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Welcome to NWS Central Operations
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
0138Z THU AUG 27 2026

The 00Z NWS model production suite began and is running on time
with 10 Alaskan, 25 Canadian, 61 CONUS, 15 Mexican, 7 Caribbean
and 9 Pacific stations available for ingest.


00Z NAM RAOB RECAP...
72206/JAX - No report
72388/VEF - No report
72572/SLC - No report
72645/GRB - No report
72786/OTX - No report
70133/OTZ - 10159
70219/BET - 10159
70308/SNP - 10159
70326/AKN - 10159
72230/BMX - 10145
72274/TWC - 10159
78384/GCM - 10142
91366/KWA - 10159
76903/TAP - Short to 540 mb
78866/SXM - Missing TTBB


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

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