FROM: John H. Ward
Chief, Production Management Branch
Subject: Changes to the NWS Production Suite
1. The replacement of the NAM-Eta with the NAM-WRF is tentatively
scheduled for Tuesday, 13 June. Anyone interested in participating in the
evaluation can subscribe to the evaluation mailing list
https://lstsrv.ncep.noaa.gov/mailman/listinfo/ncep.list.modelevalinfo
and send their evaluation back via the mailing list. Once registered, check the
prior postings link to view the details on the NAM-WRF evaluation.
2. An upgrade to the Global Ensemble System is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday,
30 May. Anyone interested in participating in the evaluation should follow the
instructions listed above.
3. The moratorium on changes at the NWS Telecommunications Operations Center (TOC)
is expected to end in early April. As soon as the moratorium is lifted, NCEP will
begin the transition from GRIB1 to GRIB2, by placing duplicate GRIB2 files on the
TOC FTP server. Both sets of data will remain on the TOC FTP server for a minimum
of 180 days.
4. A directory of NCEP model data available on both the TOC and NCEP FTP servers is
located at:
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/products/
The WEB site also contains a full parameter list for each data file. Currently
information is only available for NAM, GFS, Global Ensemble, RSAS, RUC, ECMWF, and
UKMET. Information on other data availability will be added shortly.
5. Upcoming changes to NCEP's production suite can be viewed at the following
website:
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/changes/
This WEB site contain details on any product or timing changes that are associated
with upcoming implementations.
6. Maintenance of subscriptions to the JIF memo mailing list can be performed via a
new list server at:
https://lstsrv.ncep.noaa.gov/mailman/listinfo/ncep.list.jifmemo
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