NOUS41 KWBC 241527 PNSWSH TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 08-55 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 1130 AM EDT TUE JUN 24 2008 TO: SUBSCRIBERS: -FAMILY OF SERVICES -NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE -EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK -NOAAPORT OTHER NWS PARTNERS...USERS AND EMPLOYEES FROM: JASON TUELL CHIEF...SCIENCE PLANS BRANCH OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SUBJECT: NEW GFS MOS TEMPERATURE AND DEWPOINT GUIDANCE FOR ISLAND LOCATIONS IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN: EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 9 2008 ATTENTION USERS OF THE MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS /MOS/ GUIDANCE... EFFECTIVE TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 9 2008...WITH THE 1200 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/ MODEL CYCLE...THE NWS WILL MAKE AVAILABLE NEW GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM /GFS/ MOS TEMPERATURE AND DEWPOINT GUIDANCE FOR 15 STATIONS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN TO THE WEST OF THE HAWAII ISLANDS...FOR SHORT RANGE PROJECTIONS. THE MOS GUIDANCE OF TEMPERATURE AND DEWPOINT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THESE SITES. THIS GUIDANCE WILL BE ADDED TO THE EXISTING PRODUCT WHOSE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS ARE SHOWN BELOW IN TABLES 1 AND 2. AS OTHER WEATHER ELEMENT GUIDANCE IS ADDED TO THE MESSAGE...NEW TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES WILL BE ISSUED. TABLE 1. COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE HAWAII GFS MOS TEXT AND BUFR PRODUCTS. WMO HEADING AWIPS ID MESSAGE TYPE FOPA20 KWNO MAVPA0 TEXT JSMT20 KWNO N/A BUFR TEMPERATURE AND DEWPOINT GUIDANCE WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR THESE TWO STATIONS IN THE HAWAII GFS MOS MESSAGES: NSTU PAGO PAGO...AMERICAN SAMOA PMDY MIDWAY ISLAND TABLE 2. COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR GFS-BASED MOS TEXT AND BUFR PRODUCTS VALID FOR ISLAND STATIONS TO THE WEST OF INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE. WMO HEADING AWIPS ID MESSAGE TYPE FOPA21 KWNO MAVPA1 TEXT JSML38 KWNO N/A BUFR TEMPERATURE AND DEWPOINT GUIDANCE WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR THESE 13 ISLAND STATIONS IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN GFS MOS MESSAGES: PGRO ROTA INTL AIRPORT/ROTA ISL...MARIANA IS. PGSN SAIPAN...MARIANA IS. PGUA ANDERSON AFB...GUAM PGUM GUAM INTL AIRPORT...GUAM PGWT WEST TINIAN...NORTHERN MARIANA IS. PKMR MAJURO ATOLL WSO...MARSHALL IS. PKWA KWAJALEIN...MARSHALL IS. PTKK CHUUK...MICRONESIA PTKR KOROR WSO...PALAU PTSA KOSRAE...MICRONESIA PTTP POHNPEI WSO..MICRONESIA PTYA YAP..MICRONESIA PWAK WAKE ISLAND THE COMPLETE GFS MOS STATION LIST CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/STADRG.PHP THE LINK TO THESE PRODUCTS...ALONG WITH THE DESCRIPTION CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/PRODUCTS.PHP A TECHNICAL DOCUMENT DESCRIBING THE FORMAT OF THE BULLETIN FOR THE WESTERN PACIFIC SITES IS AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/TPB/MDLTPB05-01.PDF IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONTENT OR GENERATION OF THIS MOS PRODUCT...PLEASE CONTACT: JAMES SU MDL/SILVER SPRING MARYLAND PHONE: 301-713-0023 X139 EMAIL: JAMES.SU@NOAA.GOV NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM $$ NNNN