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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 07-82 AMENDED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1113 AM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008
TO: SUBSCRIBERS:
-FAMILY OF SERVICES
-NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
-EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
-NOAAPORT
OTHER NWS PARTNERS...USERS AND EMPLOYEES
FROM: JASON TUELL
CHIEF...SCIENCE PLANS BRANCH
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
SUBJECT: AMENDED: ADDITION OF GFS-BASED GRIDDED MOS GUIDANCE FOR
ALASKA: EFFECTIVE JUNE 10 2008
REFER TO: 1. TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE /TIN/ 07-82
TRANSMITTED ON OCTOBER 24 2007
2. TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE /TIN/ 07-82: AMENDED
TRANSMITTED ON FEBRUARY 25 2008
AMENDED TO NOTIFY USERS OF THE NEW EFFECTIVE DATE FOR ADDING
ALASKA GRIDDED MOS GUIDANCE. THE IMPLEMENTATION DATE IS SET FOR
JUNE 10 2008.
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY JUNE 10 2008...THE NWS WILL PRODUCE NEW GLOBAL
FORECAST SYSTEM /GFS/ -BASED GRIDDED MOS GUIDANCE FOR ALASKA AND
DISSEMINATE IT ON THE SATELLITE BROADCAST NETWORK /SBN/...
NOAAPORT...AND THE NWS FTP SERVER. THESE GUIDANCE PRODUCTS WILL
BE IN GRIB2 FORMAT. THE NEW COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THESE
PRODUCTS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1 BELOW.
THE GRIDDED MOS PRODUCTS WILL CONTAIN GUIDANCE ON A ROUGHLY 3 KM
POLAR STEREOGRAPHIC GRID COVERING THE SAME EXPANSE AS THE
NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE /NDFD/ ALASKA GRID. GRIDS WILL
BE GENERATED FROM THE 0000 AND 1200 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME
/UTC/ MODEL RUNS AT PROJECTIONS OF 1 TO 7 DAYS IN ADVANCE.
GUIDANCE WILL INITIALLY BE AVAILABLE FOR THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS
WITH OTHERS TO BE ADDED AT A LATER DATE:
DAYTIME MAXIMUM AND NIGHTTIME MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
2-METER SPOT TEMPERATURE
2-METER SPOT DEWPOINT TEMPERATURE
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS /3...6 AND 12 HOUR/
THE ALASKA PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORM GUIDANCE WILL ONLY BE
VALID DURING THE WARM SEASON FROM MAY 1 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30.
A WEB PAGE PROVIDING MORE INFORMATION REGARDING GRID
SPECIFICATIONS...GRIB2 ENCODING AND ELEMENTS FOR WHICH GUIDANCE
IS AVAILABLE IS REFERENCED BELOW.
THE GRIB2 PRODUCTS WILL BE PROVIDED AS PART OF THE NATIONAL
DIGITAL GUIDANCE DATABASE /NDGD/. THEY WILL INITIALLY BE
AVAILABLE ON THE NWS FTP SERVER AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS EXCEPT
FOR SL...ST...DF...DC...GT...AND AR/:
FTP://TGFTP.NWS.NOAA.GOV/SL.US008001/ST.EXPR/DF.GR2/DC.NDGD/GT.MO
SGFS/AR.ALASKA
TABLE 1: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE GFS-BASED GRIDDED MOS
GRIB2 PRODUCTS FOR ALASKA. EACH GRIB2 PRODUCT HAS A UNIQUE WMO
HEADER. LISTED BELOW ARE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE WMO HEADERS. A
COMPLETE LIST OF GRIDDED MOS WMO HEADERS IS AVAILABLE AT /USE
LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/GMOS/GMOSHEADERS.PDF
WMO HEADING ELEMENT
LBRXXX KWBQ WIND DIRECTION
LCRXXX KWBQ WIND SPEED
LDRXXX KWBQ 12-HR PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION
LERXXX KWBQ 2-METER TEMPERATURE
LFRXXX KWBQ 2-METER DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
LGRXXX KWBQ DAYTIME MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE
LHRXXX KWBQ NIGHTTIME MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
LJRXXX KWBQ 6-HR PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS
LRRXXX KWBQ RELATIVE HUMIDITY
LURXXX KWBQ 6-HR PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION
LXRXXX KWBQ 12-HR PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS
LYRXXX KWBQ 3-HR PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS
A WEB PAGE OUTLINING THE GRIDDED MOS GUIDANCE AND THE FTP SERVER
STRUCTURE CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/GMOS.PHP
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE PRODUCTS OR THE MOS GUIDANCE...
PLEASE CONTACT:
KATHRYN GILBERT
MDL/SILVER SPRING MARYLAND
PHONE: 301-713-0023 EXT. 130
E-MAIL: KATHRYN.GILBERT@xxxxxxxx
LINKS TO THE MOS PRODUCTS...ALONG WITH DESCRIPTIONS...CAN BE
FOUND ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP
NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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