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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...COMMENT REQUEST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
350 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2008
TO: SUBSCRIBERS:
-FAMILY OF SERVICES
-NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
-EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
OTHER NWS PARTNERS...USERS AND EMPLOYEES
FROM: KATHRYN GILBERT
METEOROLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
SUBJECT: SOLICITING COMMENTS ON PROPOSED REPLACEMENT OF
ETA-BASED MOS PRODUCTS WITH NAM MOS PRODUCTS THROUGH
AUGUST 20 2008
NWS IS PROPOSING TO TERMINATE PRODUCTION OF THE MODEL OUTPUT
STATISTICS /MOS/ GUIDANCE FROM THE ETA MODEL. THIS PROPOSED
CHANGE IS NECESSARY BECAUSE NWS REPLACED THE ETA MODEL WITH THE
NON-HYDROSTATIC MESOSCALE MODEL /NMM/ VERSION OF THE WEATHER
RESEARCH FORECAST /WRF/ MODEL IN JUNE 2006. USERS CAN FIND A
PREVIOUS PROPOSAL TO TERMINATE ETA MOS GUIDANCE /USE LOWER CASE/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/WRFEVAL/ETAMOS_TERMINATION.PDF
FEEDBACK INDICATED THAT SUITABLE POST-PROCESSED GUIDANCE DERIVED
FROM THE CURRENT NORTH AMERICAN MESOSCALE /NAM/ MODEL IS
NECESSARY BEFORE TERMINATING THE ETA MOS. WRF-NMM MOS GUIDANCE IS
NOW AVAILABLE AS A REPLACEMENT.
USERS CAN FIND A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF THIS PROPOSED
REPLACEMENT AND DESCRIPTION OF ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF STATISTICAL
GUIDANCE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/WRFEVAL/NAMMOS_REPLACEMENT.PDF
SEND COMMENTS ON THIS PROPOSED REPLACEMENT BY AUGUST 20 2008 TO:
ETAMOSREPLACEMENT.COMMENTS@xxxxxxxx
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:
KATHRYN GILBERT
NWS METEOROLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY
301-713-0023 X 130
KATHRYN.GILBERT@xxxxxxxx
NWS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM
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