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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 06-32
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
105 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 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:   UPDATE TO STATIONS IN GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM /GFS/ 
           MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS /MOS/ TEXT PRODUCTS: EFFECTIVE 
           AUGUST 15 2006

ATTENTION USERS OF THE MOS GUIDANCE:

ON TUESDAY AUGUST 15 2006...WITH THE 1200 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL 
TIME /UTC/ MODEL CYCLE...THE NWS METEOROLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT 
LABORATORY /MDL/ WILL ADD APPROXIMATELY 90 NEW STATIONS TO THE 
GFS-BASED MOS GUIDANCE. STATIONS WILL BE ADDED TO THE MAIN PUBLIC 
WEATHER TEXT BULLETINS /KNOWN BY THEIR AWIPS IDS MAV AND 
MEX/...THE MARINE MOS TEXT PRODUCTS...AND TWO OF THE TEXT 
BULLETINS FOR RIVER FORECAST CENTERS /RFC/.  BUOY 46030 WILL BE 
REMOVED FROM THE GFS MOS MARINE TEXT PRODUCT. STATION KOWY WILL 
BE REMOVED FROM THE NORTHWEST RFC TEXT PRODUCT.  THE 
COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR ALL PRODUCTS TO BE MODIFIED ARE 
LISTED BELOW IN TABLES 1-3.  

TABLE 1.  COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE GFS-BASED MOS PUBLIC 
WEATHER TEXT PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY STATION UPDATES.

     WMO HEADING    AWIPS ID       WMO HEADING    AWIPS ID 
          /SHORT RANGE/               /EXTENDED RANGE/

     FOUS21 KWNO    MAVNE1         FEUS21 KWNO    MEXNE1
     FOUS22 KWNO    MAVSE1         FEUS22 KWNO    MEXSE1
     FOUS23 KWNO    MAVNC1         FEUS23 KWNO    MEXNC1
     FOUS24 KWNO    MAVSC1         FEUS24 KWNO    MEXSC1
     FOUS25 KWNO    MAVRM1         FEUS25 KWNO    MEXRM1
     FOUS26 KWNO    MAVWC0         FEUS26 KWNO    MEXWC0
     FOAK37 KWNO    MAVAJK         FEAK37 KWNO    MEXAJK

TABLE 2.  COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE GFS-BASED MOS MARINE 
TEXT PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY STATION UPDATES.

     WMO HEADING    AWIPS ID
     FQUS21 KWNO    MMGNE1
     FQUS22 KWNO    MMGSE1
     FQUS23 KWNO    MMGGL1
     FQUS24 KWNO    MMGGF1
     FQUS25 KWNO    MMGNW1
     FQUS26 KWNO    MMGSW1
     FQAK37 KWNO    MMGAK1

TABLE 3.  COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE GFS-BASED MOS RFC 
TEXT PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY STATION UPDATES.

     WMO HEADING    AWIPS ID
     FOUS12 KWNO    FTPPTR
     FOUS12 KWNO    FTPTUR

IN OUR MAIN PUBLIC WEATHER BULLETINS...TEMPERATURE...DEWPOINT AND 
WIND GUIDANCE WILL BE PROVIDED FOR ALL OF THE NEW STATIONS.  THE 
REMAINING ELEMENTS WILL BE INCLUDED AS FORECAST EQUATIONS ARE 
DEVELOPED...BUT MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE WITH THE AUGUST 15TH 
IMPLEMENTATION.  

A LIST OF THE STATIONS BEING ADDED TO THE PUBLIC WEATHER AND 
MARINE TEXT PRODUCTS CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE 
LETTERS/:

     HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/TIN/NEWSITES2006.HTM

LINKS TO STATION LISTS FOR THE RFC TEXT PRODUCTS CAN BE FOUND 
ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

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

TECHNICAL PROCEDURES BULLETINS DESCRIBING THE GFS MOS TEXT 
PRODUCTS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

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

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE PRODUCTS OR THE MOS GUIDANCE 
...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 
ON THE INTERNET AT THE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/... 
    
     HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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