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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 10-28...AMENDED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 
1250 PM EDT WED AUG 11 2010

TO:       SUBSCRIBERS:
          -FAMILY OF SERVICES
          -NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
          -EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
          -NOAAPORT 
          OTHER NWS PARTNERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM:     TIM MCCLUNG
          CHIEF SCIENCE PLANS BRANCH
          OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

SUBJECT:  AMENDED: DOMAIN CHANGES FOR HAWAII NDFD DNG NAM AND  
          RTMA POSTPONED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 28 2010

DUE TO SYSTEM SOFTWARE ISSUES REQUIRING NCEP TO RESCHEDULE THE 
CHANGE ON ITS SUPERCOMPUTERS...NCEP IS POSTPONING THE EFFECTIVE 
DATE OF CHANGES TO THE DOMAIN FOR THE HAWAII NDFD...DNG NAM AND 
RTMA FROM SEPTEMBER 14 UNTIL SEPTEMBER 28. 

ON TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 28 2010 AT 1200 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME 
/UTC/ THE DOMAIN WILL CHANGE FOR THE DOWNSCALED NUMERICAL 
GUIDANCE /DNG/ BASED ON THE NORTH AMERICAN MESOSCALE /NAM/ 
MODEL FOR HAWAII.

ON TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 28 2010 AT 1600 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME 
/UTC/ THE DOMAIN WILL CHANGE FOR THE NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST 
DATABASE /NDFD/ AND THE REAL TIME MESOSCALE ANALYSIS /RTMA/ FOR 
HAWAII.

THE LOWER LEFT LATITUDE/LONGITUDE FOR THE HAWAII RTMA...DNG 
NAM...AND NDFD GRID WILL CHANGE FROM:

     18.066780N...198.374755E TO 18.072699N...198.474999E.

THE UPPER RIGHT LATITUDE/LONGITUDE WILL CHANGE FROM:

     23.082000N...206.031000E TO 23.087799N...206.130999E. 

THIS CHANGE IS NECESSARY TO ALIGN THE RTMA...DNG NAM AND NDFD 
FOR HAWAII WITH THE EXISTING NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN NDFD GRID. 
 
THE NDFD DATA FOR HAWAII IS AVAILABLE FROM /USE LOWERCASE 
EXCEPT FOR SL...ST...DF...DC...AND...AR/:

FTP://TGFTP.NWS.NOAA.GOV/SL.US008001/ST.OPNL/DF.GR2/DC.NDFD/AR.
HAWAII/

THE DNG NAM FOR HAWAII IS AVAILABLE VIA HTTP AND FTP FROM THE 
NCEP SERVER LOCATED AT /USE LOWERCASE/:

HTTP://WWW.FTP.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/DATA/NCCF/COM/NAM/PROD

OR

FTP://FTP.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/PUB/DATA/NCCF/COM/NAM/PROD

THE FILE NAMES ARE NAM.TXXZ.SMARTHI/HH/.TM00.GRIB2 WHERE XX IS 
THE MODEL CYCLE AND /HH/ IS THE FORECAST HOUR.

THE DNG NAME PRODUCTS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON NOAAPORT WITH WMO 
HEADERS L*H*** KWBE OR M*H*** KWBE.

THE RTMA DATA FOR HAWAII IS AVAILABLE FROM NDGD AT /USE 
LOWERCASE/:

FTP://TGFTP.NWS.NOAA.GOV/SL.US008001/ST.EXPR/DF.GR2/DC.NDGD/
GT.RTMA/AR.HAWAII

THE RTMA DATA FOR HAWAII IS ALSO AVAILABLE VIA HTTP AND FTP 
FROM THE NCEP SERVER LOCATED AT:

HTTP://WWW.FTP.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/DATA/NCCF/COM/HIRTMA/PROD

OR

FTP://FTP.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/PUB/DATA/NCCF/COM/HIRTMA/PROD
 
AND AVAILABLE ON NOAAPORT WITH WMO HEADERS L*HA98 KWBR WHERE * 
EQUALS H... N... P... R... T... U... OR V.

FOR INFORMATION ABOUT NDFD DOMAINS SEE THE FOLLOWING URL /USE 
LOWERCASE/:

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/FORECASTS/GRAPHICAL/DOCS/NDFDSRS.HTM

FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE RTMA AND DNG NAM DATA PLEASE 
CONTACT:

  GEOFF DIMEGO
  NCEP/ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING BRANCH
  CAMP SPRINGS MD 20746
  PHONE: 301-763-8000 X 7221
  EMAIL: GEOFF.DIMEGO@NOAA.GOV

FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE NDFD DATA PLEASE CONTACT: 

  DAVID RUTH 
  NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
  OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  1325 EAST-WEST HIGHWAY  
  SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20910 
  301-713-1768 X 157
  DAVID.RUTH@NOAA.GOV
 
TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE 
NDFD ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWERCASE/: 

  HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NDFD/TINS.HTM
 
NATIONAL TINS ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWERCASE/:  

  HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM

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