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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
0257Z TUE SEP 08 2026

The 00Z NWS model production suite continues to run on time with
9 Alaskan..26 Canadian..60 CONUS..14 Mexican..7 Caribbean..and 10
Pacific stations available for ingest into the 00Z GFS. In
addition, there were 47 dropsondes courtesy of USAF Reserve and
NOAA aircraft recon missions in the vicinity of Lowell in the
Eastern Pacific.

UPDATED 00Z GFS RAOB RECAP...
72206/JAX - No report for NAM/GFS
72388/VEF - No report for NAM/GFS
72645/GRB - No report for NAM/GFS
72786/OTX - No report for NAM/GFS
70133/OTZ - 10159
70200/OME - 10158
70219/BET - 10159
70308/SNP - 10159
70326/AKN - 10159
72250/BRO - 10142
72274/TWC - 10159
72776/TFX - 10158
78384/GCM - 10142
72572/SLC - Short to 427.9mb..10141
76644/MID - Short to 540.0mb
74794/XMR - Missing TTAA for NAM..full report in for GFS


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

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