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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 08-82
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1025 AM EDT THU OCT 09 2008

TO:	  SUBSCRIBERS:
          -FAMILY OF SERVICES
          -NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
          -EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
          -NOAAPORT
          OTHER USERS...PARTNERS AND NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM:     JASON TUELL
          CHIEF...SCIENCE PLANS BRANCH
          OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 

SUBJECT:  ADDITION OF NEW CYCLES FOR GFS-BASED LAMP GUIDANCE: 
          EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 12 2008

EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 12...BEGINNING WITH THE 1400 
COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/ RUN...THE NWS WILL PRODUCE FOUR 
ADDITIONAL CYCLES OF THE SHORT RANGE /1-25 HOUR/ GFS-BASED LAMP 
GUIDANCE. THESE CYCLES WILL BE DISSEMINATED ON THE SATELLITE 
BROADCAST NETWORK /SBN/...NOAAPORT AND THE NWS FTP SERVER. THE 
FOUR NEW LAMP CYCLES ARE 0200...0800...1400 AND 2000 UTC.

THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE 20 EXISTING LAMP CYCLES OF 0000... 
0100...0300...0400...0500...0600...0700...0900...1000...1100... 
1200...1300...1500...1600...1700...1800...1900...2100...2200 AND 
2300 UTC. THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF OPERATIONAL LAMP 
CYCLES UP TO 24...WITH LAMP PRODUCING GUIDANCE EVERY HOUR OF THE 
DAY. THESE GUIDANCE PRODUCTS WILL BE IN BUFR...ASCII AND GRIB2 
FORMAT. THE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE BUFR...ASCII AND 
GRIB2 PRODUCTS ARE SHOWN BELOW IN TABLES 1...2 AND 3 
RESPECTIVELY.  

A WEB PAGE OUTLINING THE LAMP GUIDANCE CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT 
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

     HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/GFSLAMP/DOCS/GFSLAMP_INFO.SHTML

TABLE 1: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE GFS-BASED LAMP 
PRODUCTS IN BUFR FORMAT. LISTED BELOW ARE THE WMO HEADINGS:  

WMO HEADING     REGION

JSMF10 KWNO     LAMP BUFR PACIFIC REGION
JSMF11 KWNO     LAMP BUFR NORTHEAST REGION 
JSMF12 KWNO     LAMP BUFR SOUTHEAST REGION 
JSMF13 KWNO     LAMP BUFR NORTH CENTRAL REGION 
JSMF14 KWNO     LAMP BUFR SOUTH CENTRAL REGION 
JSMF15 KWNO     LAMP BUFR ROCKY MOUNTAINS REGION 
JSMF16 KWNO     LAMP BUFR WEST COAST REGION 
JSMF17 KWNO     LAMP BUFR ALASKA 

TABLE 2: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIER FOR THE GFS-BASED LAMP 
PRODUCTS IN ASCII FORMAT. LISTED BELOW IS THE WMO HEADING AND 
AWIPS IDENTIFIER:  

WMO HEADING     AWIPS ID

FOUS11 KWNO     LAVUSA

TABLE 3: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE GFS-BASED LAMP 
GRIDDED THUNDERSTORM PRODUCTS IN GRIB2 FORMAT. EACH GRIB2 
PRODUCT HAS A UNIQUE WMO HEADING. LISTED BELOW ARE 
REPRESENTATIONS OF THE WMO HEADINGS.  

WMO HEADING     ELEMENT

LAUXXX KWNO     2-HR PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS
LBUXXX KWNO     2-HR CATEGORICAL FORECASTS OF THUNDERSTORMS    
                OCCURRING

A COMPLETE LIST OF WMO HEADINGS FOR LAMP GRIDDED THUNDERSTORM 
GUIDANCE IS AVAILABLE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

     HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/GFSLAMP/DOCS/LAMPHEADERS.PDF  

LINKS TO THE GFS-LAMP PRODUCTS...ALONG WITH DESCRIPTIONS...CAN 
BE FOUND AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

     HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/LAMP

FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE PRODUCTS OR THE LAMP GUIDANCE...PLEASE 
CONTACT:

     JUDY GHIRARDELLI
     OST/METEOROLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY
     SILVER SPRING MARYLAND
     PHONE:  301-713-0056 EXT. 194
     E-MAIL: JUDY.GHIRARDELLI@NOAA.GOV

NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT  
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: 

     HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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