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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 08-14
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1045 AM EST THU FEB 28 2008

TO:	  SUBSCRIBERS:
          -FAMILY OF SERVICES
          -NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
          -EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
          -NOAAPORT
          OTHER USERS...PARTNERS AND NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM:     JASON TUELL
          CHIEF...SCIENCE PLANS BRANCH
          OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY /OST/

SUBJECT:  ADDITION OF NEW CYCLES FOR GFS-BASED LAMP GUIDANCE: 
          EFFECTIVE APRIL 1 2008

ATTENTION USERS OF THE GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM /GFS/-BASED 
LOCALIZED AVIATION MOS PROGRAM /LAMP/ GUIDANCE:

EFFECTIVE TUESDAY APRIL 1 BEGINNING WITH THE 1300 COORDINATED 
UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/ RUN...THE NWS WILL PRODUCE FOUR ADDITIONAL 
CYCLES OF THE NEW SHORT RANGE /1 - 25 HOUR/ GFS-BASED LAMP 
GUIDANCE AND DISSEMINATE THEM ON THE SATELLITE BROADCAST NETWORK 
/SBN/...NOAAPORT AND THE NWS FTP SERVER. THE FOUR NEW LAMP CYCLES 
ARE 0100...0700...1300...AND 1900 UTC.

THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE 12 EXISTING LAMP CYCLES OF 0000... 
0300...0400...0500...0600...0900...1000...1100...1200...1500...
1800 AND 2100 UTC. THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF OPERATIONAL 
LAMP CYCLES UP TO 16. ADDITIONAL CYCLES FOR A TOTAL OF 24 CYCLES 
WILL BE ADDED AT A LATER DATE. THESE GUIDANCE PRODUCTS WILL BE IN 
BUFR...ASCII AND GRIB2 FORMAT. THE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR 
THE BUFR...ASCII AND GRIB2 PRODUCTS ARE SHOWN BELOW IN TABLES 
1...2 AND 3 RESPECTIVELY.  

A WEB PAGE OUTLINING THE LAMP GUIDANCE CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT 
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

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

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

WMO HEADING     REGION

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

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 HEADING. LISTED BELOW ARE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE WMO 
HEADINGS.  

WMO HEADING     ELEMENT

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

A COMPLETE LIST OF WMO HEADINGS FOR LAMP GRIDDED THUNDERSTORM 
GUIDANCE IS AVAILABLE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

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

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

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

FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE PRODUCTS OR THE LAMP GUIDANCE CONTACT:

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

NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT  
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: 

  HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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