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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 04-51...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 
215 PM EST FRI JANUARY 7 2005

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:  UPDATED:  ADDITION OF ETA-BASED MOS WIND AND TEMPERATURE 
          GUIDANCE FOR MARINE LOCATIONS... EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 8 2005

NOTE:     UPDATED TO REFINE EFFECTIVE DATE FROM LATE JANUARY 2005 
          TO FEBRUARY 8 2005.

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

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

ON TUESDAY... FEBRUARY 8 2005... THE NWS WILL ADD NEW MOS GUIDANCE 
PRODUCTS CONTAINING WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION... AIR TEMPERATURE...
AND DEW POINT TEMPERATURE FOR MARINE SITES.  THE NEW MOS GUIDANCE IS
BASED ON THE ETA MODEL AND WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE 0000 AND 1200
UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME /UTC/ MODEL RUNS FOR 121 STATIONS.  THE 
GUIDANCE WILL BE AVAILABLE IN BOTH ALPHANUMERIC AND BUFR FORMAT.  
THE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE ALPHANUMERIC BULLETINS ARE 
SHOWN IN TABLE 1.  THE NEW ETA MOS BUFR PRODUCTS DESCRIBED IN TIN 04-52 
CONTAIN GUIDANCE FOR BOTH MARINE AND LAND SITES.  THE PRODUCTS WILL BE 
AVAILABLE FROM THE NWS GATEWAY...THE NWS FTP SERVER /TGFTP/...AND THE 
MDL WEB PAGES.  

REFERENCE BELOW IS A WEBPAGE PROVIDING MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING THE 
STATIONS FOR WHICH GUIDANCE IS AVAILABLE AND SAMPLE TEXT PRODUCTS.

TABLE 1.  COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE ALPHANUMERIC
BULLETINS OF ETA-BASED MOS GUIDANCE AT MARINE STATIONS.  THE
AWIPS IDS ARE MMEXXX...WHERE XXX DENOTES THE GEOGRAPHIC REGION
FOR WHICH THE GUIDANCE IS VALID.

     WMO HEADING         AWIPS ID       REGION

     FQPA40 KWNO         MMEHI1         PACIFIC
     FQUS41 KWNO         MMENE1         NORTHEAST
     FQUS42 KWNO         MMESE1         SOUTHEAST
     FQUS43 KWNO         MMEGL1         GREAT LAKES
     FQUS44 KWNO         MMEGF1         GULF OF MEXICO
     FQUS45 KWNO         MMENW1         NORTHWEST
     FQUS46 KWNO         MMESW1         SOUTHWEST
     FQAK47 KWNO         MMEAK1         ALASKA

A WEBPAGE WITH MORE INFORMATION AND SAMPLE TEXT PRODUCTS CAN BE 
FOUND ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

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

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE CHANGES TO THE MOS GUIDANCE
SYSTEM...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 
AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

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

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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