NOUS41 KWBC 291513 CCA PNSWSH TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 04-28...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 1115 AM EDT TUE JUNE 29 2004 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: PAUL HIRSCHBERG CHIEF...SCIENCE PLANS BRANCH OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY /OST/ SUBJECT: CORRECTED: CHANGE TO GFS-BASED RFC MOS PRODUCTS... EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 14 2004 NOTE: THE ORIGINAL TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE /TIN/ 04-28...WAS TRANSMITTED ON JUNE 17 2004. WE ARE RETRANSMITTING THIS NOTICE TO CORRECT THE INFORMATION REGARDING THE ADDITION OF THREE SITES AND MODIFY THE EFFECTIVE DATE CORRECTED TO ADD THREE SITES TO THE FTPMSR PRODUCT AND MODIFY THE EFFECTIVE DATE. ATTENTION: USERS OF THE MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS /MOS/ GUIDANCE. ON TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 14 2004 AT 1200 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/ MODEL CYCLE... THE NWS WILL MAKE SEVERAL CHANGES TO THE GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM /GFS/ BASED GUIDANCE FOR RIVER FORECAST CENTER /RFC/ SITES. THE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THESE PRODUCTS ARE LISTED IN TABLE 1. THE STANDARD HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL EXCHANGE FORMAT /SHEF/ PARAMETER CODES IN THE HEADER PORTION OF THE 1200 UTC RFC MOS TEXT PRODUCTS WILL BE MODIFIED. ALL INSTANCES OF TAIFAN WILL BE CHANGED TO TAIFBN... AND ALL INSTANCES OF TAIFAX WILL BE CHANGED TO TAIFBX. SAMPLES OF THE OLD AND NEW SHEF HEADERS CAN BE FOUND IN TABLE 2. NO CHANGES WILL BE MADE TO THE SHEF PARAMETER CODES IN THE 0000 UTC RFC MESSAGES. IN ADDITION... THE STATION IDENTIFIER FOR STATION F39... DENISON TEXAS... WILL BE CHANGED TO GYI IN THE FTPTUR PRODUCT... STATION MQT... MARQUETTE MICHIGAN... WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE FTPMSR PRODUCT... AND THE FOLLOWING STATIONS WILL BE ADDED TO THE FTPMSR PRODUCT: CMX HANCOCK MI ERY NEWBURY MI ESC ESCANABA MI ALL OF THESE STATION CHANGES WILL AFFECT BOTH THE 0000 AND 1200 UTC PRODUCTS. TABLE 1: WMO HEADINGS AND AWIPS IDENTIFIERS OF THE RFC MOS TEXT PRODUCTS WHICH ARE AFFECTED BY THE IMPLEMENTATION ON SEPTEMBER 14 2004 WMO HEADING AWIPS ID GEOGRAPHIC REGION FOUS12 KWNO FTPSLR CBRFC RFC MOS FOUS12 KWNO FTPRSA CNRFC RFC MOS FOUS12 KWNO FTPKRF MBRFC RFC MOS FOUS12 KWNO FTPPTR NWRFC RFC MOS FOUS12 KWNO FTPMSR NCRFC RFC MOS FOUS12 KWNO FTPRHA MARFC RFC MOS FOUS12 KWNO FTPHFD NERFC RFC MOS FOUS12 KWNO FTPCIN OHRFC RFC MOS FOUS12 KWNO FTPTUR ABRFC RFC MOS TABLE 2: SAMPLE FORMAT OF THE 1200 UTC RFC MOS MESSAGE BEFORE AND AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION ON SEPTEMBER 14 2004 CURRENT FORMAT: FTPSLR .B NMC 0507 DH12/DC050612/TAIFAN/DRD+1/TAIFAX/TAIFAN .B1 /DRD+2/TAIFAX/TAIFAN/DRD+3/TAIFBX/TAIFBN/DRD+4/TAIFBX/TAIFBN .B2 /DRD+5/TAIFBX/TAIFBN/DRD+6/TAIFBX/TAIFBN/DRD+7/TAIFBX/TAIFBN .B3 /DRD+8/TAIFBX/TAIFBN/DRD+9/TAIFBX/TAIFBN/DRD+10/TAIFBX/TAIFB N 0E4 44/81/44/81/42/84/43/83/40/75/37/73/39/76/40/81/43/81/43/80/ 42 4BL 50/78/49/79/46/80/49/78/48/70/42/70/40/72/43/75/44/78/46/78/ 45 ABQ 57/85/57/83/55/83/54/85/54/84/50/74/49/73/51/80/52/83/54/83/ 55 FORMAT AS OF 1200 UTC SEPTEMBER 14 2004: FTPSLR .B NMC 0507 DH12/DC050612/TAIFBN/DRD+1/TAIFBX/TAIFBN .B1 /DRD+2/TAIFBX/TAIFBN/DRD+3/TAIFBX/TAIFBN/DRD+4/TAIFBX/TAIFBN .B2 /DRD+5/TAIFBX/TAIFBN/DRD+6/TAIFBX/TAIFBN/DRD+7/TAIFBX/TAIFBN .B3 /DRD+8/TAIFBX/TAIFBN/DRD+9/TAIFBX/TAIFBN/DRD+10/TAIFBX/TAIFB N 0E4 44/81/44/81/42/84/43/83/40/75/37/73/39/76/40/81/43/81/43/80/ 42 4BL 50/78/49/79/46/80/49/78/48/70/42/70/40/72/43/75/44/78/46/78/ 45 ABQ 57/85/57/83/55/83/54/85/54/84/50/74/49/73/51/80/52/83/54/83/ 55 LINKS TO THESE PRODUCTS...ALONG WITH DESCRIPTIONS...CAN BE FOUND AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/PRODUCTS.SHTML IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS CONCERNING THIS CHANGE... PLEASE CONTACT: REBECCA COSGROVE MDL/SILVER SPRING MARYLAND PHONE: 301 713 0023 EXT. 124 E-MAIL: REBECCA.COSGROVE@NOAA.GOV THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM $$ NNNN