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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 06-21
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1240 AM EDT MON APR 24 2006

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:  CHANGES TO EXTENDED-RANGE GFS-BASED MOS WIND GUIDANCE: 
          EFFECTIVE JULY 11 2006.

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

EFFECTIVE TUESDAY JULY 11 2006 THE NWS METEOROLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT 
LABORATORY /MDL/ WILL MAKE CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED-RANGE GLOBAL 
FORECAST SYSTEM /GFS/ BASED MOS WIND GUIDANCE. THE GUIDANCE IS 
AVAILABLE IN THE TEXT AND BUFR PRODUCTS WHOSE COMMUNICATION 
IDENTIFIERS ARE LISTED BELOW IN TABLE 1. CURRENTLY MAXIMUM 
SUSTAINED SURFACE WIND SPEED GUIDANCE FOR 12-HOUR PERIODS IS 
AVAILABLE IN THE 0000 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME /UTC/ CYCLE 
PRODUCTS ONLY. THIS GUIDANCE INDICATES THE HIGHEST 10-M WIND 
SPEED AT ANY OF THE HOURS DURING THE 12-HOUR PERIOD.  

STARTING WITH THE 1200 UTC CYCLE ON JULY 11 2006... THE GUIDANCE 
WILL BE AVAILABLE IN BOTH THE 0000 AND 1200 UTC PRODUCTS. HOURLY 
WIND SPEED FORECASTS WILL BE GENERATED FOR EVERY THIRD HOUR... 
AND THE 12-HOUR GUIDANCE IN THE TEXT AND BUFR PRODUCTS WILL EQUAL 
THE HIGHEST OF THE FIVE HOURLY VALUES AVAILABLE IN THE 12-HOUR 
PERIOD.

TABLE 1.  COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE EXTENDED-RANGE 
GFS-BASED MOS ALPHANUMERIC AND BUFR PRODUCTS.

WMO HEADING 		AWIPS ID		

ALPHANUMERIC PRODUCTS 

FEPA20 KWNO		MEXPA0
FEUS21 KWNO		MEXNE1
FEUS22 KWNO		MEXSE1
FEUS23 KWNO		MEXNC1
FEUS24 KWNO		MEXSC1
FEUS25 KWNO		MEXRM1
FEUS26 KWNO		MEXWC1
FEAK37 KWNO		MEXAJK
FEAK38 KWNO		MEXAFC
FEAK39 KWNO		MEXAFG

BUFR PRODUCTS

JSMT30 KWNO         
JSMT31 KWNO         
JSMT32 KWNO         
JSMT33 KWNO         
JSMT34 KWNO         
JSMT35 KWNO         
JSMT36 KWNO         
JSMT37 KWNO         

A TECHNICAL PROCEDURES BULLETIN DESCRIBING THE EXTENDED-RANGE GFS 
MOS ALPHANUMERIC PRODUCTS IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE 
LETTERS/:

HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/TPB/MDLTPB05-07.PDF


IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:

REBECCA COSGROVE
MDL/SILVER SPRING MARYLAND
PHONE:  301 713 0023 EXT. 124
E-MAIL: REBECCA.COSGROVE@NOAA.GOV

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

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

THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE 
ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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