NOUS41 KWBC 122040 PNSWSH TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 04-11 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 330 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2004 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: CHANGE TO THE PRODUCT DELIVERY SCHEDULE FOR THE EXTENDED-RANGE GFS MOS GUIDANCE PRODUCTS... EFFECTIVE 0000 UTC ON MAY 26 2004 ATTENTION USERS OF THE MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS /MOS/ GUIDANCE... ON WEDNESDAY MAY 26 2004...WITH THE 0000 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/ MODEL CYCLE ...THE NWS WILL CHANGE THE PRODUCT DELIVERY SCHEDULE FOR THE EXTENDED-RANGE MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS /MOS/ TEXT AND BUFR /GRIDDED BINARY/ PRODUCTS BASED ON THE GLOBAL FORECAST MODEL /GFS/. THESE PRODUCTS ARE ISSUED FROM THE 0000 UTC MODEL CYCLE ONLY. THE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THESE PRODUCTS ARE LISTED IN TABLE 1 /TEXT PRODUCTS/ AND TABLE 2 /BUFR PRODUCTS/. STARTING ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE...ALL OF THE PRODUCTS WILL BE DELIVERED APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS EARLIER...AT ROUGHLY 0500 UTC. NOTE 1: GUIDANCE USING OBSERVATIONS AS PREDICTORS WILL TRANSITION FROM A 0600 UTC OBSERVATION TO A 0300 UTC OBSERVATION. NOTE 2: THIS CHANGE AFFECTS ONLY THE 0000 UTC EXTENDED- RANGE GFS MOS PRODUCTS. THE DELIVERY TIMES OF THE SHORT- RANGE GFS MOS PRODUCTS AT 0000...0600...1200...AND 1800 UTC WILL NOT BE CHANGED. TABLE 1: WMO HEADINGS AND AWIPS IDENTIFIERS OF THE EXTENDED-RANGE GFS MOS TEXT PRODUCTS WHICH ARE AFFECTED BY THE IMPLEMENTATION ON MAY 26 2004 WMO HEADING AWIPS ID GEOGRAPHIC REGION FEPA20 KWNO MEXPA0 PACIFIC ISLANDS FEUS21 KWNO MEXNE1 NORTHEAST CONUS FEUS22 KWNO MEXSE1 SOUTHEAST CONUS FEUS23 KWNO MEXNC1 NORTH CENTRAL CONUS FEUS24 KWNO MEXSC1 SOUTH CENTRAL CONUS FEUS25 KWNO MEXRM1 ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONUS FEUS26 KWNO MEXWC0 WEST COAST CONUS FEAK37 KWNO MEXAJK SOUTHEAST ALASKA /JUNEAU/ FEAK38 KWNO MEXAFC CENTRAL ALASKA /ANCHORAGE/ FEAK39 KWNO MEXAFG NORTHERN ALASKA /FAIRBANKS/ FECN21 KWNO MEXCND CANADIAN MAX/MIN MOS FEPA30 KWNO MEXF70 PACIFIC AIR FORCE MOS FEUS30 KWNO MEXF<01-27> CONUS AIR FORCE MOS FEAK30 KWNO MEXF<50-52> ALASKAN AIR FORCE MOS FECA30 KWNO MEXF80 CARRIBEAN AIR FORCE MOS FOUS12 KWNO FTPSLR CBRFC RFC MOS FOUS12 KWNO FTPRSA CNRFC RFC MOS FOUS12 KWNO FTPKRF MBRFC RFC MOS FOUS12 KWNO FTPPTR NWRFC RFC MOS FOUS12 KWNO FTPMSR NCRFC RFC MOS FOUS12 KWNO FTPRHA MARFC RFC MOS FOUS12 KWNO FTPHFD NERFC RFC MOS FOUS12 KWNO FTPCIN OHRFC RFC MOS FOUS12 KWNO FTPTUR ABRFC RFC MOS TABLE 2: WMO HEADINGS OF THE EXTENDED-RANGE GFS MOS BUFR PRODUCTS WHICH ARE AFFECTED BY THE IMPLEMENTATION ON MAY 26 2004 6 TO 84 HOUR 90 TO 192 HOUR GEOGRAPHIC REGION PROJECTIONS PROJECTIONS JSMT60 KWNO JSMT70 KWNO PACIFIC REGION JSMT61 KWNO JSMT71 KWNO NORTHEAST REGION JSMT62 KWNO JSMT72 KWNO SOUTHEAST REGION JSMT63 KWNO JSMT73 KWNO NORTH CENTRAL REGION JSMT64 KWNO JSMT74 KWNO SOUTH CENTRAL REGION JSMT65 KWNO JSMT75 KWNO ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION JSMT66 KWNO JSMT76 KWNO WEST COAST REGION JSMT67 KWNO JSMT77 KWNO SOUTHEAST ALASKA /JUNEAU/ JSMT68 KWNO JSMT78 KWNO CENTRAL ALASKA /ANCHORAGE / JSMT69 KWNO JSMT79 KWNO NORTHERN ALASKA /FAIRBANKS/ LINKS TO THESE PRODUCTS...ALONG WITH DESCRIPTIONS...CAN BE FOUND AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/synop/products.shtml IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE CHANGE IN PRODUCT DELIVERY TIME...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 ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notif.htm $$ NNNN