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Welcome to NCEP Central Operations
As the information technology center for the National Weather Service, NCO executes and manages upgrades to the NCEP model production suite, enterprise applications, and network services for the entire NWS, and provides 24x7 monitoring and customer support.

Our vision is to set the standard for information technology excellence for the NWS, serving as a valued technical asset for the NWS and NOAA in defining and accomplishing mission goals, and to be as renowned for IT management as NCEP is for scientific excellence.
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Latest SDM Admin Message
SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
NWS NCEP CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD
1502Z FRI OCT 31 2025

The 12Z NCEP model production continues to run on time.

12Z GFS UPDATED RAOB RECAP...
70133/OTZ - 10159..
70308/SNP - 10159..
72274/TWC - 10159..
72363/AMA - 10140..
72582/LKN - 10159..
72597/MFR - 10159..
72776/TFX - 10159..
72786/OTX - 10159..
72202/MFL - No report..
72240/LCH - No report..
72248/SHV - No report..
72251/CRP - No report..
72265/MAF - No report..
72365/ABQ - No report..
72476/GJT - No report..
72558/OAX - No report..
72562/LBF - No report..
72662/UNR - No report..
70361/YAK - Purged temp, moist 296mb to 295mb.. super-adiabatic
lapse rate.
76644/MID - Purged temp, moist 783mb to 779mb.. super-adiabatic
lapse rate.


Green/SDM/NCO/NCEP
Recent Model Upgrades
⮚LAMP/GLMP Model Upgrade September 16, 2025
Upgrade the Localized Aviation Model Output Statistics (MOS) Program(LAMP) and Gridded LAMP to v2.7

⮚HAFS Model Upgrade July 31, 2025
Upgrade the Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS) to v2.1

⮚RTOFS Model Upgrade July 31, 2025
Upgrade the Real-Time Ocean Forecast System to version 2.5

⮚BLEND Model Upgrade May 27, 2025
Upgrade the National Blend of Models (NBM) to version 4.3

⮚SPC Post Model Upgrade May 27, 2025
Upgrade the SPC Post Model to version 2.1

⮚P-Surge Model Upgrade May 20, 2025
Upgrade the Probabilistic Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge (P-Surge) to version 3.1.2

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