[NCEP.List.Jifmemo] jif_memo_070803
John Ward
wd22jw at lnx177.ncep.noaa.gov
Fri Aug 3 12:55:44 EDT 2007
August 3, 2007
MEMORANDUM FOR: Distribution E
FROM: John H. Ward
Chief, Production Management Branch
SUBJECT: Changes to the NWS Production Suite
1. Test data is now available for three upcoming implementations: Multi-grid Wave Model; GFS Unified Post; and HIRES WRF. The data are located at:
ftp://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/wave/para/wave.{YYYYMMDD}
and
ftp://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/gfs/para/gfs.{YYYYMMDD}
and
ftp://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/nam/para/hiresw.{YYYYMMDD}
2. All GRIB1 data currently residing on the NCEP & TOC FTP servers will be removed on 28 January 2008. The schedule for the GRIB1 to GRIB2 conversion for NOAAPORT data has not yet been established. A schedule will be published as soon as it becomes available. It is anticipated that no GRIB1 data will be removed from NOAAORT prior to January 2008.
NCEP provides software to convert GRIB2 formatted data back into GRIB1. Please use the link below to obtain the software utility to convert formats:
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/codes/GRIB2/
Information regarding product equivalents for GRIB1 and GRIB2 on the NWS FTP TOC servers (tgdata.nws.noaa.gov and tgftp.nws.noaa.gov) and NCEP ftp server (ftp.ncep.noaa.gov) can be found via the link below:
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/docs/GRIB1_to_GRIB2.shtml
Please direct all questions concerning the software codes to the following NCO PMB Dataflow Helpdesk: NCEP.PMB.Dataflow at noaa.gov
3. Upcoming major changes to NCEP's production suite and details on any product or timing changes associated with upcoming implementations can be viewed at the following website:
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/changes/
Test data for each of these proposed changes should be available six weeks prior to implementation. Anyone wishing to receive formal notice of the final pre-implementation testing and the opportunity to provide feedback on the proposed changes can subscribe to the Model Evaluation mailing list via:
https://lstsrv.ncep.noaa.gov/mailman/listinfo/ncep.list.modelevalinfo
4. Maintenance of subscriptions to the JIF memo mailing list can be performed via a new list server at:
https://lstsrv.ncep.noaa.gov/mailman/listinfo/ncep.list.jifmemo
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The following crisis item was implemented this past week:
783. SCRIPTS - IBM Jobs JHWRF_OCEAN_INIT*, JHWRF_POST*, JHWRF_TRACKER*, JHWRF_AUX_RW*, JHWRF_TPCPOST. (Wang, NP11). The following scripts run the HWRF model: exhwrf_aux_rw.sh.sms, exhwrf_coupled_fcst.sh.sms, exhwrf_coupled_move.sh.sms, exhwrf_fcst_tracker.sh.sms, exhwrf_merge.sh.sms, exhwrf_move_combine_tracker.sh.sms, exhwrf_move_parent_tracker.sh.sms, exhwrf_ocean_init.sh.sms, exhwrf_output.sh.sms, exhwrf_post.sh.sms, exhwrf_tpcpost.sh.sms. The scripts have been modified to add variable $STORMID in the ocean_status file name. When there are several INVEST storms running, the same ocean_status file name is produced, this cause the storm that is not running in couple mode to crash. Adding $STORMID in the file name distinguishes the different storms and corrects the problem. Done at 17Z on 30 July.
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The following items will be implemented at 12Z on Tuesday, 7 August:
784. BUFR_DCODWINDSAT - IBM Jobs GFS_DUMP, GDAS_DUMP, CDAS_DUMP. (Keyser, NP22). This new program re-processes FNMOC or NESDIS WindSAT (scatterometer) data by reading each report from an input BUFR data dump file ("wndsat") and performs a number of checks including: report date for realism, proper nudged wind vector selection (from choice of four), reports not explicitly over ocean (skipped), reports with missing selected nudged wind vector (skipped), reports with missing wind direction and speed (skipped), reports with "bad" or "no retrieval" EDR quality flag (skipped). Reports passing all checks can be superobed onto a user-specified lat/lon grid (optional) and are reprocessed into a BUFR file ("wdsatr"), using the BUFR mnemonic table bufr_bufrtab.windsat, which is read by the program PREPOBS_PREPDATA. WindSAT scatterometer wind data are currently being tested in the parallel Global-GSI.
785. BUFR_TRANWINDSAT - IBM Job IWINDSAT. (Keyser, NP22). This new program reads in WindSAT scatterometer data from EDR files generated by FNMOC and NESDIS and reformats them into BUFR, using the NCEP BUFR mnemonic table bufrtab.012, such that they can then be ingested into the NCEP /dcom BUFR data base on the NCEP CCS via the program BUFR_TRANJB. The NCEP BUFR mnemonic table is being modified to add the new messages types NC012138 and NC012139 to hold WindSAT data from the FNMOC and NESDIS, respectively. WindSAT scatterometer wind data are currently being tested in the parallel Global-GSI.
786. DATACARDS - Many IBM Jobs. (Keyser, NP22). The data card bufr_dumplist contains the current table listing of valid data group mnemonic names for the various BUFR data types and subtypes in the observational BUFR database on the NCEP CCS. This table is currently read by the script dumpjb, the programs BUFR_AVGDATA and BUFR_DATACOUNT, and the real-time hourly and network-time data dump monitoring processing scripts and codes. The dump list is being modified to: 1) add the following new dump mnemonics: ¦wdsats¦ (for WindSAT scatterometer winds generated by NESDIS in BUFR type 000, subtype 139, non-critical in all networks) and "osbuv8" [for POES/NESDIS Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Radiation (SBUV) from Version 8 BUFR in BUFR type 008, subtype 011, non-critical in all networks]; 2) augment the following existing group mnemonics: "sfsat" and "012", to now include BUFR type 012, subtype 139, "ozone" and "008", to now include BUFR type 008, subtype 011; 3) change the!
alert status for GOES 1x1 f-o-v radiances, CHAMP/COSMIC GPS radio occultation data, AIRS every f-o-v radiances and NOAA-18/METOP-2 HIRS-4 radiances from non-critical to moderately-critical in the GFS and GDAS networks; 4) change the alert status for NOAA-18/METOP-2 MHS radiances from non-critical to critical in the GFS and GDAS networks; 5) change the alert status for AIRS center f-o-v radiances and GOES 5x5 f-o-v radiances from moderately-critical to non-critical in the GFS and GDAS networks; 5) improve the descriptive information for several dump mnemonics; 6) improve the descriptive information for several dump mnemonics; 7) change the alert status for NOAA-15-17 AMSU-B and HIRS-3 radiances from critical to moderately critical in GFS and GDAS dumps. The first two changes allow these data types, which are not yet operational but are present in various developmental databases, to be dumped. The third and fourth changes are a result of these types now being assimilated in!
the Global-GSI. The fifth change is a result of these types !
no longe
r being assimilated in the Global-GSI. The seventh change is a result of NOAA-17 no longer being part of the NESDIS POES constellation (METOP-2 has replaced it) - these data types are no longer processed as quickly as before.
787. SCRIPT - IBM Job IWINDSAT. (Keyser, NP22). New job script JIWINDSAT.sms.prod ingests FNMOC WindSAT scatterometer data from the Coriolis satellite into the BUFR /dcom database on the NCEP CCS machines. The job is submitted by the SMS task script qscatter.sms. WindSAT scatterometer wind data are currently being tested in the parallel Global-GSI.
788. SCRIPT - IBM Jobs AIRNOW_DUMP, NGMAFPLT, SRUC_DUMP, RUC2A_DUMP, RTMA_DUMP, NAM_DUMP, NAM_DUMP2, NDAS_DUMP, NDAS_DUMP2, GFS_DUMP, GDAS_DUMP, CDAS_DUMP, DUMP_MONITOR, NAM_PCPN_ANAL. (Keyser, NP22). The ush script bufr_dump_obs.sh is the driver for the observational data dump script in the various network runs. This script is being modified to change the reprocessing of WindSat dumps from no superobing to superobing on a 1x1 degree lat/lon grid. It is also being modified to reduce the dump return code for missing "airsev" (AIRS every f-o-v) dumps from 22 to 05 for all NAM and tm03 NDAS network runs and to reduce the dump return code for missing MODIS (Aqua/Terra) IR/WV "satwnd" dumps from 11 to 04 for all NAM and tm03 NDAS network runs. The first change is a result of WindSAT dumps being turned on for the first time in production (the decision was made during parallel testing to use superobed data). The second change is a result of these dump types all expected !
to often, or almost always, be missing due to their short data cutoff time in these jobs.
789. SCRIPT - IBM Jobs GFS_DUMP, GDAS_DUMP, CDAS_DUMP. (Keyser, NP22). Model script exglobal_dump.sh.sms performs the global observational data dumping from the BUFR /dcom database on the NCEP CCS in the GFS, GDAS and CDAS networks, respectively. The script is being modified to add the dump of "wndsat" (WindSat scatterometer data from FNMOC) in the normal +/- 3.00 time window in all global networks. These will be reprocessed into the dump file "wdsatr" which will then be available for input to the PREPBUFR processing. The script is also being modified to remove the dumps of "airs" (center f-o-v Aqua AIRS IR/AMSU-A radiances) and "airswm" (warmest f-o-v Aqua AIRS IR/AMSU-A radiances). The first change is a result of WindSAT scatterometer wind data currently being tested in the parallel Global-GSI. The second change is a result of data in the "airsev" dump (every f-o-v Aqua AIRS IR/AMSU-A radiances) now being assimilated in place of data in the "airs" dumps, and da!
ta in "airswm" dumps no longer being considered for assimilation. This change will speed up the dump processing.
790. SCRIPT - IBM Job DUMP_MONITOR. (Keyser, NP22). Job script JDUMP_MONITOR.sms.prod initiates the job executing the script exdump_monitor.sh.sms which runs at 30 minutes past each hour, dumping data from a unique one-hour time window, normally ± 0.5 hours relative to the current cycle time for non-satellite data and -1.0 to 0.0 hours or earlier relative to the current cycle time for satellite data, in order to monitor the ingest of observational data in the BUFR /dcom database on the NCEP CCS. The job script is being modified to export the new script variable "prepwindsat" as "NO" so that reprocessing of the FNMOC WindSAT scatterometer data dump ("wndsat") will not occur. The model script is being modified to add the dump of "wndsat" in a -2.50 to -1.51 time window relative to cycle time. The model script is also being modified to remove the dumps of "airs" (center f-o-v Aqua AIRS IR/AMSU-A radiances) and "airswm" (warmest f-o-v Aqua AIRS IR/AMSU-A ra!
diances). The first model script change is a result of WindSAT scatterometer wind data currently being tested in some NCEP systems (namely the parallel Global-GSI). The job script change ensures that extra; unnecessary reprocessing of these data will not occur (this reprocessing is designed to occur only in network dumps where these data are assimilated). The second model script change is a result of data in the "airs" and "airswm" dumps no longer being, or having never been, assimilated in any NCEP system. This change will speed up the dump processing.
791. SCRIPT - IBM Jobs GFS_DUMP_POST, CDAS_DUMP_POST, NDAS_DUMP_POST, NAM_DUMP_POST, GDAS_DUMP_POST, RUC2A_DUMP_POST, SRUC_DUMP_POST. (Keyser, NP22). Model script exdump_post.sh.sms performs post-processing of the time windowed observational BUFR data dump files in the various NCEP networks. This includes, if requested: generating a combined dump status file (when the network dump for a particular cycle has been broken into two simultaneous but separate jobs), preparing dump data counts (and alerts for low counts), removing restricted data from applicable files, unblocking of files, listing the contents of files, and updating dump data count average tables. The script is being modified to unblock FNMOC WindSAT scatterometer ("wndsat") and reprocessed FNMOC WindSAT scatterometer ("wdsatr") data dump files if they are present. These two data dump files are now generated in the global networks. They are unblocked here, like other dump files, at the request of other ce!
nters that prefer to receive unblocked NCEP BUFR files.
792. WSR PREP - IBM Job WSR PREP. (Song, WNP2). This program preprocesses the ensemble data from three different centers and converts them into acceptable format for Winter Storm Reconnaissance project usage. The program is being modified to change the number of CPUs per node from 20 to 16 and scripts, wsr_createcmc.sh, wsr_createecmwf.sh, wsr_creategfs.sh are being modified to be able to run any number of CPUs in parallel. This change will reduce job failures due to lack of memory with the increase of ensemble members.
793. SCRIPT - IBM Job JGFS_GEMPAK_GIF. (Lilly, NP12). Script exgempak_gif.sh.sms calls the scripts which generates the "GIF's" for the Model Analysis Forecast website. Utility script gempak_gif6.sh generates Storm Total Precipitation charts for the following models, regions and hours:
NAM --> North American --> 84hr
NGM --> North American --> 48hr
GFS --> North American --> 384hr
GFS --> South American --> 384hr.
These scripts are being modified to add logic for generating storm total precipitation charts for the GFS, NAM and NGM models. The reason for the change is to add logic for generating total precipitation charts outward 84 hour (every 6 hour) for the NAM over North America; 48 hour (every 6 hour) for the NGM over North America; and, 384 hour (every 6 hour less than 180 hour, and then 12 hour thereafter) for the GFS over North America and South America.
794. NAM_PREPMETAR - IBM Job StageII-StageIV-ANALYSES. (Lin, NP22). This program processes METAR precipitation reports as gauge input for the "early" Stage II analysis. The precip RTMA is based on this "early" Stage II. The program is being modified to re-set the precipitation to zero if a station reports a positive precipitation amount but the weather condition is 'CLR'. Occasionally there is an erroneous positive precipitation amount in a METAR report even though the weather condition is 'clear', for example, KLBT at 2007072316 and KFLO at 2007072319. This leads to spurious precipitation in the "early" Stage II analysis and in the precip RTMA when there should be no precipitation.
795. SCRIPT - IBM Job PROD_CLEANUP. (Gordon, NP11). Script exprod_cleanup.sh.sms is used to clean up old production data on the NCEP CCS. A new cleanup routine is being added to remove old TPC ATCF input files in /com/tpc/prod/atcf. TPC has requested that these data be removed so that old data sets do not interfere with their operations.
796. SCRIPT - IBM Jobs JGFS_GEMPAK_GIF, JNAM_GEMPAK_GIF, JNGM_GEMPAK_GIF. (Sager, NP12). Scripts gempak_gif1.sh, gempak_gif1_gfs.sh and gempak_gif3.sh create the basic set of graphics for the NCEP Model Analysis and Forecast website. These graphics include the 200mb winds, the 10m wind, 700mb relative humidity, the 850mb temperature, sea level pressure, and the 6-hour, 12-hour, 24-hour and 36-hour precipitation. Script exgempak_gif_epac.sh.sms controls the creation of graphics for the Eastern Pacific region. The scripts are being changed to add graphics for 1000-850mb thickness, 850-700mb thickness and a new 6-hour total precipitation. In addition, the exgempak_gif_epac.sh.sms script is being updated to use the new name for the 6-hour total precipitation graphic. These graphics are being added to satisfy the requirements for the FY07Q3 Model Analysis and Forecast website upgrade.
797. SCRIPT - IBM Job JRTMA_GEMPAK. (Sager, NP12). Script exnawips.sh.sms converts GRIB fields into NAWIPS format. It is being changed to add the conversion of Real Time Meso Analysis (RTMA) from GRIB format to the NAWIPS format. RTMA data in NAWIPS format is needed so graphics can be made for the Model Analysis and Forecast website using GEMPAK tools. This change is being made to satisfy the requirements for the FY07Q3 Model Analysis and Forecast website upgrade.
798. SCRIPT - IBM Job JGFS_GEMPAK_GIF. (Sager, NP12). Script gempak_gif4.sh creates graphics of 48 hours and 60 hours total precipitation for the Model Analysis and Forecast website. It is being changed to make several missing total precipitation graphics that occur at the 180 hour forecast time period of the GFS. At 180 hours, the GFS changes from a 6 hour forecast to a 12 hour forecast and in the past GEMPAK could not sum the individual precip totals at this change. A recent change now permits this summing needed to create 48 and 60 hour totals at the missing forecast hours. These graphics are being added to satisfy the requirements for the FY07Q3 Model Analysis and Forecast website upgrade.
799. SCRIPT - IBM Job JGFS_GEMPAK_GIF. (Sager, NP12). Script JGFS_GEMPAK_GIF creates graphics for the NCEP Model Analysis and Forecast website from GFS Model output. The script is being changed to add a new set of South American graphics from the GFS model output. The South American graphics were requested by HPC, and are being added to satisfy the requirements for the FY07Q3 Model Analysis and Forecast website upgrade.
800. SCRIPT - IBM Job JRTMA_GEMPAK_GIF. (Sager, NP12). New script JRTMA_GEMPAK_GIF.sms.prod creates graphics from the Real Time Meso Analysis model output (RTMA) for the Model Analysis and Forecast website. The RTMA graphics are created each hour on 15 backgrounds around the United States. The images include graphics for wind speed, wind direction, temperature and dew point temperature, each in three resolutions. The RTMA graphics are being added at the request of EMC, and are being added to satisfy the requirements for the FY07Q3 Model Analysis and Forecast website upgrade.
801. SCRIPT - IBM Jobs JHWRF_GEMPAK_GIF and JHWRF_NESTED_GEMPAK_GIF. (Sager, NP12). Script gempak_hurgif.sh creates many hurricane gifs for the NCEP Model Analysis and Forecast website. These graphics include heights, winds and vorticity at 200mb, 500mb, 700mb, and 850mb along with the 500mb Relative Humidity, 10m or 35m wind and the 850mb temperature with 6 hour precipitation totals. The script, which formerly created graphics from the GFDL hurricane model, is being changed to also create graphics from the new Hurricane WRF (HWRF). These graphics are being added to satisfy the requirements for the FY07Q3 Model Analysis and Forecast website upgrade.
802. SCRIPT - IBM Job JGEFS_GEMPAK_SPAG_GIF. (Magee, NP12). New scripts JGEFS_GEMPAK_SPAG_GIF.sms.prod, exgempak_gif_gefs_200.sh.sms, exgempak_gif_gefs_500.sh.sms, exgempak_gif_gefs_slp.sh.sms uses GEMPAK to create gif images of GEFS ensemble spaghetti charts depicting 200 mb heights, 500 mb heights, or mean sea-level pressure isobars. The charts are drawn on 3 map backgrounds (North American, Caribbean, and South American) at 0000Z, 0600Z, 1200Z, and 1800Z. For each synoptic period, the charts are being created every 6 hours from f000 to f384. These graphics are being added to satisfy the requirements for the FY07Q3 Model Analyses and Forecasts website upgrade.
803. DECOD_DCSNOW - IBM Job PQACT. (Magee, NP12). This new program decodes data from the SNOW dataset (received from ESRL/GSD in netCDF format) and re-encodes the data into NCEP BUFR format. This new decoder satisfies a data mining requirement for EMC for SNOW data. The SNOW data includes reports of pressure, temperature, wind and precipitation received from volunteer observers under a cooperative agreement with the NWS.
804. DECOD_DCHYDR - IBM Job PQACT. (Magee, NP12). This new program decodes data from the HYDRO dataset (received from ESRL/GSD in netCDF format) and re-encodes the data into NCEP BUFR format. This program satisfies a data mining requirement from EMC. The HYDRO data includes hydrological surface variables such as accumulated precipitation and water levels reported by volunteers and Mesonet under a cooperative agreement with NWS.
805. HTML - IBM Job JSEND_GIF2WEB. (Ator, NP12). This program builds HTML pages for the NCEP Model Analyses and Forecasts website, based upon graphical images generated from various NCEP models. It is being modified to accommodate several new graphical images, including height contours from the GEFS model, new thickness and precipitation charts, extended GFS model output over the South America region, and Mesoscale analysis images from the RTMA. These changes help to meet the requirements of a specific 3QFY2007 milestone within the Annual Operating Plan.
806. DECOD_DCCOOP - IBM Job PQACT. (Ator, NP12). This new program decodes data from the NWS Cooperative Observer network and then re-encodes the data into BUFR for the NCEP observational database.
807. DECOD_DCEPFL - IBM Job PQACT. (Ator, NP12). This new program decodes European wind profiler data and then re-encodes the data into BUFR for the NCEP observational database. This decoder change supports EMC modeling requirements.
808. DECOD_DCSHEF - IBM Job PQACT. (Ator, NP12). This new program decodes SHEF bulletins and then re-encodes the data into BUFR for the NCEP observational database. The program is a built open SHEF decoding software ported from the NWS Office of Hydrology. This decoder change support EMC modeling requirements.
809. DECOD_DCUSND - IBM Job PQACT. (Ator, NP12). This program decodes radiosonde bulletins and re-encodes the output into BUFR for the NCEP observational database. The land station table is being updated to reflect metadata changes for several U.S. stations which have recently upgraded to the Radiosonde Replacement System (RRS). This change will provide for more accurate assimilation of the data from these stations.
810. SCRIPT - IBM Job JNGM_GEMPAK_META. (Klein, NP32). Script ngm_hpc_print.sh prints hard copies of the NGM output for HPC. This script is being removed from production in an effort to reduce paper usage at HPC.
811. SCRIPT - IBM Job JNAM_GEMPAK_META. (Klein, NP32). Script nam_qpf_print.sh prints hard copies of the NAM 24-hour QPF for the HPC forecasters. The script is being modified to stop printing the 24-hour QPFs from the 06Z and 18Z NAM as part of the paper reduction effort at HPC.
812. SCRIPT - IBM Job JGFS_GEMPAK_META. (Klein, NP32). Script gfs_qpf_print.sh prints hard copies of the GFS 24-hour QPF for HPC. The script is being modified to stop printing the 24-hour QPFs from the 06Z and 18Z runs. This change supports the paper reduction effort at HPC.
813. SCRIPT - IBM Job JGEFS_AVGSPR_GEMPAK_META. (Klein, NP32). Script gefs_avgspr_meta.sh produces several metafiles of GEFS mean/spread fields for OPC and HPC operations. The script is being modified to add production of a metafile for the Alaskan region, change the order of the fields written to the file and remove several QPF fields from the metafile for South America. This change is for the upcoming Alaskan desk at HPC.
814. COVER - IBM Job COVER. (Michaud, NP11). The NCEP Model Analyses and Forecasts web page provides meteorological forecast model output graphics on a website maintained by NCEP Central Operations.
There are twelve models displayed on this web site.
These models are:
1. North American Mesoscale (NAM)
2. Global Forecast System (GFS)
3. Wave Watch III (WW3)
4. Nested Grid Model (NGM)
5. Short Range Ensemble Forecast (SREF)
6. Rapid Update Cycle (RUC)
7. High Resolution Window (HRW) Weather Research and Forecast (WRF)
8. Polar Ice Drift (POLAR)
9. Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) hurricane model (GHM)
10. Global Ensemble Forecast System (GEFS)
11. Real Time Mesoscale Analysis (RTMA)
12. Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting (HWRF)
The link to the production model graphics web site is:
<a href="http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod/analysis">http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod/analysis</a>
The link to the parallel production web site is:
<a href="http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwpara/analysis">http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwpara/analysis</a> The following describes the additions and modifications to the Model Analyses and Forecasts experimental web site.
Three models have been added to the Model Analyses and Forecasts experimental website. These are the Global Ensemble Forecast System (GEFS) Real Time Mesoscale Analysis RTMA and the Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting (HWRF) models.
The GEFS is a GFS-based model run with twenty ensemble members. GEFS graphics are made for the North American, South American, and Western North Atlantic backgrounds. The added GEFS graphics are ¦spaghetti¦ charts that show each ensemble member for a given parameter. They are available at 6 hourly increments out to 384 hours. The parameters plotted on these spaghetti graphics include:
1. 200 mb heights
2. 500 mb heights
3. mean sea-level pressure
Each of the above parameters is available on a single medium-resolution chart as well as on 4-panel charts. Looping is also available for the above graphics.
RTMA graphics provide 5 KM Mesoscale analyses of select parameters for fifteen different regions in North America. These regions are California, the Carolinas, Colorado, the Dakotas, Florida, the Gulf Coast, Michigan, the Mid-Atlantic, the Midwest, Montana, New England, the Pacific Northwest, Southwest, Texas, and Wisconsin. The RTMA is produced hourly.
The parameters plotted on these graphics include:
1. Two meter temperature
2. Two meter dew point
3. Ten meter wind speed
4. Ten meter wind direction
These charts are available at three resolutions. These resolutions are:
1. coarse ¦ 640x480 image size, approx. 37 Kb per image;
2. medium ¦ 1024x768 image size, approx. 50 Kb per image; and
3. fine ¦ 1280x1024 image size, approx. 100 Kb per image.
The HWRF hurricane model graphics were added to the North America Models Analyses & Forecasts web page as two links to the Full Domain (Atlantic/Pacific) storms and Nested Domain (5x5 degrees). From those pages, two web pages will display up to four hurricanes.
The HWRF graphics include seven different types for the Atlantic/Pacific view and seven for the nested ¦close-up¦ view for a combined total of 14 graphics. Graphics are available at six hour increments out to 126 hours. These include:
1. 200mb heights, vorticity and winds
2. 500mb streams, relative humidity, and omega
3. 500mb heights, vorticity and winds
4. 700mb heights, vorticity and winds
5. 850mb heights, vorticity and winds
6. 10-meter ground winds, mean sea level pressure, and surface temperature; and
7. 6-hour precipitation and mean sea level pressure.
The graphics are depicted in different resolutions to accommodate various display and download capabilities. These resolutions are:
1. coarse 640x480 image size, approximately 37 kilobytes per image;
2. medium 1024x768 image size, approximately 70 kilobytes per image;
3. fine 1280x1024 image size, approximately 100 kilobytes per image.
In addition, two series of four panel charts are available. The first of these display a chart at four consecutive forecast time steps up to 126 hours. The second of these are four related graphics at the same forecast hour.
Graphics for South America have been added for the GFS. The South American graphics include the entire suite of graphics produced for the North American background except that they are created only at medium resolution.
Additional graphics have been added to the product suite. They include six hour total precipitation for the NAM (out to 84 hrs), NGM (out to 48 hrs), and GFS (every 6 hrs out to 180 hrs, then every 12 hrs from 192 to 384 hrs). Several total precipitation charts for the GFS beyond forecast hour 180 have been added for the 12, 24, 36, 48, and 60 hr forecasts. In addition, 1000 ¦ 850 mb thicknesses and 850 ¦ 700 mb thicknesses have been added to the GFS, NAM, and NGM (coarse, medium, and fine resolutions). The NCEP Model Analyses and Forecasts web page are being modified as a 3rd Quarter milestone in the NCEP Annual Operating Plan.
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The following data flow items will be implemented at 12Z on Monday, 6 August:
815. DATAFLOW-HPC - Systems CCS, WOC. (Freeman, NP11). The SCP table defines where files are pushed to remote hosts. The table is being updated to replace the generic NCOSP_MGFSBUFP pattern with 2 specific patterns for the nonrestricted files only. This change is to remove restricted data from public server to be in compliance with international agreements.
816. DATAFLOW-EXTERNAL - System CCS. (O'reilly, NP11). The parsing.tbl defines actions to be taken in response to an alert. The scp.tbl defines files to be transferred to remote sites. The hwrf_tpcpost.sh script runs HWRF post-processing of TPC text, wind and rainfall swath files. The tables on the CCS are being modified to begin sending HWRF stats files to the WOC Diskserver. The hwrf_tpcpost.sh script is being modified to add a DBNet alert for stats files. This was requested by an external user. The files are the equivalent HWRF files of GFDL files already present on the NCEP ftp server.
817. DATAFLOW - System CCS. (O'reilly, NP11). Script run_get_latest_smoke_files.sh downloads NESDIS smoke files for storage on the CCS so EMC may access them for verification purposes. The script is being modified to change target machine from gp16.ssd.nesdis.noaa.gov to gp12.ssd.nesdis.noaa.gov. NCO was notified by NESDIS that gp16 is not operationally supported, and the processing should be moved to gp12.
818. DATAFLOW-HPC - System ncosrv. (Freeman, NP11). The cleanlist defines how directories are purged. The cleanlist is being updated to keep double the number of GEFS GEMPAK files. This satisfies a request from HPC.
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The following data flow items will be implemented at 12Z on Tuesday, 7 August:
819. DATAFLOW-SCRIPT - IBM Job ISND. (Keyser, NP22). Job script JISND.sms.prod ingests 5x5 and 1x1 FOV retrievals and sounder brightness temperature data, 1x1 FOV cloud retrieval data, and 11x17 FOV imager (clear sky) brightness temperature data from the GOES-11 and 12 satellites into the BUFR /dcom database on the NCEP CCS. The script is being modified to pull 1x1 FOV retrievals and sounder brightness temperature data as well as 11x17 FOV imager (clear sky) brightness temperature (CSBT) data from NESDIS' gp12.ssd.nesdis.noaa.gov server rather than from NESDIS' gp16.ssd.nesdis.noaa.gov server. Related to this, the script is also being changed to look for CSBT files in directory /pub/csbt/bufr on gp12 (they had been in directory /pub/csbt/bufr_gp25 on gp16). There is no change in the location of 1x1 FOV files on gp12 vs. gp16. NESDIS server gp12.ssd.nesdis.noaa.gov is considered operational and has 24x7 support whereas NESDIS server gp16.ssd.nesdis.noaa.gov is cons!
idered non-operational and has only 8x5 support. It was requested that NESDIS move these files to gp12. After this implementation, NESDIS will stop writing these files to gp16.
820. DATAFLOW-SCRIPT - IBM Job ISWD. (Keyser, NP22). Job script JISWD.sms.prod ingests satellite derived wind data from IR cloud drift, water vapor imager, visible, and water vapor sounder processing on GOES-11 and -12 satellites; and from MODIS IR cloud drift and water vapor imagery processing on Aqua and Terra satellites into the BUFR /dcom database on the NCEP CCS. The script is being modified to pull MODIS satellite derived IR and WV winds from NESDIS' gp12.ssd.nesdis.noaa.gov server rather than from NESDIS' gp16.ssd.nesdis.noaa.gov server. There is no change in the location of these files on gp12 vs. gp16. In addition, the script is being modified to change the exported variable "SENDCOM" from "NO" to "YES". NESDIS server gp12.ssd.nesdis.noaa.gov is considered operational and has 24x7 support whereas NESDIS server gp16.ssd.nesdis.noaa.gov is considered non-operational and has only 8x5 support. It was requested that NESDIS move these files to gp12. After thi!
s implementation, NESDIS will stop writing these files to gp16.
821. DATAFLOW-SCRIPT - IBM Job jrun_history00. (Cooke, NP11). Script exrunhist.sh.sms archives model data to HPSS. Logic is being added to the script to begin archiving output from the smoke hysplit run to the HPSS 2 year archive. EMC is requesting that this dataset be archived into the HPSS 2 year archive.
822. DATAFLOW - SCRIPT - IBM Jobs JWAVE_*_PREP, JWAVE_*_FORECAST. (O'reilly, NP11). Scripts exwaveakw_prep.sh.sms, exwaveens_prep.sh.sms, exwavegrl_prep.sh.sms, exwavenph_prep.sh.sms, exwaveenp_prep.sh.sms, exwaveglo_prep.sh.sms, exwavenah_prep.sh.sms, and exwavewna_prep.sh.sms execute the wave model preprocessing step for all domains of the WAVE model.
Scripts exwaveakw_fcst.sh.sms, exwaveglo_fcst.sh.sms, exwavenah_fcst.sh.sms, exwavewna_fcst.sh.sms, exwaveenp_fcst.sh.sms, exwavegrl_fcst.sh.sms and exwavenph_fcst.sh.sms execute the wave model forecast for all domains of the WAVE model.
Script waveice.sh processes ice data for the WAVE models. All scripts are being modified to add a DBNet alert for binary files *.ice, *.wind, *.next_restart. This change is in support of the migration of datasets to the NCEP ftp server from EMC's Polar server.
823. DATAFLOW-PMB - Systems CCS, ncosrv. (Freeman, NP11). The parsing table defines actions to be taken in response to an alert. The cleanlist defines purging for a directory. The parsing tables are being updated on the CCS and ncosrv to send the RTMA GEMPAK files to ncosrv. The cleanlist is being updated on ncosrv to keep 24 files in the /pub/data/model/gempak/rtma directory. HPC, SPC, and AWC have requested access to these files.
824. DATAFLOW-EMC - Systems CCS, WOC Diskserver. (O'reilly, NP11). The parsing.tbl defines actions to be taken in response to an alert. The scp.tbl defines files to be pushed to remote sites. The DBNet parsing and SCP tables are being modified to begin sending the WAVE binary files to the WOC disk server. This is part of the migration of datasets off of EMC's Polar server.
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