NOUS41 KWBC 061520 PNSWSH TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 08-90 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 1020 AM EST THU NOV 6 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: TERMINATION OF THE NGM AND NGM-BASED PRODUCTS: EFFECTIVE MARCH 3 2009 REFER TO: PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...REQUEST FOR COMMENTS... RELEASED JULY 1 2008. EFFECTIVE TUESDAY MARCH 3 2009 WITH THE 1200 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME /UTC/ CYCLE RUN...THE NWS WILL TERMINATE THE NESTED GRID MODEL /NGM/...DIRECT MODEL OUTPUT GRIB/BUFR/TEXT PRODUCTS AND NGM-BASED PRODUCTS. NGM-BASED PRODUCTS INCLUDE NGM MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS /MOS/...NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION /NCEP/- BASED PRODUCTS AND A TRAJECTORY MODEL PROVIDED BY THE METEOROLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY /MDL/. A PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT WAS ISSUED ON JULY 1 2008 REQUESTING COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED TERMINATION OF THE NGM AND NGM-BASED PRODUCTS. PLEASE SEE /USE LOWER CASE/: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIFICATION/OLD/PNS08_NGM_REMOVAL.TXT BASED ON THE RESPONSES RECEIVED...THE DECISION WAS MADE TO TERMINATE. FOR DETAILS ABOUT THIS DECISION PLEASE SEE /USE LOWER CASE/: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/INFOSERVICECHANGES/TERMNGMDECISION.PDF EFFECTS OF THIS TERMINATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: 1. REMOVAL OF NGM MODEL PRODUCTS AVAILABLE ALONG WITH THE REPLACEMENT/ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTS AT /USE LOWER CASE/: HTTP://WWW.NCO.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/PMB/NWPROD/ANALYSIS/ 2. REMOVAL OF NGM-MOS PRODUCTS WHICH ARE AVAILABLE ALONG WITH REPLACEMENT/ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTS AT /USE LOWER CASE/: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/PRODUCTS.PHP 3. REMOVAL OF ALL NGM-BASED GUIDANCE WHICH IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS FTP SERVER AT /USE LOWER CASE/: FTP://TGFTP.NWS.NOAA.GOV 4. REMOVAL OF THE TRAJECTORY MODEL WHICH IS AVAILABLE AT /USE LOWER CASE EXCEPT FOR SL...DF...AND DC/: FTP://TGFTP.NWS.NOAA.GOV/SL.US008001/DF.GR1/DC.TRAJ/ A LIST OF NGM-BASED PRODUCTS FROM MDL ALONG WITH REPLACEMENT/ ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTS IS AVAILABLE AT /USE LOWER CASE/: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/CHANGES/NGMREMOVE_MDL.PHP A LIST OF NGM DIRECT MODEL PRODUCTS FROM NCEP ALONG WITH REPLACEMENT/ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTS IS AVAILABLE AT /USE LOWER CASE/: HTTP://WWW.NCO.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/PMB/PRODUCTS/NGM/ IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NGM TERMINATION...PLEASE CONTACT: DOUGLAS HILDERBRAND OST/SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 301-713-3557 EXT. 179 DOUGLAS.HILDERBRAND@NOAA.GOV TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE/: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM $$ NNNN