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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 04-54
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 
715 AM EST MON SEPTEMBER 20 2004

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:  ADDITION OF GFS-BASED MOS MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM
	  TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE FOR COOPERATIVE OBSERVER
	  LOCATIONS... EFFECTIVE LATE JANUARY 2005

NOTE:     THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER 
          WIRE SUBSCRIBERS 

ATTENTION USERS OF THE MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS /MOS/ GUIDANCE...

IN LATE JANUARY 2005 THE NWS WILL ADD NEW GFS-BASED MOS PRODUCTS 
CONTAINING MAXIMUM AND MINIMIUM TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE FOR APPROXIMATELY 
5500 COOPERATIVE OBSERVER SITES TO THE SATELLITE BROADCAST NETWORK /SBN/.   
THE SHORT-RANGE TEXT PRODUCTS WILL CONTAIN MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 
GUIDANCE FOR ONE TO FOUR DAYS IN ADVANCE FROM THE 0000... 0600... 1200... 
AND 1800 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME /UTC/  MODEL RUNS.  THE EXTENDED-RANGE 
TEXT PRODUCT WILL CONTAIN MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE FOR ONE 
TO EIGHT DAYS IN ADVANCE FROM THE 0000 AND 1200 UTC MODEL RUNS.  THE 
COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE ALPHANUMERIC BULLETINS ARE SHOWN IN 
TABLE 1.  THE PRODUCTS ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ON THE NWS FTP SERVER 
/TGFTP/...AND THE MDL WEB PAGES.  A FOLLOW-ON ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE SENT
WITH AN EXACT IMPLEMENTATION DATE WHEN OPERATIONAL SCHEDULES HAVE BEEN 
ESTABLISHED.  


TABLE 1.  COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE ALPHANUMERIC
BULLETINS OF GFS-BASED MOS GUIDANCE AT COOPERATIVE OBSERVER
STATIONS.

     WMO HEADING         AWIPS ID       

     FOUS10 KWNO         MCGUSA         SHORT-RANGE GFS GUIDANCE
     FEUS10 KWNO         MCXUSA         EXTENDED-RANGE GFS GUIDANCE


A WEBPAGE WITH MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING SAMPLE TEXT PRODUCTS 
AND THE STATIONS FOR WHICH GUIDANCE WILL BE AVAILABLE CAN BE 
FOUND ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

   HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/COOP.HTM


IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE CHANGES TO THE MOS GUIDANCE
SYSTEM...PLEASE CONTACT:

REBECCA COSGROVE 
MDL/SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 
PHONE:  301 713 0023 EXT. 124 
E-MAIL: REBECCA.COSGROVE@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

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