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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 06-14
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
935 AM EST THU MAR 23 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:    ADDITION OF NEW GFS-BASED LOCALIZED AVIATION MOS
	    PROGRAM GUIDANCE: EFFECTIVE JULY 25 2006

EFFECTIVE JULY 25 2006...BEGINNING WITH THE 1500 COORDINATED 
UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/ RUN... NWS WILL PRODUCE NEW SHORT RANGE... 
1-25 HOUR...GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM /GFS/ -BASED LOCALIZED 
AVIATION MOS PROGRAM /LAMP/ GUIDANCE AND DISSEMINATE IT ON THE 
SATELLITE BROADCAST NETWORK /SBN/...NOAAPORT...AND THE NWS FTP 
SERVER.  THESE GUIDANCE PRODUCTS WILL BE IN BUFR... ASCII...AND 
GRIB2 FORMAT. THE NEW COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE BUFR 
PRODUCTS...ASCII PRODUCTS...AND GRIB2 PRODUCTS ARE SHOWN BELOW IN 
TABLES 1...2...AND 3 RESPECTIVELY.  A COMPLETE LIST OF GRIDDED 
LAMP WMO HEADINGS IS AVAILABLE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/GFSLAMP/DOCS/LAMPHEADERS.PDF  

TABLE 1: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE GFS-BASED LAMP 
PRODUCTS IN BUFR FORMAT.  LISTED BELOW ARE THE WMO HEADINGS.  

WMO HEADING     REGION
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JSMF10 KWNO     LAMP BUFR PACIFIC REGION
JSMF11 KWNO     LAMP BUFR NORTHEAST REGION 
JSMF12 KWNO     LAMP BUFR SOUTHEAST REGION 
JSMF13 KWNO     LAMP BUFR NORTH CENTRAL REGION 
JSMF14 KWNO     LAMP BUFR SOUTH CENTRAL REGION 
JSMF15 KWNO     LAMP BUFR ROCKY MOUNTAINS REGION 
JSMF16 KWNO     LAMP BUFR WEST COAST REGION 
JSMF17 KWNO     LAMP BUFR ALASKA 

TABLE 2: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIER FOR THE GFS-BASED LAMP 
PRODUCTS IN ASCII FORMAT.  LISTED BELOW IS THE WMO HEADING AND 
AWIPS IDENTIFIER.  

WMO HEADING     AWIPS ID
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FOUS11 KWNO     LAVUSA

TABLE 3: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE GFS-BASED LAMP GRIDDED 
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCTS IN GRIB2 FORMAT. EACH GRIB2 PRODUCT HAS A 
UNIQUE WMO HEADER. LISTED BELOW ARE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE WMO 
HEADINGS.  

WMO HEADING     ELEMENT
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LAUXXX KWNO     2-HR PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS
LBUXXX KWNO     2-HR CATEGORICAL FORECASTS OF THUNDERSTORMS
		     OCCURRING

GFS-LAMP GUIDANCE WILL BE GENERATED AT 0300...0900...1500...AND 
2100 UTC BASED ON THE 1800... 0000...0600...AND 1200 UTC GFS 
MODEL AND GFS MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS /MOS/ RUN. ADDITIONAL 
CYCLES...FOR A TOTAL OF 24 CYCLES...WILL BE ADDED AT A LATER 
DATE. GUIDANCE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE FOLLOWING WEATHER 
ELEMENTS:

  2-M TEMPERATURE
  2-M DEWPOINT
  WIND DIRECTION
  WIND SPEED
  WIND GUST SPEED
  PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION OCCURRING ON THE HOUR
  PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION /6 AND 12 HOUR/ 
  OCCURRENCE OF PRECIPITATION ON THE HOUR CATEGORICAL FORECASTS
  PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS /2 HOUR/
  THUNDERSTORM OCCURRENCE CATEGORICAL FORECASTS /2 HOUR/
  CONDITIONAL PRECIPITATION TYPE CATEGORICAL FORECASTS
  TOTAL SKY COVER CATEGORICAL FORECASTS
  CEILING HEIGHT CATEGORICAL FORECASTS
  CONDITIONAL CEILING HEIGHT CATEGORICAL FORECASTS
  VISIBILITY CATEGORICAL FORECASTS
  CONDITIONAL VISIBILITY CATEGORICAL FORECASTS
  OBSTRUCTION TO VISION CATEGORICAL FORECASTS
  PRECIPITATION CHARACTERISTICS CATEGORICAL FORECASTS

THE THUNDERSTORM GUIDANCE WILL BE AVAILABLE IN GRIDDED FORMAT ON 
THE 5 KM NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE /NDFD/ CONUS GRID AT 
PROJECTIONS OF 1 TO 25 HOURS IN ADVANCE...AND IS VALID AT GRID 
POINTS OVER THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES AND NEAR OFFSHORE 
WATERS.  IT WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE NATIONAL DIGITAL GUIDANCE 
DATABASE /NDGD/.  THIS GUIDANCE WILL BE AVAILABLE IN GRIB2 
FORMAT.

THE GUIDANCE VALID AT STATIONS IS AVAILABLE OVER 1522 STATIONS IN 
THE UNITED STATES...INCLUDING ALASKA...HAWAII...PUERTO RICO...AND 
THE UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS.  THIS DATA WILL BE AVAILABLE IN 
BOTH BUFR AND ASCII TEXT BULLETIN FORMAT.

A WEB PAGE CONTAINING DETAILED INFORMATION REGARDING AVAILABLE 
PROJECTIONS...ELEMENTS...AND CATEGORIES IS PROVIDED BELOW.  
DETAILS REGARDING THE DATA AVAILABILITY ON THE NWS FTP SERVER 
WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE FUTURE ON THE WEB PAGE REFERENCED BELOW 
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/.

HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/GFSLAMP/DOCS/GFSLAMP_INFO.SHTML

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE PRODUCTS OR THE LAMP 
GUIDANCE...PLEASE CONTACT:

JUDY GHIRARDELLI
MDL/SILVER SPRING MARYLAND
301-713-0056 EXT. 194
JUDY.GHIRARDELLI@NOAA.GOV

LINKS TO THE GFS-LAMP PRODUCTS...ALONG WITH DESCRIPTIONS...CAN BE 
FOUND ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

	HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/LAMP

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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