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GFS-LAMP RECENT CHANGES


DATE CYCLE CHANGES IMPACT
Effective: June 24, 2008
1600 UTC
1700 UTC
2200 UTC
2300 UTC
MDL adds four additional cycles to the GFS-LAMP system. For more information see TIN 08-44. Additional cycles
Completed: April 08, 2008
0100 UTC
0700 UTC
1300 UTC
1900 UTC
MDL adds four additional cycles to the GFS-LAMP system. For more information see TIN 08-14. Additional cycles
Completed: January 15, 2008
0200 UTC
0500 UTC
0800 UTC
1100 UTC
1400 UTC
1700 UTC
2100 UTC
2300 UTC
MDL discontinues the NGM LAMP guidance on the web page and NWS FTP server. For more information see TIN 07-94. NGM LAMP Product Removed
Completed: September 26, 2007
0400 UTC
0500 UTC
1000 UTC
1100 UTC
MDL adds four additional cycles to the GFS-LAMP system. For more information see TIN 07-48. Additional cycles
Completed: September 11, 2007
0000 UTC
0300 UTC
0600 UTC
0900 UTC
1200 UTC
1500 UTC
1800 UTC
2100 UTC
An update to the GFS-MOS (TIN 07-42) including the addition of new stations to visibility, obstruction to vision, and probability of precipitation characteristic guidance will impact certain GFS-LAMP elements. Effective 9/11/07, there will be GFS-LAMP forecast guidance at additional stations for visibility, obstruction to vision, conditional visibility, and precipitation characteristics. This will alter the GFS-LAMP BUFR Product and add lines to the GFS-LAMP Text Bulletin (LAV). More details Visibility
Obstruction to Vision
Conditional Visibility
Precipitation Characteristics
Completed: June 29, 2007
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Updated LAMP BUFR documentation to correct an error in the description of conditional visibility categories. The updated document can be found by clicking here. Documentation
Completed: May 23, 2007
0000 UTC
0600 UTC
1200 UTC
1800 UTC
Corrected a problem with the thunderstorm graphics for the new GFS LAMP cycles implemented 5/9/2007. There was a bug in how the guidance for some projections was being displayed. This fix required changing the thunderstorm guidance graphics page from a shtml formatted page to a php formatted page, which necessitated a change in the URL. Web Thunderstorm Graphics
Completed: May 16, 2007
All Cycles
Updated graphical Station Plots to display station guidance for Temperature, Dewpoint, and Wind Direction. Web
Completed: May 9, 2007
0000 UTC
0600 UTC
1200 UTC
1800 UTC
MDL adds four additional cycles and 69 stations to the GFS-LAMP system. For more information see TIN 07-13. Additional cycles
Additional stations
Completed: February 27, 2007
All Cycles
GFS LAMP FAQ and new station plots will be available. Web
Completed: November 27, 2006
All Cycles
MDL updates the GFS-LAMP meteogram display to group related forecast elements together for a more logical and useful display. This change is cosmetic only. Cosmetic
Completed: August 28, 2006
All Cycles
New current and verified meteograms will be available. More details. Web
Completed: August 23, 2006
2100 UTC
MDL fixes to a problem with the GFS LAMP categorizations of the precipitation characteristics (drizzle, continuous, and showers) in BUFR format. More details. Precipitation Characteristics
Completed: August 15, 2006
All Cycles
MDL updates the GFS-LAMP 15z summer thunderstorm equations and thresholds to correct an apparent instability problem that can occur under certain conditions. Thunderstorms
Completed: August 15, 2006
All Cycles
MDL updates the GFS-LAMP wind equations to utilize the latest observational and GFS-MOS data. Winds
Completed: August 8, 2006
All Cycles
GFS-LAMP Data available on the NWS FTP server. More details. FTP server
Completed: August 3, 2006
All Cycles
MDL fixes problem with GFS-LAMP Thunderstorm Product. More details. Thunderstorms
Completed: July 25, 2006
0300 UTC
0900 UTC
1500 UTC
2100 UTC
GFS-LAMP becomes operational at NCEP beginning with the 1500 UTC cycle. Operational Availability
Completed: July 20, 2006
1500 UTC
MDL adds additional cycle to the GFS-LAMP system. More details. Additional Cycle
Completed: June 06, 2006
0300 UTC
MDL adds ptype for Alaskan Warm Season. More details. Precipitation Type
Completed: June 05, 2006
0300 UTC
MDL adds an additional cycle to the GFS-LAMP system. More details. Additional Cycle
Completed: May 08, 2006
0300 UTC 1500 UTC 2100 UTC
MDL adds GFS-LAMP Thunderstorm Guidance for these additional cycles. More details. Thunderstorms - Additional Cycle
Completed: May 01, 2006
2100 UTC
MDL adds an additional cycle to the GFS-LAMP systems. More details. Additional Cycle
Completed: March 15, 2006
0900 UTC
MDL adds GFS-LAMP Thunderstorm Guidance. More details. Addition - Thunderstorms
Completed: January 23, 2006
0900 UTC
MDL adds GFS-LAMP Guidance. More details. Initial Cycle



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