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PUBLIC INFO STATEMENT...TECH IMPLEMENT. NOTICE 03-04...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 
330 PM EST WED APR 2 2003

TO       FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
         WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS 
         WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...
         OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND
         PARTNERS...NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM     J. PAUL DALLAVALLE
         CHIEF...STATISTICAL MODELING BRANCH 
         METEOROLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY /MDL/ 
         OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY /OST/ 

SUBJECT  REMOVAL OF OBSOLETE EXTENDED-RANGE MOS GUIDANCE BASED    
         ON THE NCEP GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM...EFFECTIVE 
         APRIL 9  2003

THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SUBSCRIBERS 

ATTENTION USERS OF THE MOS GUIDANCE

EFFECTIVE WITH THE 0000 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/ CYCLE ON
APRIL 9 2003...THE NWS WILL REMOVE ALL OF THE OBSOLETE
EXTENDED-RANGE MOS GUIDANCE FROM PRODUCTION.  THIS INCLUDES THE
ALPHANUMERIC BULLETINS...PRODUCTS IN BUFR AND GRIB
FORMAT...AND ANY GRAPHICAL PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM THIS GUIDANCE. 
THE ALPHANUMERIC BULLETINS ARE LISTED UNDER THE AWIPS ID
FMRXXX...WHERE XXX DENOTES THE IDENTIFIER OF THE STATION FOR
WHICH THE GUIDANCE IS VALID.  THESE ALPHANUMERIC PRODUCTS ARE
ALSO ISSUED WITH THE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION /WMO/
HEADINGS FOXE40-60 KWBC...FOXC40-73 KWBC...FOXS40-68 KWBC...AND
FOXW40-63 KWBC...INCLUSIVELY.  SIMILAR ALPHANUMERIC PRODUCTS FOR
ALASKA LISTED UNDER WMO HEADINGS FOAK20-24 KWNO WILL ALSO BE
REMOVED.  THE BUFR PRODUCTS ARE AVAILABLE UNDER THE WMO HEADINGS
JSMT51-59 KWBC.  AFTER THE REMOVAL...THESE PRODUCTS WILL NO
LONGER BE AVAILABLE FROM THE NWS GATEWAY...THE NWS FTP SERVER
/TGFTP/...OR THE MDL WEB PAGES.

THE NEW EXTENDED-RANGE MOS GUIDANCE PACKAGE IS ISSUED AS
ALPHANUMERIC PRODUCTS WITH THE WMO HEADINGS FEPA20 KWNO...
FEUS21-26 KWNO...AND FEAK37-39 KWNO.  ON AWIPS...THESE PRODUCTS
ARE STORED AS INDIVIDUAL STATION MESSAGES WITH THE AWIPS ID
MEXXXX...WHERE XXX IS THE STATION IDENTIFIER.  THE NEW GUIDANCE
PACKAGE IS BASED ON THE GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM AND IS AVAILABLE
FOR OVER 1400 STATIONS IN THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES...
ALASKA...HAWAII...PUERTO RICO...AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS.  BUFR
PRODUCTS ARE AVAILABLE UNDER THE WMO HEADINGS JSMT60-79 KWNO.
LINKS TO THESE PRODUCTS...ALONG WITH DESCRIPTIONS...CAN BE FOUND
ONLINE AT /ALL LOWER CASE LETTERS/

      http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/synop/products.htm

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE CHANGES TO THE MOS GUIDANCE
SYSTEM...PLEASE CONTACT

     PAUL DALLAVALLE 
     MDL/SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 
     PHONE   301-713-0023 EXT. 135 
     E-MAIL  PAUL.DALLAVALLE@NOAA.GOV 

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

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