NOUS41 KWBC 041515 PNSWSH TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 08-71 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 1115 AM EDT THU SEP 4 2008 TO: SUBSCRIBERS: -FAMILY OF SERVICES -NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE -EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK OTHER NWS PARTNERS...USERS AND EMPLOYEES FROM: JASON TUELL CHIEF...SCIENCE PLANS BRANCH OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SUBJECT: ADDITION OF GREAT LAKES WAVE MODEL TEXT SPECTRAL BULLETINS TO NOAAPORT: EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 18 2008 EFFECTIVE TUESDAY NOVEMBER 18 2008...WITH THE 1400 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/ RUN...THE GREAT LAKES WAVE MODEL TEXT SPECTRAL BULLETINS... PRODUCED BY THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION /NCEP/... WILL BE ADDED TO NOAAPORT. THIS PRODUCT IS BASED IN PART ON THE NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE /NDFD/ WINDS AND TEMPERATURES. THE SPECTRAL BULLETINS PROVIDE BULK SPECTRAL PROPERTIES AT BUOY LOCATIONS. OUTPUT FOR EACH SPECTRAL BULLETIN INCLUDES: 1. THE BULK SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT OF THE SPECTRUM 2. THE NUMBER OF PARTITIONS IN THE 2-D SPECTRUM. A PARTITION CORRESPONDS TO A LOCAL PEAK IN THE ENERGY SPECTRUM. ONLY PARTITIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT GREATER THAN 0.05 METERS WILL BE REPORTED 3. BULK SPECTRAL PARAMETERS /SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...PEAK PERIOD AND DIRECTION/ FOR EACH PARTITION. BULK CHARACTERISTICS ARE ONLY REPORTED FOR PARTITIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT GREATER THAN 0.15 METERS SPECTRAL OUTPUT IS REPORTED EVERY HOUR STARTING FROM FORECAST HOUR 1 OUT TO 144 HOURS. THERE WILL BE FOUR DISTRIBUTIONS A DAY CORRESPONDING TO THE 0200...0800...1400...2000 UTC MODEL RUNS EXCEPT DURING DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME /0100...0700...1300...1900 UTC/. NOAAPORT DELIVERY WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES AFTER THE MODEL RUN. THE PER CYCLE DATA VOLUME WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 125 KILOBYTES /KB/ OR APPROXIMATELY 500 KB PER DAY. THE WMO HEADINGS....AWIPS IDS....AND CORRESPONDING BUOY IDS FOR THESE PRODUCTS WILL BE: WMO HEADING AWIPS ID BUOY ID AGGL49 KWBJ OSBG01 45136 AGGL49 KWBJ OSBG02 45001 AGGL49 KWBJ OSBG03 45004 AGGL49 KWBJ OSBG04 45006 AGGL49 KWBJ OSBG05 PILM4 AGGL49 KWBJ OSBG06 ROAM4 AGGL49 KWBJ OSBG07 STDM4 AGGL49 KWBJ OSBG08 DISW3 AGGL49 KWBJ OSBG09 45002 AGGL49 KWBJ OSBG10 45007 AGGL49 KWBJ OSBG11 SGNW3 AGGL49 KWBJ OSBG12 45154 AGGL49 KWBJ OSBG13 45137 AGGL49 KWBJ OSBG14 45143 AGGL49 KWBJ OSBG15 45003 AGGL49 KWBJ OSBG16 45008 AGGL49 KWBJ OSBG17 45149 AGGL49 KWBJ OSBG18 45135 AGGL49 KWBJ OSBG19 45012 AGGL49 KWBJ OSBG20 45139 AGGL49 KWBJ OSBG21 45159 AGGL49 KWBJ OSBG22 45160 AGGL49 KWBJ OSBG23 45142 AGGL49 KWBJ OSBG24 DBLN6 AGGL49 KWBJ OSBG25 45132 AGGL49 KWBJ OSBG26 45005 AGGL49 KWBJ OSBG27 SBIO1 AGGL49 KWBJ OSBG28 45147 AGGL49 KWBJ OSBG29 LSCM4 FOR QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE SPECTRAL BULLETINS...PLEASE CONTACT: HENDRIK TOLMAN NCEP/EMC...CHIEF MARINE MODELING BRANCH CAMP SPRINGS MARYLAND PHONE: 301-763-8000 X7253 EMAIL: HENDRIK.TOLMAN@NOAA.GOV OR JOHN F. KUHN NWS OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1325 EAST WEST HIGHWAY SILVER SPRING MARYLAND PHONE: 301-713-3557 X184 EMAIL: JOHN.F.KUHN@NOAA.GOV FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT NOAAPORT ACTIVATION...PLEASE CONTACT: DAVE NIVER NWS OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SILVER SPRING MARYLAND PHONE: 301-713-0211 X180 EMAIL: DAVE.NIVER@NOAA.GOV TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE/: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM $$ NNNN