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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.

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SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
NWS CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD
0301Z THU OCT 08 2026

The 00Z NWS model production suite is running on time. There were
9 Alaskan...26 Canadian...65 CONUS...14 Mexican...8 Caribbean and
9 Pacific stations available for ingest. In addition, there were
28 dropsondes courtesy of USAF Reserve and NOAA aircraft recon
missions in the vicinity of Isaias.

00Z UPDATED RAOB RECAP...
70414/SYA - No report
72582/LKN - No report
72694/SLE - No report
72786/OTX - No report
72340/LZK - Missing TTAA/TTBB
72365/ABQ - Missing TTAA/TTBB
76805/ACA - Short to 848 mb
72632/DTX - Purged temps/moisture at 755 mb...super-adiabatic
lapse rate
70133/OTZ - 10159
70219/BET - 10159
70308/SNP - 10159
70326/AKN - 10159
72274/TWC - 10159
78384/GCM - 10142


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

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

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