE
AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT THE URL LISTED BELOW /USE LOWER
CASE LETTERS/...
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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