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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 07-94
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
808 AM EST MON NOV 26 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: REMOVAL OF NGM-LAMP GUIDANCE PRODUCTS FROM NWS WEB
SITES AND FTP SERVERS AND REPLACEMENT BY THE LOCALIZED
AVIATION MOS PROGRAM: EFFECTIVE JANUARY 15 2008
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY JANUARY 15 2008...BEGINNING WITH THE 1400
COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/ RUN...THE NWS WILL NO LONGER
PRODUCE NESTED GRID MODEL /NGM/-BASED LOCAL AWIPS MOS PROGRAM
/LAMP/ GUIDANCE. A PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT WAS ISSUED ON
AUGUST 13 2007 REQUESTING COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED TERMINATION OF
THE NGM-LAMP PRODUCT. BASED ON THE RESPONSES RECEIVED...THE
DECISION WAS MADE TO TERMINATE THE PRODUCT. FOR DETAILS ABOUT
THIS DECISION PLEASE SEE THE MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD AT
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/INFOSERVICECHANGES/TERMNGMLAMP.PDF
THE GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM /GFS/- LAMP SYSTEM...RENAMED THE
LOCALIZED AVIATION MOS PROGRAM...REPLACES THE NGM-LAMP PRODUCT.
CURRENTLY THE NEW GFS-BASED LAMP SYSTEM IS RUNNING OPERATIONALLY
WITH MORE CYCLES THAN THE NGM-BASED LAMP SYSTEM AND WILL
EVENTUALLY PROVIDE UPDATED GUIDANCE EVERY HOUR OF THE DAY. IN
ADDITION THE NUMBER OF STATIONS FOR WHICH FORECASTS ARE GENERATED
IN THE NEW GFS-LAMP SYSTEM HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED FROM THE
NGM-LAMP SYSTEM.
WITH THE REMOVAL OF THE NGM-LAMP SYSTEM...THE NGM-LAMP GUIDANCE
WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE ON THE NWS WEB PAGE OF /USE LOWER
CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/LAMP/NGMLAMP.SHTML
THE NGM-LAMP PRODUCTS LISTED BELOW WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE ON
THE NWS FTP SERVER /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/ TGFTP.NWS.NOAA.GOV:
NGM-LAMP ASCII TEXT BULLETINS LOCATED ON THE NWS FTP SERVER
IN THE FOLLOWING DIRECTORY WITH THE FOLLOWING FILENAMES /USE
LOWER CASE EXCEPT FOR THE SL...DF...AND DC/:
SL.US008001/DF.ANF/DC.LAMP/CY.HH.TXT
WHERE HH IS THE CYCLE OF THE NGM-LAMP GUIDANCE IN
UTC...AND CAN BE ANY OF
02...05...08...11...14...17...20...OR 23.
NGM-LAMP GRIB1 QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECASTS LOCATED
ON THE NWS FTP SERVER IN THE FOLLOWING DIRECTORY WITH THE
FOLLOWING FILENAMES /USE LOWER CASE EXCEPT FOR THE
SL...DF...DC...AND RD/:
SL.US008001/DF.GR1/DC.LAMP/RD.YYYYMMDD/CY.HH.BIN
WHERE YYYY IS THE CURRENT YEAR IN 4 DIGITS...MM IS THE
CURRENT MONTH IN TWO DIGITS...AND DD IS THE CURRENT DAY
IN TWO DIGITS. HH IS THE CYCLE OF THE NGM-LAMP
GUIDANCE IN UTC...AND CAN BE ANY OF
02...05...08...11...14...17...20...OR 23.
FOR YOUR REFERENCE KEY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE NGM-LAMP SYSTEM
AND THE GFS-LAMP SYSTEM ARE SUMMARIZED AT /USE LOWER CASE
LETTERS/:
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MDL/GFSLAMP/DOCS/PLAN_NGMLAMP_REMOVAL.SHTML
FOR MORE DETAILS ON THE NEW GFS-LAMP SYSTEM, PLEASE SEE
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MDL/LAMP/
FOR 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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