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DATA MGT MESSAGE 09-07.01
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 RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT
SUBJECT UPGRADE THE HIRES WINDOW /HIRESW / MODEL TO INCREASE GRIB OUTPUT
RESOLUTION…
CHANGE GRID SPACING… EXPAND REGIONAL COVERAGE… REVISED RUN SCHEDULE AND
RELOCATE
TO THE OPERATIONAL DIRECTORY
EFFECTIVE DATE TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 11 2007
CURRENTLY…THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION /NCEP/ IS
PRODUCING
OPERATIONAL RUNS OF THE WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECAST /WRF/ VERSIONS OF THE
NON-HYDROSTATIC HYBRID VERTICAL COORDINATE MESOSCALE MODEL /NMM/ AND THE
NATIONAL
CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH /NCAR/ ADVANCED RESEARCH WRF /ARW/.
THESE RUNS ARE
MADE FOR 6 DOMAINS OVER THE UNITED STATES AND PUERTO RICO AND ARE NESTED
INSIDE OF THE
PARENT NORTH AMERICAN MESO MODEL /NAM/…OBTAINING INITIAL AND BOUNDARY
CONDITIONS
FROM THE NAM. BELOW IS THE CURRENT SCHEDULE AND THE SIX ASSOCIATED DOMAINS
0000 UTC ALASKA
0000 UTC HAWAII
0600 UTC WESTERN UNITED STATES /US/
0600 UTC PUERTO RICO
1200 UTC HAWAII
1200 UTC CENTRAL US
1800 UTC EASTERN US
1800 UTC PUERTO RICO
SEE THE LINK BELOW FOR A DISPLAY OF THE AREA COVERAGE FOR EACH REGIONAL
HIRES WINDOW…
/USE LOWERCASE/
HTTP //WWW.EMC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/MMB/MMBPLL/NESTPAGE/OVERLAYS.WRFNMM.JPG
DURING THE TROPICAL SEASON WHEN HURRICANE MODELS ARE RUNNING THE HIRESW
RUNS WILL
BE CANCELLED ON THE NCEP OPERATIONAL SUPER COMPUTER …BUT ARE RUN ON THE
DEVELOPMENT
SUPER COMPUTER WHEN RESOURCES PERMIT.
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 11 2007...THE CHANGES LISTED BELOW WILL BE
INCORPORATED INTO
THE HIRESW MODEL.
THE HIRESW WILL BE RUN AT FINER GRID SPACING USING UPDATED VERSIONS OF
THE CONSTITUENT
FORECAST MODELS. THE GRID SPACING OF THE HIRESW WILL CHANGE FROM 5.15 KM
TO 4.0 KM FOR
THE WRF VERSION OF THE NMM AND FROM 5.8 KM TO 5.15 KM FOR THE ARW MODEL.
ADDITIONALLY…
BOTH MODELS WILL BE UPGRADED FROM VERSION 1.3 TO VERSION 2.2 OF THE WRF
SOFTWARE.
GRIB OUTPUT PRODUCTS WILL CHANGE FROM 8 KM TO 5 KM GRID SPACING FOR ALL
DOMAINS EXCEPT
FOR THE ALASKAN WINDOW…WHERE THE GRID SPACING WILL CHANGE FROM 10 KM TO
5 KM. THE
REGIONS COVERED BY THE ALASKAN…WEST AND EAST WINDOWS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY
INCREASED.
THE CENTRAL WINDOW WILL BE ELIMINATED... AS THIS REGION IS WELL COVERED
BY THE EXPANDED
WEST AND EAST WINDOWS.
THE REVISED RUN SCHEDULE FOR THE FIVE NEW WINDOW CONFIGURATION IS
0000 UTC EASTERN US
0000 UTC HAWAII
0600 UTC WESTERN US
0600 UTC PUERTO RICO
1200 UTC EASTERN US
1200 UTC HAWAII
1800 UTC ALASKA
1800 UTC PUERTO RICO
ALL HIRESW DATA IN GRIB1 FORMAT WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE TOC SERVER ON
JANUARY 28... 2008.
THE CURRENT HIRESW DATA FOR THE TWO DYNAMICAL CORES… EM AND NMM IS
LOCATED IN THE TEST
DIRECTORY ON THE TOC SERVER AS FOLLOWS
NMM CORE DATA /GRIB1 FORMAT/
/SL.US008001/ST.OPNT/MT.WRF_MR.NMM_CY.CC/RD.YYYYMMDD/PT.GRID_DF.GR1_AR.
ALASKA10
/SL.US008001/ST.OPNT/MT.WRF_MR.NMM_CY.CC/RD.YYYYMMDD/PT.GRID_DF.GR1_AR.HI08
/SL.US008001/ST.OPNT/MT.WRF_MR.NMM_CY.CC/RD.YYYYMMDD/PT.GRID_DF.GR1_AR.PR08
/SL.US008001/ST.OPNT/MT.WRF_MR.NMM_CY.CC/RD.YYYYMMDD/PT.GRID_DF.GR1_AR.WEST08
/SL.US008001/ST.OPNT/MT.WRF_MR.NMM_CY.CC/RD.YYYYMMDD/PT.GRID_DF.GR1_AR.EAST08
/SL.US008001/ST.OPNT/MT.WRF_MR.NMM_CY.CC/RD.YYYYMMDD/PT.GRID_DF.GR1_AR.CENTRAL08
EM CORE DATA /GRIB1 FORMAT/
/SL.US008001/ST.OPNT/MT.WRF_MR.EM_CY.CC/RD.YYYYMMDD/PT.GRID_DF.GR1_AR.
ALASKA10
/SL.US008001/ST.OPNT/MT.WRF_MR.EM_CY.CC/RD.YYYYMMDD/PT.GRID_DF.GR1_AR.HI08
/SL.US008001/ST.OPNT/MT.WRF_MR.EM_CY.CC/RD.YYYYMMDD/PT.GRID_DF.GR1_AR.PR08
/SL.US008001/ST.OPNT/MT.WRF_MR.EM_CY.CC/RD.YYYYMMDD/PT.GRID_DF.GR1_AR.WEST08
/SL.US008001/ST.OPNT/MT.WRF_MR.EM_CY.CC/RD.YYYYMMDD/PT.GRID_DF.GR1_AR.EAST08
/SL.US008001/ST.OPNT/MT.WRF_MR.EM_CY.CC/RD.YYYYMMDD/PT.GRID_DF.GR1_AR.
CENTRAL08
NMM CORE DATA /GRIB2 FORMAT/
/SL.US008001/ST.OPNT/MT.WRF_MR.NMM_CY.CC/RD.YYYYMMDD/PT.GRID_DF.GR2_AR.
/DOMAIN /
/e.g. ALASKA10 / HI08/PR08/WEST08/EAST08/CENTRAL08 /
EM CORE DATA /GRIB2 FORMAT/
/SL.US008001/ST.OPNT/MT.WRF_MR.EM_CY.CC/RD.YYYYMMDD/PT.GRID_DF.GR2_AR.
/DOMAIN /
/e.g. ALASKA10 / HI08/PR08/WEST08/EAST08/CENTRAL08 /
THE UPGRADED HIRESW DATA WILL BE RELOCATED IN THE OPERATIONAL DIRECTORY
ON THE
TOC SERVER UNDER A NEW DIRECTORY NAME AS FOLLOWS
NMM CORE DATA /GRIB1 FORMAT/
/SL.US008001/ST.OPNL/MT.HIRES_MR.NMM_CY.CC/RD.YYYYMMDD/PT.GRID_DF.GR1_AR.
ALASKA05
/SL.US008001/ST.OPNL/MT.HIRES_MR.NMM_CY.CC/RD.YYYYMMDD/PT.GRID_DF.GR1_AR.HI05
/SL.US008001/ST.OPNL/MT.HIRES_MR.NMM_CY.CC/RD.YYYYMMDD/PT.GRID_DF.GR1_AR.PR05
/SL.US008001/ST.OPNL/MT.HIRES_MR.NMM_CY.CC/RD.YYYYMMDD/PT.GRID_DF.GR1_AR.WEST05
/SL.US008001/ST.OPNL/MT.HIRES_MR.NMM_CY.CC/RD.YYYYMMDD/PT.GRID_DF.GR1_AR.EAST05
ARW CORE DATA /GRIB1 FORMAT/
/SL.US008001/ST.OPNL/MT.HIRES_MR.ARW_CY.CC/RD.YYYYMMDD/PT.GRID_DF.GR1_AR.
ALASKA05
/SL.US008001/ST.OPNL/MT.HIRES_MR.ARW_CY.CC/RD.YYYYMMDD/PT.GRID_DF.GR1_AR.HI05
/SL.US008001/ST.OPNL/MT.HIRES_MR.ARW_CY.CC/RD.YYYYMMDD/PT.GRID_DF.GR1_AR.PR05
/SL.US008001/ST.OPNL/MT.HIRES_MR.ARW_CY.CC/RD.YYYYMMDD/PT.GRID_DF.GR1_AR.WEST05
/SL.US008001/ST.OPNL/MT.HIRES_MR.ARW_CY.CC/RD.YYYYMMDD/PT.GRID_DF.GR1_AR.EAST05
NMM CORE DATA /GRIB2 FORMAT/
SL.US008001/ST.OPNL/MT.HIRES_MR.NMM_CY.CC/RD.YYYYMMDD/PT.GRID_DF.GR2_AR.
/DOMAIN /
/e.g. ALASKA05/HI05/PR05/WEST05/EAST05 /
ARW CORE DATA /GRIB2 FORMAT/
/SL.US008001/ST.OPNL/MT.HIRES_MR.ARW_CY.CC/RD.YYYYMMDD/PT.GRID_DF.GR2_AR.
/DOMAIN /
/e.g. ALASKA05/HI05/PR05/WEST05/EAST05 /
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NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW.
HTTP/COLON///WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DATAMGMT/NOTICES.SHTML
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