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PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT...TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 03-07
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
250 PM EST MON FEB 24 2003
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICES
FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS
OTHER CUSTOMERS OF NCEP MODEL GRAPHICS
FROM JOHN WARD
CHIEF...PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT BRANCH
NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION
SUBJECT RENAMING AND CONSOLIDATION OF THE NCEP MRF AND AVN
MODELS TO THE GFS ON THE NCEP MODEL WEB PAGES...
EFFECTIVE APRIL 15 2003
NOTE - THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SUBSCRIBERS
ONE YEAR AGO...THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION
/NCEP/ BEGAN AN EFFORT TO RENAME AND CONSOLIDATE THE MRF AND AVN
MODEL RUNS INTO A SINGLE SYSTEM CALLED THE GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM
/GFS/. THE MRF RUN WAS DISCONTINUED IN APRIL 2002 AND FORECAST
DATA FROM THE 0000 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/ AVN HAS BEEN
DISTRIBUTED IN ITS PLACE EVER SINCE.
THE NEXT STEP IN THIS PROCESS WILL OCCUR ON TUESDAY...APRIL 15
2003...WHEN THE NCEP MODEL GRAPHICS WEB PAGE WILL BE UPDATED TO
REFLECT THIS NEW CONFIGURATION. ON THIS DATE...THE MRF GRAPHICS
AND WEB PAGES WILL BE REMOVED AND THE AVN WEB PAGES AND GRAPHICS
WILL BE RENAMED THE GFS. USERS WHO ACCESS THESE IMAGES WITH A
WEB BROWSER WILL NOT BE GREATLY IMPACTED BY THIS CHANGE. USERS
WHO ACCESS THESE IMAGES DIRECTLY...WITHOUT A WEB BROWSER...WILL
HAVE TO MODIFY THEIR SCRIPTS TO POINT TO THE RENAMED DIRECTORIES
AND IMAGES.
THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THE DIRECTORY AND FILENAME
STRUCTURE WILL CHANGE...NOTE ALL HTML REFERENCES ARE IN LOWER
CASE.
OLD...HTTP://WWW.NCO.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/PMB/NWPROD/ANALYSIS/NAMER/AVN/
12/IMAGES/AVN_SLP_120L.GIF
NEW...HTTP://WWW.NCO.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/PMB/NWPROD/ANALYSIS/NAMER/GFS/
12/IMAGES/GFS_SLP_120L.GIF
ON MARCH 11 2003...WE WILL CREATE LINKS TO THESE NEW DIRECTORIES
AND IMAGE FILENAMES TO ALLOW USERS WHO DO NOT ACCESS THESE VIA A
WEB BROWSER APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH TO MODIFY THEIR PROCESSING
BEFORE THE OLD NAMING CONVENTION IS REMOVED.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS CHANGE WILL NOT AFFECT THE ETA OR NGM WEB
PAGES AND IMAGES.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS CHANGE TO THE NCEP
MODEL WEB PAGE PLEASE CONTACT
JOHN WARD OR BRENT GORDON
PHONE 301 763 8000 X 7185 301 763 8000 X 7193
E-MAIL JOHN.WARD@xxxxxxxx BRENT.GORDON@xxxxxxxx
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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