20040617: station identifiers-GFS MOS products-

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• Subject: 20040617: station identifiers-GFS MOS products-
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 12:35:39 -0600

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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 04-29
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1045 AM EDT THU JUN 17 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 STATION IDENTIFIER IN GFS-BASED MOS TEXT
          PRODUCTS... EFFECTIVE AUGUST 31 2004

ATTENTION: USERS OF THE MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS /MOS/
GUIDANCE.

ON TUESDAY AUGUST 31 2004 AT 1200 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME
/UTC/ MODEL CYCLE... THE NWS WILL CHANGE THE STATION
IDENTIFIER FOR DENNISON TEXAS FROM KF39 TO KGYI IN ALL
GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEMS /GFS/-BASED MOS TEXT PRODUCTS.  THE
COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THESE PRODUCTS ARE LISTED IN
TABLE 1.  THE STATION IDENTIFIER WILL NOT BE CHANGED IN THE
GFS-BASED BUFR PRODUCTS.

TABLE 1:  WMO HEADINGS AND AWIPS IDENTIFIERS OF THE GFS-
BASED MOS TEXT PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THE
IMPLEMENTATION ON AUGUST 31 2004

    WMO HEADING         AWIPS ID
    FOUS24 KWNO         MAVSC1     SHORT-RANGE GFS-BASED MOS
    FOUE24 KWNO         MEXSC1     EXTENDED-RANGE GFS-BASED MOS

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 THIS
CHANGE... PLEASE CONTACT:

REBECCA COSGROVE
MDL/SILVER SPRING MARYLAND
PHONE:  301-713-0023 EXT. 124
E-MAIL: REBECCA.COSGROVE@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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