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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.

Office of the Director
SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
NWS CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD
0322Z FRI SEP 11 2026

00Z NWS model production is is running on time with 8
Alaskan...25 Canadian...61 CONUS...15 Mexican...8
Caribbean...and 10 Pacific stations available for ingest.

UPDATED 00Z GFS RAOB RECAP...
70133/OTZ - 10159
70219/BET - 10159
70308/SNP - 10159
70326/AKN - 10159
72274/TWC - 10159
72249/FWD - 10148...Ascent not authorized for this period
70200/OME - 10142...Ground equipment failure
72250/BRO - 10142...Ground equipment failure
78384/GCM - 10142...Ground equipment failure
76805/ACA - Short to 688 mb; purged temps/moisture at 694
mb...super-adiabatic lapse rate
72489/REV - Purged temps/moisture 470-467 mb...super-
adiabatic lapse rate
70350/ADQ - No report
70414/SYA - No report for the NAM...Full report in for the
GFS
72206/JAX - No report
72293/NKX - No report for the NAM...Full report in for the
GFS
72327/OHX - No report for the NAM...Full report in for the
GFS
72388/VEF - No report
72645/GRB - No report
72786/OTX - No report


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

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