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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 08-61 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 
317 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008 
 
TO:       SUBSCRIBERS:
          -FAMILY OF SERVICES
          -NOAAPORT
          -EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
          OTHER NWS PARTNERS...USERS AND EMPLOYEES

FROM:     JASON TUELL 
          CHIEF...SCIENCE PLANS BRANCH 
          OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
 
SUBJECT:  NESDIS HIGH DENSITY GEOSTATIONARY WINDS TO BE     
          ADDED TO SBN/NOAAPORT: EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 15 2008 

EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 15 2008...BEGINNING AT APPROXIMATELY 
1500 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...THE NATIONAL 
ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE...DATA...AND INFORMATION SERVICE /NESDIS/ 
AND NWS START DISSEMINATING HIGH DENSITY GEOSTATIONARY /MTSAT/ 
WIND PRODUCTS VIA SBN/NOAAPORT.

THE MTSAT WINDS /FROM THE JAPANESE SATELLITE/ WILL AUGMENT THE 
CURRENT GOES EAST AND WEST HIGH DENSITY WINDS OVER SPARSE DATA 
REGIONS...MOST BENEFITING THE ALASKA AND PACIFIC REGIONS AND THE 
AVIATION WEATHER CENTER /AWC/.

NESDIS/OSDPD/SSD WILL PROVIDE THE MTSAT WINDS IN BUFR FORMAT TO 
THE NWS TELECOMMUNICATIONS GATEWAY /VIA FTP/ FOR ROUTING OVER THE 
SBN TO AWIPS/NOAAPORT. 

THE WMO HEADERS /T1T2A1A2I1I2 CCCC/ FOR THESE PRODUCTS WILL BE IN 
THE FOLLOWING FORM:

     T1...J
     T2...U
     A1...T 
     A2...X

     I1...2 FOR VIS...3 FOR IR...4 FOR WV...5 FOR NIR
     I2...REGION...1 FOR NORTHERN HEMISPHERE /NH/...2 FOR   
     SH /ALSO 1 IF FULL DISK IS USED/. 
     CCCC...KNES

THE FOUR MTSAT WIND PRODUCTS WILL BE GENERATED EVERY 3 HOURS. 
EACH PRODUCT IS 2 MB...A MAXIMUM OF 8 MB EACH 3 HOURS...64 MB MAX 
EACH DAY. THE VISIBLE IMAGER PRODUCTS ARE SUSPENDED AT NIGHT DUE 
TO A REDUCTION IN QUALITY OF VISIBLE BASED WINDS.


FOR QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE TECHNICAL DETAILS OF THESE PRODUCTS 
OR THEIR GENERATION...PLEASE CONTACT:  
 
     JOHN PAQUETTE
     NESDIS...OSDPD...SSD
     CAMP SPRINGS MARYLAND
     PHONE: 301 763 8051 EXT 110
     EMAIL: JOHN.PAQUETTE@NOAA.GOV 

FOR QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE SBN/NOAAPORT ACTIVATION OF THESE 
PRODUCTS...PLEASE CONTACT:  
 
     DAVE NIVER  
     NWS...OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY  
     SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 
     PHONE: 301 713 0211 EXT 180 
     EMAIL: DAVE.NIVER@NOAA.GOV 

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

     HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM

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