NOUS41 KWBC 031511 PNSWSH TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 05-08 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 1000 AM EST THU FEB 3 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: NEW SHORT-RANGE GFS MOS GUIDANCE FOR ISLAND LOCATIONS IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN: EFFECTIVE JUNE 7 2005 ATTENTION USERS OF THE MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS /MOS/ GUIDANCE: ON TUESDAY... JUNE 7 2005... WITH THE 1200 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME /UTC/ MODEL CYCLE... NWS WILL MAKE AVAILABLE SHORT-RANGE GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM /GFS/ MOS GUIDANCE FOR 13 STATIONS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN TO THE WEST OF THE INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE. INITIALLY ONLY WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THESE SITES... AND THE GUIDANCE WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE FROM THE 0000 AND 1200 UTC RUNS OF THE GFS. AS ADDITIONAL WEATHER ELEMENTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE MESSAGE... NEW TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES WILL BE ISSUED. THE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE PRODUCTS ARE SHOWN BELOW IN TABLE 1. TABLE 1. COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR GFS-BASED MOS TEXT AND BINARY UNIVERSAL FORM FOR THE REPRESENTATION OF METEOROLOGICAL DATA /BUFR/ PRODUCTS FOR ISLAND STATIONS IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN. WMO HEADING AWIPS ID FOPA21 KWNO MAVPA1 TEXT PRODUCT JSML38 KWNO BUFR PRODUCT THE 13 STATIONS INCLUDED IN THESE PRODUCTS ARE: STATION ID STATION NAME PGRO ROTA INTL AIRPORT/ROTA ISL... MARIANA ISLANDS PGSN SAIPAN... MARIANA ISLANDS PGUA ANDERSON AFB... GUAM PGUM GUAM INTL AIRPORT... GUAM PGWT WEST TINIAN... NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS PKMR MAJURO ATOLL WSO... MARSHALL ISLANDS PKWA KWAJALEIN... MARSHALL ISLANDS PTKK CHUUK... MICRONESIA PTKR KOROR WSO... PALAU PTSA KOSRAE... MICRONESIA PTTP POHNPEI WSO... MICRONESIA PTYA YAP... MICRONESIA PWAK WAKE ISLAND GUIDANCE FOR TWO ADDITIONAL SITES IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN WILL BE IMPLEMENTED UNDER A DIFFERENT HEADING IN APRIL. SEE TIN 05-07 FOR MORE DETAILS. THE COMPLETE LIST OF SITES FOR WHICH MOS GUIDANCE IS AVAILABLE CAN BE FOUND AT THE URL LISTED BELOW /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/STADRG.HTML A TECHNICAL PROCEDURES BULLETIN DESCRIBING THE GFS MOS WIND GUIDANCE FOR SITES IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLINE BY FEBRUARY 15 2005 AT THE URL LISTED BELOW /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/TPB/MDLTPB05-02.PDF A TECHNICAL DOCUMENT DESCRIBING THE FORMAT OF THE BULLETIN FOR THE WESTERN PACIFIC SITES IS AVAILABLE AT THE URL LISTED BELOW /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/TPB/MDLTPB05-01.PDF IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PRODUCT OR THE MOS GUIDANCE... PLEASE CONTACT: PAUL DALLAVALLE MDL/SILVER SPRING... MD 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 THE URL LISTED BELOW /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM $$ NNNN