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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 07-48
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
246 PM EDT THU JUL 12 2007
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 NEW CYCLES FOR GFS-BASED LAMP GUIDANCE:
EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 26 2007
ATTENTION USERS OF THE GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM /GFS/-BASED
LOCALIZED AVIATION MOS PROGRAM /LAMP/ GUIDANCE:
EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 26 2007 BEGINNING WITH THE 0400
COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/ RUN...THE NWS WILL PRODUCE FOUR
ADDITIONAL CYCLES OF THE NEW SHORT RANGE /1 - 25 HOUR/ GFS-BASED
LAMP GUIDANCE AND DISSEMINATE THEM ON THE SATELLITE BROADCAST
NETWORK /SBN/...NOAAPORT AND THE NWS FTP SERVER. THE FOUR NEW
LAMP CYCLES ARE 0400...0500...1000...AND 1100 UTC.
THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE EIGHT EXISTING LAMP CYCLES OF
0000...0300...0600...0900...1200...1500...1800 AND 2100 UTC...AND
BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF OPERATIONAL LAMP CYCLES UP TO 12.
ADDITIONAL CYCLES...FOR A TOTAL OF 24 CYCLES...WILL BE ADDED AT A
LATER DATE. THESE GUIDANCE PRODUCTS WILL BE IN BUFR...ASCII AND
GRIB2 FORMAT. THE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE BUFR...ASCII
AND GRIB2 PRODUCTS ARE SHOWN BELOW IN TABLES 1...2 AND 3
RESPECTIVELY.
A WEB PAGE OUTLINING THE LAMP GUIDANCE CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/GFSLAMP/DOCS/GFSLAMP_INFO.SHTML
TABLE 1: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE GFS-BASED LAMP
PRODUCTS IN BUFR FORMAT. LISTED BELOW ARE THE WMO HEADINGS:
WMO HEADING REGION
JSMF10 KWNO LAMP BUFR PACIFIC REGION
JSMF11 KWNO LAMP BUFR NORTHEAST REGION
JSMF12 KWNO LAMP BUFR SOUTHEAST REGION
JSMF13 KWNO LAMP BUFR NORTH CENTRAL REGION
JSMF14 KWNO LAMP BUFR SOUTH CENTRAL REGION
JSMF15 KWNO LAMP BUFR ROCKY MOUNTAINS REGION
JSMF16 KWNO LAMP BUFR WEST COAST REGION
JSMF17 KWNO LAMP BUFR ALASKA
TABLE 2: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIER FOR THE GFS-BASED LAMP
PRODUCTS IN ASCII FORMAT. LISTED BELOW IS THE WMO HEADING AND
AWIPS IDENTIFIER:
WMO HEADING AWIPS ID
FOUS11 KWNO LAVUSA
TABLE 3: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE GFS-BASED LAMP GRIDDED
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCTS IN GRIB2 FORMAT. EACH GRIB2 PRODUCT HAS A
UNIQUE WMO HEADING. LISTED BELOW ARE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE WMO
HEADINGS.
WMO HEADING ELEMENT
LAUXXX KWNO 2-HR PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS
LBUXXX KWNO 2-HR CATEGORICAL FORECASTS OF THUNDERSTORMS
OCCURRING
A COMPLETE LIST OF WMO HEADINGS FOR LAMP GRIDDED THUNDERSTORM
GUIDANCE IS AVAILABLE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/GFSLAMP/DOCS/LAMPHEADERS.PDF
LINKS TO THE GFS-LAMP PRODUCTS...ALONG WITH DESCRIPTIONS...CAN BE
FOUND AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/LAMP
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE PRODUCTS OR THE LAMP
GUIDANCE...PLEASE CONTACT:
JUDY GHIRARDELLI
MDL/SILVER SPRING MARYLAND
PHONE: 301-713-0056 EXT. 194
E-MAIL: JUDY.GHIRARDELLI@xxxxxxxx
THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE
ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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