NOUS41 KWBC 052037 PNSWSH PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT...TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 03-21 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 435 PM EDT MON MAY 5 2003 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...NWS EMPLOYEES FROM J. PAUL DALLAVALLE CHIEF...STATISTICAL MODELING BRANCH METEOROLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY /MDL/ OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY /OST/ SUBJECT ADDITION OF MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS GUIDANCE FOR WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION AT MARINE LOCATIONS...BASED ON THE GFS MODEL...EFFECTIVE MAY 6 2003 NOTE...THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER WIRE SUBSCRIBERS ATTENTION USERS OF THE MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS /MOS/ GUIDANCE... ON OR ABOUT MAY 6 2003...THE NWS IS PLANNING TO ADD NEW MOS GUIDANCE PRODUCTS CONTAINING WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION FOR MARINE SITES. THE NEW MOS GUIDANCE IS BASED ON THE GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM /GFS/ MODEL AND IS AVAILABLE FOR 121 STATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. THE GUIDANCE WILL BE AVAILABLE IN BOTH ALPHANUMERIC AND BUFR PRODUCTS. THE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE ALPHANUMERIC BULLETINS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1. THE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE BUFR PRODUCTS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2. THE PRODUCTS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE NWS GATEWAY...THE NWS FTP SERVER /TGFTP/...AND THE MDL WEB PAGES. TABLE 1. COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE ALPHANUMERIC BULLETINS OF GFS-BASED MOS WIND GUIDANCE AT MARINE STATIONS. THE AWIPS IDS ARE MMGXXX...WHERE XXX DENOTES THE GEOGRAPHIC REGION FOR WHICH THE GUIDANCE IS VALID. WMO HEADING AWIPS ID REGION FQUS21 KWNO MMGNE1 NORTHEAST FQUS22 KWNO MMGSE1 SOUTHEAST FQUS23 KWNO MMGGL1 GREAT LAKES FQUS24 KWNO MMGGF1 GULF OF MEXICO FQUS25 KWNO MMGNW1 NORTHWEST FQUS26 KWNO MMGSW1 SOUTHWEST FQPA20 KWNO MMGHI1 PACIFIC FQAK37 KWNO MMGAK1 ALASKA TABLE 2. COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE BUFR PRODUCTS OF GFS- BASED MOS WIND GUIDANCE AT MARINE STATIONS. WMO HEADING JSMT20 KWNO JSMT21 KWNO JSMT22 KWNO JSMT23 KWNO JSMT24 KWNO JSMT26 KWNO JSMT27 KWNO JSMT28 KWNO LINKS TO THESE PRODUCTS...ALONG WITH DESCRIPTIONS...CAN BE FOUND AT /USE 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 $$ NNNN