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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 04-32
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 
335 PM EDT EDT JUNE 28 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:  ADDITION OF AIR TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT MOS GUIDANCE 
          AT MARINE LOCATIONS...BASED ON THE GFS MODEL... 
          EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 14 2004

NOTE: THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER 
WIRE SUBSCRIBERS. 

ATTENTION: USERS OF THE MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS /MOS/ GUIDANCE.

ON SEPTEMBER 14 2004... THE NWS IS ADDING AIR TEMPERATURE AND DEW 
POINT MOS GUIDANCE FOR MARINE SITES. THESE NEW MOS GUIDANCE 
WEATHER ELEMENTS WILL BECOME PART OF THE EXISTING MOS GUIDANCE AT 
MARINE LOCATIONS WHICH IS BASED ON THE GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM 
/GFS/ MODEL. THE GUIDANCE IS AVAILABLE FOR 121 STATIONS IN THE 
UNITED STATES AS AN ALPHANUMERIC PRODUCT.  THE COMMUNICATION 
IDENTIFIERS FOR THE ALPHANUMERIC BULLETINS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.  
THE PRODUCTS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE NWS TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
GATEWAY...THE NWS FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL /FTP/ SERVER 
/TGFTP/...AND THE METEOROLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT LAB /MDL/ WEB PAGES.

TABLE 1: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE ALPHANUMERIC BULLETINS 
OF GFS-BASED MOS GUIDANCE AT MARINE STATIONS.  THE 
ADVANCED WEATHER INTERACTIVE PROCESSING SYSTEM /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


LINKS TO THESE PRODUCTS...ALONG WITH DESCRIPTIONS...CAN BE FOUND
AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

   HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/PRODUCTS.SHTML

A LIST OF ALL SITES IN THE TEXT PRODUCTS CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT 
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

   HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/BUOYTBL.HTM

A SAMPLE FORMAT OF THE MMG TEXT BULLETIN WITH THE TEMPERATURE AND 
DEW POINT FORECASTS ADDED CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE 
LETTERS/:

   HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/TIN/GFSMARINE.HTM

A TECHNICAL DOCUMENT DECRIBING THE MARINE MOS PRODUCTS WILL BE 
AVAILABLE ONLINE ON JULY 15 2004 AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

   HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/TPB/MARINETPB2.PDF	

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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