20051104: NDFD products-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)

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• Subject: 20051104: NDFD products-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 13:02:05 -0700

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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 05-73
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
230 PM EST FRI NOV 07 2005

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

FROM:     GLENN AUSTIN
         DIGITAL SERVICES TRANSITION MANAGER
         OFFICE OF CLIMATE WATER AND WEATHER SERVICES

SUBJECT:  TWO NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE /NDFD/
         ELEMENTS TO BECOME OPERATIONAL ON DECEMBER 8 2005
         /DECEMBER 9 2005 IN GUAM/

REFER TO: TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE /TIN/ 05-72
         SENT NOV 1 2005: MOST RECENT NDFD TIN

THIS IS THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF MESSAGES TO PROVIDE MORE
SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON THE DECEMBER 8 2005 IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE /NDFD/ ELEMENTS...AS
PROMISED IN TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE /TIN/ 05-72.

TWO ELEMENTS IN THE NDFD FOR THE LOWER 48 STATES...INCLUDING
ALL 16 REGIONAL SUBSECTORS...PUERTO RICO/VIRGIN ISLANDS...
HAWAII...AND GUAM WILL BE UPGRADED FROM EXPERIMENTAL TO
OPERATIONAL STATUS ON DECEMBER 8 2005 AT 1400 COORDINATED
UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...WHICH IS DECEMBER 9TH AT MIDNIGHT IN
LOCAL GUAM TIME.  THE TWO ELEMENTS ARE:

     WIND DIRECTION
     WIND SPEED

THIS CHANGE AFFECTS USERS WHO PULL THESE ELEMENTS IN GRIDDED
BINARY /GRIB2/ FORMAT FROM THE NWS FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL /FTP/
SERVER.  SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR FTP USERS REGARDING THIS CHANGE
IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

    HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NDFD/OPER_IMPLEM.HTM

THIS CHANGE WILL BE TRANSPARENT TO USERS OF THE NDFD NATIONAL
GRAPHICAL FORECASTS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/FORECASTS/GRAPHICAL/SECTORS/

AND USERS OF THE NDFD EXTENSIBLE MARKUP LANGUAGE /XML/
VIA WEB SERVICE:

    HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/XML/

THE NWS WILL CONTINUE TO ASSESS THE OPERATIONAL READINESS OF
THE REMAINING EXPERIMENTAL ELEMENTS.  WE WILL PROVIDE THE NEXT
NDFD OPERATIONAL READINESS STATUS MESSAGE AS A TECHNICAL
IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE NO LATER THAN JANUARY 15 2006.  USERS
WILL BE GIVEN A MINIMUM OF 30 DAYS ADVANCE NOTICE OF OUR
DECISION TO DECLARE ANY ADDITIONAL NDFD ELEMENTS OPERATIONAL OR
TO ADD ANY MORE EXPERIMENTAL ELEMENTS.

RELATED NDFD WEB SITES /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS FOR ALL
URLS SHOWN BELOW/:

CONTENT OF THE NDFD GRIDDED DATA FILES AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR
ACCESSING THE OPERATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL GRID ELEMENTS IN
EITHER GRIB2 FORMAT OR EXTENSIBLE MARKUP LANGUAGE /XML/:

    HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NDFD/TECHNICAL.HTM
    HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/XML/

NDFD GRAPHICS:

   HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/FORECASTS/GRAPHICAL/SECTORS/

THE CURRENT STATUS OF EACH OF THE 14 NDFD ELEMENTS FOR EACH
DOMAIN:

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NDFD/DEVELOPMENT.HTM

NDFD VERIFICATION INFORMATION:

    HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NDFD/VERIFICATION/

USERS OF THE EXPERIMENTAL GRID PRODUCTS MAY PROVIDE FEEDBACK BY
RESPONDING TO A BRIEF SURVEY AND COMMENT FORM AVAILABLE AT:

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=NDFD-GRIDS

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE...PLEASE CONTACT:

    JANNIE G. FERRELL
    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
    OCWWS...DIGITAL SERVICES
    1325 EAST WEST HIGHWAY
    SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20910
    EMAIL:  JANNIE.G.FERRELL@xxxxxxxx

IF YOU HAVE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS REGARDING THE NDFD DATA
...PLEASE CONTACT:

    DAVID RUTH
    CHIEF...MESOSCALE PREDICTION BRANCH
    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
    OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    1325 EAST WEST HIGHWAY
    SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20910
    EMAIL:  DAVID.RUTH@xxxxxxxx

THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE
AVAILABLE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

    HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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