20050902: NDFD

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http://weather.gov/datamgmt/notices.shtml 2005/09/14 1400
DM 09-05.01 NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE IMPROVEMENTS FOR GUAM: SIX ELEMENTS BECOME OPERATIONAL ON SEPTEMBER 14 2005 AT 1400 UTC /SEPTEMBER 15 AT MIDNIGHT LOCAL GUAM TIME/. 

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DATA MGT MESSAGE 09-05.01

TO  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:      GLENN AUSTIN
          NATIONAL DIGITAL SERVICES PROGRAM MANAGER
          OFFICE OF CLIMATE WATER AND WEATHER SERVICES

SUBJECT:   NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE
          IMPROVEMENTS FOR GUAM: SIX ELEMENTS BECOME
          OPERATIONAL ON SEPTEMBER 14 2005 AT 1400 UTC
          /SEPTEMBER 15 AT MIDNIGHT LOCAL GUAM TIME/

REFER TO:  TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE /TIN/ 05-55
          SENT JULY 15 2005

THIS IS THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF MESSAGES TO UPDATE
CUSTOMERS ON THE STATUS OF THE NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST
DATABASE /NDFD/ ELEMENTS...AS PROMISED IN TIN05-55.

SIX ELEMENTS IN THE NDFD FOR GUAM WILL BE UPGRADED FROM
EXPERIMENTAL TO OPERATIONAL STATUS ON SEPTEMBER 14 2005 AT
1400 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...SEPTEMBER 15TH
AT MIDNIGHT LOCAL GUAM TIME.  IN THE EVENT OF CRITICAL WEATHER,
THE NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE /NDFD/ ELEMENTS WILL BE
RESCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY sEPTEMBER 15, 2005 AT 1400
COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME UTC /SEPTEMBER 16 AT MIDNIGHT LOCAL
GUAM TIME/.


THE SIX ELEMENTS ARE:

    TEMPERATURE    MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE
    DEW POINT      MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
    WEATHER        12-HOUR PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION

THESE ELEMENTS ARE OPERATIONAL FOR THE LOWER 48 STATES...
PUERTO RICO...AND HAWAII.

THIS CHANGE AFFECTS USERS WHO PULL THESE ELEMENTS FOR
GUAM IN GRIDDED BINARY /GRIB2/ 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 FOR GUAM AVAILABLE ONLINE AT
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/FORECASTS/GRAPHICAL/SECTORS/

AND USERS OF THE NDFD EXTENSIBLE MARKUP LANGUAGE /XML/
VIA WEB SERVICE:

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/XML/

THE NWS WILL CONTINUE TO ASSESS THE OPERATIONAL READINESS
OF THE REMAINING EXPERIMENTAL ELEMENTS OVER THE NEXT
THREE MONTHS. WE WILL PROVIDE THE NEXT NDFD OPERATIONAL
READINESS STATUS MESSAGE AS A TIN NO LATER THAN OCTOBER
17 2005. USERS WILL BE GIVEN A MINIMUM OF 30 DAYS NOTICE
OF OUR DECISION TO DECLARE ANY ADDITIONAL NDFD ELEMENTS
OPERATIONAL OR TO ADD MORE EXPERIMENTAL ELEMENTS.

RELATED NDFD WEB SITES /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS FOR ALL
URLS SHOWN BELOW/:

CONTENT OF THE NDFD GRIDDED DATA FILES AND INSTRUCTIONS
FOR ACCESSING THE OPERATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL GRID
ELEMENTS IN EITHER GRIB2 FORMAT OR EXTENSIBLE MARKUP
LANGUAGE /XML/:

HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/NDFD/TECHNICAL.HTM
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/XML/

NDFD GRAPHICS:

HTTP:// WEATHER.GOV/FORECASTS/GRAPHICAL/SECTORS/

THE CURRENT STATUS OF EACH OF THE 14 NDFD ELEMENTS FOR
EACH DOMAIN:

HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/NDFD/DEVELOPMENT.HTM

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION DOCUMENT FOR THE EXPERIMENTAL NDFD
GRIDDED DATA:

HTTP://PRODUCTS.WEATHER.GOV/PDD/NDFDGRIDS061505.PDF

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION DOCUMENT FOR THE NDFD GRAPHICS:

HTTP://PRODUCTS.WEATHER.GOV/PDD/NDFDGRAPHICS061505.PDF

SERVICE DESCRIPTION DOCUMENT FOR ACCESSING THE NDFD IN XML:

HTTP://PRODUCTS.WEATHER.GOV/PDD/EXTENSIBLE_MARKUP_LANGUAGE.PDF

NDFD VERIFICATION INFORMATION:

    HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NDFD/VERIFICATION/

USERS OF THE EXPERIMENTAL GRID PRODUCTS MAY PROVIDE
FEEDBACK ON WHICH ELEMENTS ARE MOST NEEDED AND WHICH
APPEAR READY TO BE DESIGNATED OPERATIONAL. A BRIEF SURVEY
AND COMMENT FORM IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT:

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=NDFD-GRIDS

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE...PLEASE
CONTACT:

    CHRIS ALEX
    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
    OCWWS...DIGITAL SERVICES
    1325 EAST WEST HIGHWAY
    SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20910
    EMAIL:  CHRISTINE.ALEX@xxxxxxxx

IF YOU HAVE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS REGARDING THE NDFD
DATA...PLEASE CONTACT:

    DAVID RUTH
    CHIEF...MESOSCALE PREDICTION BRANCH
    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
    OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    1325 EAST WEST HIGHWAY
    SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20910
    EMAIL:  DAVID.RUTH@xxxxxxxx

THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES
ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

    HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

FOR FOS/NOAAPORT AND NON-AWIPS CUSTOMERS - IF YOU  HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS REGARDING ROUTING OR WOULD LIKE TO ADD THESE
PRODUCTS TO YOUR DATASTREAM PLEASE CONTACT.

Data Management
EMail   nws.dm@xxxxxxxx

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