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PNSWSH TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 08-39 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 1150 AM EDT MAY 5 2008 TO: SUBSCRIBERS:-FAMILY OF SERVICES -NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
-EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
-NOAAPORT
OTHER NWS PARTNERS...USERS AND EMPLOYEES
FROM: JASON TUELL
SCIENCE PLANS BRANCH CHIEF
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY /OST/
SUBJECT: ADDITION OF GRIDDED EXTRA TROPICAL STORM SURGE
GUIDANCE: EFFECTIVE AUGUST 26 2008
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER WIRE SUBSCRIBERS.EFFECTIVE TUESDAY AUGUST 26 2008...BEGINNING WITH THE 1200 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/ RUN...THE NWS WILL BE CREATING GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM /GFS/ BASED GRIDDED EXTRA TROPICAL STORM SURGE GUIDANCE. THERE WILL BE 2 GRIB FILES MADE. ONE WILL MATCH THE NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE /NDFD/ CONUS 5 KM GRID AND THE OTHER WILL MATCH THE NDFD ALASKA GRID.
THE PRODUCTS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM:
- NWS TELECOMMUNICATIONS GATEWAY
- NWS FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL /FTP/ SERVER /TGFTP/
- OCEAN PREDICTION CENTERS /OPC/ WEB PAGES
- NATIONAL DIGITAL GUIDANCE DATABASE /NDGD/
- METEOROLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY /MDL/ WEB PAGES.
THE WMO HEADINGS WILL BE IN THE FORM:
WMO HEADING REGION
LHU###KNHC NDFD CONUS GRID
LHR###KNHC NDFD ALASKA GRID
THE ### IN THE WMO HEADING WILL BE REPLACED BY DHH WHERE D IS THE
DAY OF THE FORECAST /B = DAY 1...F=DAY 5 AND HH IS THE HOUR OF
DAY WHEN THE FORECAST IS VALID/. A FULL CHART OF THE HEADING
COMBINATIONS PER FORECAST CYCLE IS AVAILABLE AT /USE LOWER CASE/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/ETSURGE/DOCS/HEADERS.XLSLINKS TO THESE PRODUCTS CURRENTLY CAN BE FOUND AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS EXCEPT FOR...L IN LOOPS...SURGE_CON... SURGE_CON_96_HR...SURGE_WEST...SURGE_WEST_96_HR...SURGE_ALA... SURGE_ALA_96_HR/:
FTP://FTP.MPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/GRIDS/EXPERIMENTAL/ETSURGE_GRIB2WWW.OPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/LOOPS/SURGE_CON/SURGE_CON_96_HR.SHTML WWW.OPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/LOOPS/SURGE_WEST/SURGE_WEST_96_HR.SHTML WWW.OPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/LOOPS/SURGE_ALA/SURGE_ALA_96_HR.SHTML
THE NDGD LOCATION IS EXPECTED TO BE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS EXCEPT FOR SL...ST...DF...DC...GT/:
WEATHER.NOAA.GOV/PUB/SL.US008001/ST.EXPR/DF.GR2/DC.NDGD/GT.SLOSH/
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/ETSURGE/
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE ADDITIONS TO THE EXTRA
TROPICAL STORM SURGE GUIDANCE...PLEASE CONTACT:
ARTHUR TAYLOR
MDL/SILVER SPRING MARYLAND
PHONE: 301-713-1613 X163
E-MAIL: ARTHUR.TAYLOR@xxxxxxxx
NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT
/USE LOWER CASE/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM $$
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