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PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT...TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 03-21
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 
435 PM EDT MON MAY 5 2003 

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      J. PAUL DALLAVALLE
          CHIEF...STATISTICAL MODELING BRANCH 
          METEOROLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY /MDL/ 
          OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY /OST/ 

SUBJECT   ADDITION OF MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS GUIDANCE FOR WIND
          SPEED AND DIRECTION AT MARINE LOCATIONS...BASED ON THE
          GFS MODEL...EFFECTIVE MAY 6 2003

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

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

ON OR ABOUT MAY 6 2003...THE NWS IS PLANNING TO ADD NEW MOS
GUIDANCE PRODUCTS CONTAINING WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION FOR MARINE
SITES.  THE NEW MOS GUIDANCE IS BASED ON THE GLOBAL FORECAST
SYSTEM /GFS/ MODEL AND IS AVAILABLE FOR 121 STATIONS IN THE
UNITED STATES.  THE GUIDANCE WILL BE AVAILABLE IN BOTH
ALPHANUMERIC AND BUFR PRODUCTS.  THE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS
FOR THE ALPHANUMERIC BULLETINS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.  THE
COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE BUFR PRODUCTS ARE SHOWN IN
TABLE 2.  THE PRODUCTS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE NWS
GATEWAY...THE NWS FTP SERVER /TGFTP/...AND THE MDL WEB PAGES.

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

     WMO HEADING         AWIPS ID       REGION

     FQUS21 KWNO         MMGNE1         NORTHEAST
     FQUS22 KWNO         MMGSE1         SOUTHEAST
     FQUS23 KWNO         MMGGL1         GREAT LAKES
     FQUS24 KWNO         MMGGF1         GULF OF MEXICO
     FQUS25 KWNO         MMGNW1         NORTHWEST
     FQUS26 KWNO         MMGSW1         SOUTHWEST

     FQPA20 KWNO         MMGHI1         PACIFIC

     FQAK37 KWNO         MMGAK1         ALASKA


TABLE 2.  COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE BUFR PRODUCTS OF GFS-
BASED MOS WIND GUIDANCE AT MARINE STATIONS.

     WMO HEADING

     JSMT20 KWNO - PACIFIC REGION
     JSMT21 KWNO - NORTHEAST REGION
     JSMT22 KWNO - SOUTHEAST REGION
     JSMT23 KWNO - NORTH CENTRAL REGION
     JSMT24 KWNO - SOUTH CENTRAL REGION

     JSMT26 KWNO - WEST COAST REGION
     JSMT27 KWNO - SOUTHEAST ALASKA REGION
     JSMT28 KWNO - SOUTHWESTERN/CENTRAL ALASKA REGION

LINKS TO THESE PRODUCTS...ALONG WITH DESCRIPTIONS...CAN BE FOUND
AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/...

          http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/synop/products.htm

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE CHANGES TO THE MOS GUIDANCE
SYSTEM...PLEASE CONTACT

     PAUL DALLAVALLE 
     MDL/SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 
     PHONE   301-713-0023 EXT. 135 
     E-MAIL  PAUL.DALLAVALLE@NOAA.GOV 

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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