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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 05-55
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1040 AM EDT FRI JUL 15 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...AND NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM:      GLENN AUSTIN
           NWS DIGITAL SERVICES NATIONAL PROGRAM MANAGER
           OFFICE OF CLIMATE WATER AND WEATHER SERVICES

SUBJECT:   NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST 
           DATABASE /NDFD/ OPERATIONAL READINESS STATUS MESSAGE:
           NEXT IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULED SEPTEMBER 14 2005

REFER TO:  TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE /TIN/ 05-24 CORRECTED 
           SENT MARCH 16 2005...MOST RECENT NDFD OPERATIONAL 
           READINESS STATUS MESSAGE

THIS IS THE LATEST QUARTERLY MESSAGES ON THE STATUS OF NDFD 
ELEMENTS PER TIN05-24.

ON SEPTEMBER 14 2005 /SEPTEMBER 15TH... IN GUAM STANDARD 
TIME/...THE FOLLOWING SIX GRIDDED ELEMENTS FOR GUAM WILL BE 
UPGRADED FROM EXPERIMENTAL TO OPERATIONAL STATUS:

      MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE			TEMPERATURE
      MINIMUM TEMPERATURE		     	DEWPOINT
      12-HOUR PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION	WEATHER

THESE SIX ELEMENTS ARE ALREADY OPERATIONAL FOR THE LOWER 48 
STATES...PUERTO RICO...AND HAWAII.

MORE SPECIFIC IMPLEMENTATION INFORMATION REGARDING THESE TWO 
CHANGES...SUCH AS FTP FILE SERVER DIRECTORY CHANGES...WILL BE 
ISSUED IN A FUTURE TIN AT LEAST 30 DAYS BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE 
OF THIS IMPLEMENTATION.

FORECAST ELEMENTS REMAINING IN EXPERIMENTAL STATUS FOR THE LOWER 
48 STATES...PUERTO RICO...HAWAII...AND GUAM INCLUDE:

   SKY COVER					
   WIND DIRECTION
   WIND SPEED
   QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION   NOT AVAILABLE FOR HAWAII OR GUAM
     FORECAST /QPF/				
   SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT
   SNOW AMOUNT			NOT AVAILABLE FOR PUERTO RICO OR GUAM
   APPARENT TEMPERATURE 
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY

THESE ELEMENTS WILL REMAIN IN EXPERIMENTAL STATUS UNTIL SOFTWARE 
UPGRADES AND ADDITIONAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS ARE COMPLETE.

COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK ON THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED 
UNTIL SEPTEMBER 15 2005:

      QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECASTS
      SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT
      SKY COVER
      SNOW AMOUNT
      WIND DIRECTION AND WIND SPEED

COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK ON THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS WILL BE ACCPETED 
UNTIL DECEMBER 15 2005:

      APPARENT TEMPERATURE
      RELATIVE HUMIDITY

COMMENTS MAY BE SUBMITTED BY CLICKING ON THE /FEEDBACK SURVEY/ 
LINK ON THE NDFD WEB PAGE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

  HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NDFD
      
NWS WILL CONTINUE TO ASSESS THE OPERATIONAL READINESS OF THE 
REMAINING EXPERIMENTAL ELEMENTS DURING THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.  
NWS WILL PROVIDE THE NEXT QUARTERLY OPERATIONAL READINESS STATUS 
MESSAGE IN A TIN NO LATER THAN OCTOBER 15 2005. USERS WILL RECEIVE 
A MINIMUM OF 30 DAYS NOTICE OF A DECISION TO DECLARE ADDITIONAL 
NDFD ELEMENTS OPERATIONAL OR TO ADD MORE EXPERIMENTAL ELEMENTS.

RELATED NDFD WEB SITES /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS FOR THESE URLS/:

STATUS /EXPERIMENTAL OR OPERATIONAL/ OF NDFD ELEMENTS:

     HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NDFD/RESOURCES/OPER_STATUS_TABLE.PDF 

NDFD VERIFICATION INFORMATION:

     HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/NDFD/VERIFICATION/

CONTENT OF THE NDFD GRIDDED DATA FILES AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR 
ACCESSING THE OPERATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL GRID ELEMENTS IN EITHER 
GRIDDED BINARY /GRIB2/ FORMAT OR EXTENSIBLE MARKUP LANGUAGE /XML/:

     HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/NDFD/TECHNICAL.HTM
     http://www.weather.gov/XML/

NDFD GRAPHICS:

     http://www.weather.gov/FORECASTS/GRAPHICAL/SECTORS/INDEX.PHP

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION DOCUMENTS /PDD/ FOR THE NDFD GRIDDED DATA AND 
GRAPHICS:

     HTTP://PRODUCTS.WEATHER.GOV/VIEWLISTE.PHP

FOR GENERAL QUESTIONS REGARDING THE NDFD...PLEASE EMAIL:

     NWS.NDFD@NOAA.GOV

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE...PLEASE CONTACT:

     CHRIS ALEX
     DIGITAL SERVICES
     NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
     OFFICE OF CLIMATE...WATER...AND WEATHER SERVICES
     1325 EAST WEST HIGHWAY
     SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20910
     EMAIL:  CHRISTINE.ALEX@NOAA.GOV

IF YOU HAVE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS REGARDING THE NDFD DATA...PLEASE 
CONTACT:

     DAVID RUTH
     CHIEF...MESOSCALE PREDICTION BRANCH
     NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
     OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
     1325 EAST WEST HIGHWAY
     SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20910
     EMAIL:  DAVID.RUTH@NOAA.GOV

THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE POSTED
AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

     HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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