NOUS41 KWBC 071924 AAA PNSWSH TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 04-52... UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 215 PM EST FRI JANUARY 7 2005 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: UPDATE: ADDITION OF NEW ETA-BASED MOS BUFR PRODUCTS EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 8 2005 NOTE: UPDATED TO REFINE EFFECTIVE DATE FROM LATE JANUARY 2005 TO FEBRUARY 8 2005. NOTE: THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER WIRE SUBSCRIBERS ATTENTION USERS OF THE MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS /MOS/ GUIDANCE... ON TUESDAY... FEBRUARY 8 2005... THE NWS WILL PRODUCE NEW ETA- BASED MOS BUFR PRODUCTS CONTAINING GUIDANCE FOR 6 TO 84 HOURS IN ADVANCE FROM THE 0000 AND 1200 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME /UTC/ MODEL RUNS. THE NEW COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THESE PRODUCTS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1. THE PRODUCTS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE NWS TELECOMMUNICATIONS GATEWAY...THE NWS FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL /FTP/ SERVER /TGFTP/...AND THE METEOROLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT LAB /MDL/ WEB PAGES. A WEBPAGE PROVIDING MORE INFORMATION REGARDING PROJECTIONS AND ELEMENTS FOR WHICH GUIDANCE IS AVAILABLE IS REFERENCED BELOW. TABLE 1: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE ETA-BASED MOS BUFR PRODUCTS. WMO HEADING REGION JSML10 KWNO PACIFIC REGION JSML11 KWNO NORTHEAST CONUS JSML12 KWNO SOUTHEAST CONUS JSML13 KWNO NORTH CENTRAL CONUS JSML14 KWNO SOUTH CENTRAL CONUS JSML15 KWNO ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONUS JSML16 KWNO WEST COAST CONUS JSML17 KWNO ALASKA A WEBPAGE OUTLINING THE ELEMENTS AND PROJECTIONS AVAILABLE IN THE ETA-BASED BUFR PRODUCTS ALONG WITH THE ASSOCIATED BUFR TABLE B CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/BUFR.HTML A LIST OF ALL SITES IN THE BUFR PRODUCTS AND A MAP OF THE GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/STADRG.HTML IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE CHANGES TO THE MOS GUIDANCE SYSTEM...PLEASE CONTACT: PAUL DALLAVALLE MDL/SILVER SPRING MARYLAND PHONE: 301 713 0023 EXT. 135 E-MAIL: PAUL.DALLAVALLE@NOAA.GOV LINKS TO THE MOS PRODUCTS...ALONG WITH DESCRIPTIONS...CAN BE FOUND AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/PRODUCTS.SHTML THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/ HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM $$ NNNN