NOUS41 KWBC 081844 AAA PNSWSH TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 06-87...AMENDED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 143 PM EST THU MAR 8 2007 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 SCIENCE PLANS BRANCH CHIEF OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY /OST/ SUBJECT: AMENDED: ADDITION OF NEW ELEMENTS TO THE GFS-BASED GRIDDED MOS GUIDANCE: EFFECTIVE DATE OF MARCH 13 2007 POSTPONED REFER TO: TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE /TIN/ 06-87 TRANSMITTED ON NOVEMBER 28 2006 AMENDED TO POSTPONE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR ADDING NEW ELEMENTS TO THE GFS-BASED GRIDDED MOS GUIDANCE FROM MARCH 13 2007 UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. A FOLLOW-UP TIN WILL BE ISSUED WHEN A NEW IMPLEMENTATION DATE IS SET. ATTENTION USERS OF THE MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS /MOS/ GUIDANCE: THE NWS WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS IN THE GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM /GFS/ -BASED GRIDDED MOS GUIDANCE. THESE PRODUCTS WILL BE DISSEMINATED ON THE SATELLITE BROADCAST NETWORK /SBN/...NOAAPORT AND THE NWS FTP SERVER. THE PRODUCTS WILL BE IN GRIB2 FORMAT. THE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1 BELOW. THE GRIDDED MOS PRODUCTS WILL CONTAIN GUIDANCE ON THE 5 KM NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE /NDFD/ CONUS GRID AT PROJECTIONS OF 1 TO 7 DAYS IN ADVANCE. GRIDS WILL BE GENERATED FROM THE 0000 AND 1200 UTC MODEL RUNS. GUIDANCE WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS: SKY COVER WIND GUSTS QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION /6 AND 12 HOUR/ GRIB2 GRIDDED MOS GUIDANCE IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS FTP SERVER AT /USE LOWER CASE EXCEPT FOR SL...ST...DF...DC...GT...AND AR/: FTP://TGFTP.NWS.NOAA.GOV/SL.US008001/ST.OPNL/DF.GR2/DC.NDGD/ GT.MOSGFS/AR.CONUS TABLE 1: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE GFS-BASED GRIDDED MOS GRIB2 PRODUCTS SCHEDULED TO BE IMPLEMENTED. EACH GRIB2 PRODUCT HAS A UNIQUE WMO HEADING. LISTED BELOW ARE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE WMO HEADINGS. A COMPLETE LIST OF GRIDDED MOS WMO HEADINGS IS AVAILABLE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/GMOS/GMOSHEADERS.PDF WMO HEADING ELEMENT LAUXXX KWBQ SKY COVER LIUXXX KWBQ 6-HR QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION LVUXXX KWBQ 12-HR QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION LWUXXX KWBQ WIND GUSTS A WEB PAGE OUTLINING THE GRIDDED MOS GUIDANCE AND THE FTP SERVER STRUCTURE CAN BE FOUND AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/GMOS.HTML FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE PRODUCTS OR THE MOS GUIDANCE CONTACT: KATHRYN GILBERT MDL/SILVER SPRING MARYLAND PHONE: 301-713-0023 EXT. 130 E-MAIL: KATHRYN.GILBERT@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 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