Directory Name

Contents

pub/

Public directory

SL.us008001/

Data root: for NWS Telecommunication Gateway Server (top directory)

ST.expr/

Status of data as experimental: NDFD data is being made operational in a transitional manner

ST.opnl/

Status of data: operational

DF.gr2/

WMO GRIB files: Edition two, also known as GRIB2

DC.ndfd/

Data category: National Digital Forecast Database

AR.aaaaaaaa

Area of Data: could be CONUS; 1 of 16 overlapping NDFD CONUS subsectors; Alaska; Hawaii; Guam; or Puerto Rico/the Virgin Islands; Northern Hemisphere; North Pacific Ocean

VP.###-###

Valid Period: could be 001-003 covers Days 1-3;
004-007 covers days 4-7, 008-450 covers days 8-450

ds.sssss

FILE NAME = data subcategory containing abbreviated NDFD element names. The current file for each element will be kept until overwritten by a new file for the same element

NDFD Sectors

URL

NDFD Sectors

URL

CONUS

http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/ST.expr/DF.gr2/DC.ndfd/AR.conus/

Alaska

http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/ST.expr/DF.gr2/DC.ndfd/AR.alaska/

Puerto Rico

http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/ST.expr/DF.gr2/DC.ndfd/AR.puertori/

Hawaii

http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/ST.expr/DF.gr2/DC.ndfd/AR.hawaii/

Guam

http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/ST.expr/DF.gr2/DC.ndfd/AR.guam/

no experimental elements currently

CONUS Subsectors

Pacific North West

http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/ST.expr/DF.gr2/DC.ndfd/AR.pacnwest/

Pacific South West

http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/ST.expr/DF.gr2/DC.ndfd/AR.pacswest/

Northern Rockies

http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/ST.expr/DF.gr2/DC.ndfd/AR.nrockies/

Central Rockies

http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/ST.expr/DF.gr2/DC.ndfd/AR.crrocks/

Southern Rockies

http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/ST.expr/DF.gr2/DC.ndfd/AR.srockies/

Northern Plains

http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/ST.expr/DF.gr2/DC.ndfd/AR.nplains/

Central Plains

http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/ST.expr/DF.gr2/DC.ndfd/AR.crplains/

Southern Plains

http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/ST.expr/DF.gr2/DC.ndfd/AR.splains/

Upper Mississippi Valley

http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/ST.expr/DF.gr2/DC.ndfd/AR.umissvly/

Central Mississippi Valley

http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/ST.expr/DF.gr2/DC.ndfd/AR.crmissvy/

S. Mississippi Valley

http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/ST.expr/DF.gr2/DC.ndfd/AR.smissvly/

Central Great Lakes

http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/ST.expr/DF.gr2/DC.ndfd/AR.crgrlake/

Eastern Great Lakes

http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/ST.expr/DF.gr2/DC.ndfd/AR.ergrlake/

North East

http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/ST.expr/DF.gr2/DC.ndfd/AR.neast/

South East

http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/ST.expr/DF.gr2/DC.ndfd/AR.seast/

Mid Atlantic

http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/ST.expr/DF.gr2/DC.ndfd/AR.midatlan/