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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 07-07
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
945 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007
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: NEW GFS MOS PRECIPITATION GUIDANCE FOR ISLAND
LOCATIONS IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN:
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY APRIL 24 2007
ATTENTION USERS OF THE MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS /MOS/ GUIDANCE:
ON TUESDAY APRIL 24 2007...BEGINNING WITH THE 1200 COORDINATED
UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/ MODEL CYCLE...THE NWS WILL MAKE AVAILABLE
NEW GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM /GFS/ MOS PRECIPITATION GUIDANCE FOR
15 STATIONS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN TO THE WEST OF THE HAWAII
ISLANDS...FOR SHORT RANGE PROJECTIONS. THE MOS GUIDANCE OF
PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION FOR A 12-HR PERIOD...PROBABILITY OF
PRECIPITATION FOR A 6-HR PERIOD...AND PROBABILITY OF
PRECIPITATION ON THE HOUR WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THESE SITES.
THIS GUIDANCE WILL BE ADDED TO THE EXISTING PRODUCTS WHOSE
COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS ARE SHOWN BELOW IN TABLES 1 AND 2.
NOTE THAT THE PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION ON THE HOUR WILL ONLY
BE AVAILABLE IN THE BINARY UNIVERSAL FORM FOR THE REPRESENTATION
OF METEOROLOGICAL DATA (BUFR) PRODUCTS.
TABLE 1: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE HAWAII GFS MOS TEXT
AND BUFR PRODUCTS.
WMO HEADING AWIPS ID MESSAGE TYPE
FOPA20 KWNOMAVPA0TEXT
JSMT20 KWNON/ABUFR
PRECIPITATION GUIDANCE WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR THESE TWO
STATIONS IN THE HAWAII GFS MOS MESSAGES:
STATION ID STATION NAME
NSTU PAGO PAGO...AMERICAN SAMOA
PMDY MIDWAY ISLAND
TABLE 2: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR GFS-BASED MOS TEXT AND
BUFR PRODUCTS VALID FOR ISLAND STATIONS TO THE WEST OF
INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE.
WMO HEADING AWIPS IDMESSAGE TYPE
FOPA21 KWNO MAVPA1TEXT
JSML38 KWNO N/A BUFR
PRECIPITATION GUIDANCE WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR THESE 13 ISLAND
STATIONS IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN GFS MOS MESSAGES:
STATION ID STATION NAME
PGRO ROTA INTL AIRPORT/ROTA ISL...MARIANA IS.
PGSN SAIPAN...MARIANA IS.
PGUA ANDERSON AFB...GUAM
PGUM GUAM INTL AIRPORT...GUAM
PGWT WEST TINIAN...NORTHERN MARIANA IS.
PKMR MAJURO ATOLL WSO...MARSHALL IS.
PKWA KWAJALEIN...MARSHALL IS.
PTKK CHUUK...MICRONESIA
PTKR KOROR WSO...PALAU
PTSA KOSRAE...MICRONESIA
PTTP POHNPEI WSO...MICRONESIA
PTYA YAP...MICRONESIA
PWAK WAKE ISLAND
THE COMPLETE GFS MOS STATION LIST CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT /USE
LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/STADRG.HTML
THE LINK TO THESE PRODUCTS...ALONG WITH THE DESCRIPTION CAN BE
FOUND ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/PRODUCTS.SHTML
A TECHNICAL DOCUMENT DESCRIBING THE FORMAT OF THE BULLETIN FOR
THE WESTERN PACIFIC SITES IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE
LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/TPB/MDLTPB05-01.PDF
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PRODUCT OR THE MOS GUIDANCE
SYSTEM...PLEASE CONTACT:
JAMES SU
MDL/SILVER SPRING MARYLAND
PHONE 301-713-0023 EXT. 139
E-MAIL JAMES.SU@xxxxxxxx
THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE
ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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