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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.
SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
NWS NCEP CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD
1500Z WED FEB 11 2026


The 12Z GFS began and is running on time.


UPDATED 12Z RAOB RECAP...
91334/TKK - Missing TTBB for the NAM...in for the GFS


MDS STATUS...
GOES-W MDS Sector 1 is centered over 38N/116.8W from 1440Z until
12/15Z in response to a radar outage in southern Utah (KICX).




Ready/SDM/NCO/NCEP
AIGFS December 17, 2025
AIGEFS and HGEFS Implementation

LAMP/GLMP Model Upgrade September 16, 2025
Upgrade the Localized Aviation Model Output Statistics (MOS) Program(LAMP) and Gridded LAMP to v2.7

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