December 19, 2007
MEMORANDUM FOR: Distribution E
FROM: John H. Ward
Chief, Production Management Branch
SUBJECT: Changes to the NWS Production Suite
Items 1255-1261, the HYSPLIT package, were successfully tested and
implemented at 19Z on Tuesday, 18 December.
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1. The annual December moratorium on changes to the CCS Production
Suite began at close of business on next Tuesday, 18 December and will
end on Tuesday, 8 January.
2. As of 28 November 2007, no further JIFS should be entered into the
current Lotus Notes database. Please hold the submission of new change
requests until 8 January 2008. Emergency/CRISIS changes should be
entered using the modified Request For Change (RFC) Form located at
http://www2.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/director/cm
and emailed to
NCEP.LIST.CMO@xxxxxxxx
3. The modified Request For Change (RFC) located in the Lotus Notes
database is tentatively scheduled for implementation at 12Z on 8 January
2008.
4. All NCEP model derived GRIB1 data currently residing on the NCEP and
TOC FTP servers will be removed on 28 January 2008. Equivalent GRIB2
data sets are available on both servers. NOAAPORT data will not be
impacted by this change.
NCEP provides software to convert GRIB2 formatted data back into GRIB1.
Please use the link below to obtain the software utility to convert
formats:
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/codes/GRIB2/
Information regarding product equivalents for GRIB1 and GRIB2 on the NWS
FTP TOC servers (tgdata.nws.noaa.gov and tgftp.nws.noaa.gov) and NCEP
ftp server (ftp.ncep.noaa.gov) can be found via the link below:
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/docs/GRIB1_to_GRIB2.shtml
Please direct all questions concerning the GRIB software codes to
NCEP.NCO.GRIB@xxxxxxxx.
5. Upcoming major changes to NCEP's production suite and details on any
product or timing changes associated with upcoming implementations can
be viewed at the following website:
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/changes/
Test data for each of these proposed changes should be available six
weeks prior to implementation. Anyone wishing to receive formal notice
of the final pre-implementation testing and the opportunity to provide
feedback on the proposed changes can subscribe to the Model Evaluation
mailing list via:
https://lstsrv.ncep.noaa.gov/mailman/listinfo/ncep.list.modelevalinfo
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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