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SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
NWS NCEP CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD
1502Z MON DEC 29 2025

The 12Z NCEP model production has started and is running
on time.

12Z UPDATED RAOB RECAP...
70133/OTZ - 10159..
70200/OME - 10142..
70219/BET - 10142..
70273/AFC - 10142..
70308/SNP - 10159..
70326/AKN - 10142..
72274/TWC - 10159..
72363/AMA - 10159..
72582/LKN - 10145..
72597/MFR - 10159..
72776/TFX - 10159..
72786/OTX - 10159..
76394/MTY - 10159..
76405/LAP - 10158..
76644/MID - 10142..
76743/VHA - 10144..
78384/GCM - 10142..
78988/CUR - 10142..
70398/ANN - Short to 619.5mb.. full report in for GFS.
70261/FAI - No report.. 10142.
70361/YAK - No report.. 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..
72645/GRB - No report..
72662/UNR - No report..
74455/DVN - No report..
91376/MAJ - No report for NAM.. in for GFS.
71119/WSE - Purged temp, moist 850mb to 844mb.. super-adiabatic
lapse rate.
76526/ZAC - Purged temp, moist 504mb to 503mb.. super-adiabatic
lapse rate.
72233/LIX - Purged moisture at 1018mb/sfc.. baseline error.


Green/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

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

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