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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
1510Z MON NOV 09 2026


The 12Z NWS model production suite started and is running on time
with 11 Alaskan, 25 Canadian, 65 CONUS, 12 Mexican, 9 Caribbean
and 9 Pacific stations available for ingest.

12Z RAOB RECAP...
70133/OTZ - 10159
70308/SNP - 10159
70414/SYA - 10158
72261/DRT - 10159
72274/TWC - 10159
76225/CUU - 10142
76612/GDL - 10159
78384/GCM - 10142
78988/CUR - 10142
72456/TOP - Short to 821 mb
78016/BDA - Missing TTBB
76644/MID - Purged spurious winds at surface
76679/MEX - Purged temp, moist 672 to 657 mb, super adiabatic
lapse rate
91334/TKK - Purged temp, moist 196 to 192 mb, super adiabatic
lapse rate


Renkevens/SDM/NCO
⮚NWPS Model Upgrade November 9, 2026
Upgrade the Nearshore Wave Prediction System to version 1.5

⮚CIP Model Upgrade October 22, 2026
the Current Icing Product Model (CIP) to version 2.0

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