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As the information technology center for the National Weather Service, NCO executes and manages upgrades to the NWS 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 our other National Centers are for scientific excellence.

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SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
NWS CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD
0331Z SAT SEP 26 2026


The 00Z GFS has started and is running on time.

There were 10 Alaskan...25 Canadian...60 CONUS...15 Mexican...
9 Caribbean and 10 Pacific stations available for GFS ingest. In
addition, there were 21 dropsondes courtesy of NOAA aircraft
recon missions in the vicinity of Polo in the Eastern Pacific
and 15 dropsondes courtesy of USAF Reserve aircraft recon
missions in the vicinity of Nolo in the Central Pacific.


00Z UPDATED RAOB RECAP...CORRECTED
72206/JAX - No report
72265/MAF - No report
72365/ABQ - No report for the NAM...in for the GFS
72388/VEF - No report
72645/GRB - No report
72662/UNR - No report for the NAM...in for the GFS
72786/OTX - No report
70133/OTZ - 10159
70219/BET - 10159
70308/SNP - 10159
70326/AKN - 10159
72274/TWC - 10159
72327/OHX - 10142
78384/GCM - 10142
72248/SHV - Missing TTBB
78016/BDA - Missing TTBB
71845/YPL - Purged temps 843-840 mb...non-meteorological lapse
rates
72202/MFL - Purged temps 802-681 mb...non-meteorological lapse
rates


Ready/SDM/NCO
⮚BLEND Model Upgrade May 5, 2026
Upgrade the National Blend of Models (NBM) to version 5.0

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