20010731: NCEP Model graphics -Web-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)

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• Subject: 20010731: NCEP Model graphics -Web-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 13:19:20 -0600

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NOUS41 KWBC 311916
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 01-38
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
330 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2001

TO:       FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
          WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS
          WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...
          OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND
          PARTNERS...NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM:     LOUIS W. UCCELLINI
          DIRECTOR...NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
          PREDICTION

SUBJECT:  NEW INTERNET WEB SITE FOR NCEP MODEL GRAPHICS

THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION /NCEP/ HAS
LAUNCHED A NEW INTERNET WEB SITE DEVOTED TO METEOROLOGICAL MODEL
FORECAST GRAPHICS.  IN ITS FIRST PHASE...THIS WEB SITE WILL
FEATURE GRAPHICS FROM FOUR OF NCEP/S FORECAST MODELS: THE ETA...
GLOBAL MODEL /AVN/...MEDIUM-RANGE FORECAST MODEL /MRF/...AND
NESTED GRID MODEL /NGM/.

THE URL FOR THE NEW WEB SITE IS:

   /NOTE: ALL LETTERS ARE LOWER CASE EXCEPT NCO AND PMB/

     HTTP://WWW.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/NCO/PMB/NWPROD/ANALYSIS

THE WEB SITE IS CONTINUOUSLY UPDATED AS THE MODELS ARE BEING RUN.
THEREFORE...THE NCEP MODEL GRAPHICS ARE AVAILABLE 5-70 MINUTES
FASTER THAN OTHER NCEP MODEL GRAPHIC SITES.

THE GRAPHICS DISPLAY BASIC PARAMETERS SUCH AS HEIGHTS...
TEMPERATURES...WIND SPEEDS...PRECIPITATION...MEAN SEA LEVEL
PRESSURE...1000-500 MILLIBAR THICKNESS...AND VORTICITY.  THE
GRAPHICS ARE PRODUCED IN THREE DIFFERENT RESOLUTIONS TO
ACCOMMODATE USERS VARIOUS COMPUTING CAPABILITIES.  ALSO...
SEVERAL FOUR-PANEL DISPLAYS ARE AVAILABLE.

INITIALLY...ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF FORECAST GRAPHICS WILL BE
AVAILABLE.  HOWEVER...FUTURE ENHANCEMENTS WILL INCLUDE MORE
MODELS...MORE GEOGRAPHIC AREAS AND A WEB BASED MOVIE PLAYER TO
VIEW ANIMATIONS OF THE IMAGES.

QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS WEB SITE SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO:

     LARRY SAGER
     NCEP
     CAMP SPRINGS MD
     301 763 8000 X7151
     LARRY.SAGER@xxxxxxxx

...NOTE TO INTERNET USERS...
THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE POSTED ON THE
INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE/:

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

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