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Changes to NCEP Models and
Implementation Dates to NOAAPORT

2024 - Changes to NCEP Models and Implementation Dates to NOAAPORT

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WCOSS
Implementation
Date
Description of Change NOAAPORT (NP)
Data Already on NOAAPORT?
NWS SCN/
Informational
Briefings
Sept 30, 2024 LMP/GLMP Model Upgrade
Upgrade the Localized Aviation Model Output Statistics (MOS) Program (LMP) and Gridded LMP (GLMP) to version 2.6
No Changes NWS SCN 24-80
Sept 16, 2024 NOSOFS Model Upgrade
Upgrade the National Ocean Service Operational Forecast Systems (NOSOFS) to version 3.6
No Changes NWS SCN 24-77
Sept 13, 2024 RTOFS Model Upgrade
Upgrade the Real-Time Ocean Forecast System (RTOFS) to version 2.4.4
No Products on NOAAPORT N/A
July 16, 2024 HAFS Model Upgrade
Upgrade the Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS) to v2.0.3
No Products on NOAAPORT NWS SCN 24-64
May 15, 2024 NBM Model Upgrade
Upgrade the National Blend of Models (NBM) to v4.2
see SCN for NOAAPORT changes NWS SCN 24-41
May 14, 2024 STOFS Model Upgrade
Upgrade the Surge and Tide Operational Forecast System (STOFS) to v2.1
3D Atlantic now on NOAAPORT NWS SCN 23-124
May 14, 2024 AQM Model Upgrade
Upgrade the Air Quality Modeling (AQM) System to v7.0
No Products on NOAAPORT NWS SCN 24-40
May 7, 2024 SPC Post Upgrade
Upgrade the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) Post Processing suite to version 2.0.6
No Products on NOAAPORT NWS SCN 24-36
Mar 26, 2024 EVS Model Implementation
Implement Environmental Modeling Center Verification System (EVS) v1.0
No Products on NOAAPORT NWS SCN 24-23

2023 - Changes to NCEP Models and Implementation Dates to NOAAPORT

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WCOSS
Implementation
Date
Description of Change NOAAPORT (NP)
Data Already on NOAAPORT?
NWS SCN/
Informational
Briefings
Dec 5, 2023 NAEFS Upgrade
Upgrade North American Ensemble Forecast System (NAEFS) to v7.0
No Products on NOAAPORT NWS SCN 23-104
Nov 14, 2023 UVI Upgrade
Upgrade the Ultraviolet Index (UVI) to v2.0
No Products on NOAAPORT NWS SCN 23-99
Sept 20, 2023 NWM Upgrade
Upgrade National Water Model (NWM) to v3.0
No Products on NOAAPORT NWS SCN 23-76
Aug 15, 2023 P-ETSS and ETSS Upgrade
Upgrade Probabilistic Extra-Tropical Storm Surge (P-ETSS) and Extra-Tropical Storm Surge (ETSS) to v1.3
No Changes NWS SCN 23-80
Aug 1, 2023 WFS Upgrade
Upgrade Whole Atmosphere Model - Ionosphere Plasmasphere Electrodynamics (WAM-IPE) Forecast System (WFS) to v1.2
No Products on NOAAPORT NWS SCN 23-69
June 27, 2023 HAFS Model Implementation
Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS) v1.0
No Products on NOAAPORT NWS SCN 23-60
June 20, 2023 EPOCH Model Implementation
Ensemble Prediction of Oceanic Convective Hazards model (EPOCH) version 1.0.4
No public distribution at this time N/A
June 6, 2023 GFS MOS Upgrade
Upgrade GFS-based Model Output Statistics (GFS MOS) to v5.4
No Changes NWS SCN 23-49
June 6, 2023 LAMP/GLMP Upgrade
Upgrade Localized Aviation Model Output Statistics Program (LAMP) and Gridded LAMP (GLMP) to v2.5
Changes and Removals of Legacy Products to/from NOAAPORT NWS SCN 23-50
May 31, 2023 Updrade to MAG Website
Update Model Analyses and Guidance (MAG) website to v4.0
N/A NWS SCN 23-56
May 9, 2023 GLWU Upgrade
Upgrade Great Lakes Wave - Unstructured Forecast System (GLWU) to v2.0
Additions to NOAAPORT NWS SCN 22-35
May 2, 2023 P-Surge Upgrade
Upgrade Probabilistic Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge (P-Surge) to v3.0
Additions to NOAAPORT NWS SCN 23-46
Apr 4, 2023 WSA-Enlil Upgrade
Upgrade WSA(Wang-Sheeley-Arge)-Enlil Heliospheric Model (WSA-Enlil) to v3.0.5
No Products on NOAAPORT NWS SCN 23-07
Jan 17, 2023 NBM Upgrade
Upgrade National Blend of Models (NBM) to v4.1
Additions, Removals, and Changes of various products on NOAAPORT NWS SCN 22-131
NWS SCN 23-52

 

2022 - Changes to NCEP Models and Implementation Dates to NOAAPORT

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WCOSS
Implementation
Date
Description of Change NOAAPORT (NP)
Data Already on NOAAPORT?
NWS SCN/
Informational
Briefings
December 6, 2022 HYSPLIT Upgrade
Upgrade of the HYbrid Single Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory (HYSPLIT) to v8.0
No Changes NWS SCN 22-106
November 29, 2022 GFS Upgrade
Upgrade of the Global Forecast System Forecast System (GFS) to v16.3
No Changes NWS SCN 22-104
November 29, 2022 ObsProc Upgrade
Upgrade of Observation Processing (ObsProc) to v1.1
No Changes NWS SCN 22-103
October 25, 2022 NOS OFS Upgrade
Upgrade of the National Ocean Service Operational Forecast Systems (NOS OFS) to v3.5
No Changes NWS SCN 22-91
October, 2022 GEFS Upgrade
Upgrade of the Global Ensemble Forecast System (GEFS) Aerosols member (GEFS-Aerosols) to v12.3
NOAAPORT Changes NWS SCN 22-90
September 13, 2022 HREF Update
Update of the High-Resolution Ensemble Forecast (HREF) to correct MSLP field
No Changes NWS SCN 22-89

 

2021 - Changes to NCEP Models and Implementation Dates to NOAAPORT

(date in green indicates item complete)

WCOSS
Implementation
Date
Description of Change NOAAPORT (NP)
Data Already on NOAAPORT?
NWS SCN/
Informational
Briefings
September 8, 2021 HIRESW Update
Update of the High-Resolution Window (HIRESW) to correct BUFR output
No Changes NWS SCN 21-80
July 27, 2021 ESTOFS Upgrade
Upgrade of the Global Extratropical Surge and Tide Operational Forecast System (ESTOFS)
No changes NWS SCN 21-58
July 20, 2021 AQM Upgrade
Upgrade of the Air Quality Model (AQM) to v6.0
No changes NWS SCN 21-60
July 14, 2021 WFS Implementation
Initial Implementation of the Whole Atmosphere Model-Ionosphere Plasmasphere Electrodynamics (WAM-IPE) Forecast System (WFS)
No changes NWS SCN 21-65
May 11, 2021 P-Surge Upgrade
Upgrade of the Probabilistic Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge model (P-Surge) to v2.9
No changes NWS SCN 21-41
May 11, 2021 HREF/HIRESW Upgrade
Upgrade of the High Resolution Ensemble Forecast (HREF) and High-Resolution Window (HIRESW)
NOAAPort Changes NWS SCN 21-38
May 11, 2021 SPC-Post Implementation
Initial Implementation of the Storm Prediction Center's Post-processing Suite (SPC-Post)
No Changes NWS SCN 21-50
April 20, 2021 NWM Upgrade
Upgrade NCEP National Water Model v2.1
No Changes NWS SCN 20-119
March 22, 2021 GFS/GDAS Upgrade to version 16
Significant upgrade of the Global Forecast System (GFS) and Global Data Assimilation System to v16.0
First major upgrade to the Finite Volume Cubed Sphere (FV3) dynamical core-based GFS
NOAAPORT Changes NWS SCN 21-20
March 22, 2021 Update LAMP v2.3 and GLMP
Correction to post-processing error observed in GLMP
NOAAPORT Changes NWS SCN 20-99
Feb 25, 2021 Upgrade P-ETSS and ETSS
Changes to Probabilistic Extra-Tropical Storm Surge and the Extra-Tropical Storm Surge models include coverage over Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and entire Gulf of Mexico
NOAAPORT Changes NWS SCN 20-106
Feb 3, 2021 NWPS Upgrade
Nearshore Wave Prediction System upgrade v1.3
NOAAPORT Changes NWS SCN 20-116
Feb 3, 2021 SWMF Upgrade
Upgrade of Geospace model to v2.0
No Changes NWS SCN 20-100
Jan 12, 2021 Upgrade NCEP Websites to TLS1.2
Update several NCEP Websites to only support security TLS1.2 or higher
No Changes NWS SCN 20-61
Jan 5, 2021 Termination of guageQC Products
Removal of guageGC from NOMADS and FTP
No Changes NWS SCN 20-112

 

2020 - Changes to NCEP Models and Implementation Dates to NOAAPORT

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WCOSS
Implementation
Date
Description of Change NOAAPORT (NP)
Data Already on NOAAPORT?
NWS SCN/
Informational
Briefings
Dec 8, 2020 RTOFS Upgrade
Upgrade NCEP Real Time Ocean Forecasting System v2.0
NOAAPORT Changes NWS SCN 20-105
Dec 8, 2020 Implement CIP
Begin Operationally running NCEP Aviation Weather Center's Current Icing Product suite
NOAAPORT Changes NWS SCN 20-97
Dec 2, 2020 RAP v5.0 and HRRR v4.0 Upgrade
Upgrade NCEP Rapid Refresh to v5.0 and High-Resolution Rapid Refresh to v4.0
No Changes NWS SCN 20-46
Nov 24, 2020 Implement ESTOFS Global
Implement ESTOFS Global to replace ESTOFS-Atlantic, ESTOFS-Pacific and ESTOFS-Micronesia
NOAAPORT Changes NWS SCN 20-89
Sept 29, 2020 P-Surge v2.8 Upgrade
Upgrade the Probabilistic Hurricane Storm Surge model to v2.8
No Changes NWS SCN 20-81
Sept 29, 2020 NBM v4.0
Upgrade to National Blend of Models v4.0 Upgrade
NOAAPORT Changes NWS SCN 20-78
Sept 23, 2020 GEFS v12.0 Upgrade
Upgrade NCEP Global Ensemble Forecast System to v12.0
NOAAPORT Changes NWS SCN 20-75
Aug 5, 2020 HWRF Upgrade V13
Upgrade to the Hurricane Weather and Research Forecast Model
No Changes NWS SCN 20-54
July 23, 2020 Update HRRR v3.0
Update High-Resolution Rapid Refresh to downscale Smartinit code to support the upgrade of the Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis, the Unrestricted Mesoscale Analysis and the RTMA Rapid-Update
NOAAPORT Update NWS SCN 20-59
July 22, 2020 RTMA/URMA/PCP Upgrade
Upgrade to the RTMA, URMA and Precip Analysis Model
Additions to SBN NWS SCN 20-45
July 22, 2020 RAP/HRRR Smartinit Upgrade
Upgrade to the RAP/HRRR Smartinit Output related to RTMA/URMA
No Changes NWS SCN 20-59
June 9, 2020 HMON Upgrade
Upgrade to the Hurricane Multi-scale Ocean-coupled Non-hydrostatic System
No Changes NWS SCN 20-51
April 28, 2020 NOMADS Port Change
Remove access to NOMADS OpenDap 9090 port
No Changes NWS SCN 20-14
April 21, 2020 Update to MAG Website
Update Model Analyses and Guidance website to include updated Global Wave Model to populate images of WaveWatch III
No Changes NWS SCN 20-41
Feb 11, 2020 Sea Surface Temp Replacement
Implement Near Sea Surface Temp to replace RTGSST and SSTOI
NOAAPORT Changes NWS SCN 20-10
Jan 21, 2020 NBM Upgrade
National Blend of Models upgrade v3.1
NOAAPORT Changes NWS SCN 20-07
Jan 17, 2020 RTOFS timing changes
Changes to the timing of RTOFS output products
No Changes NWS SCN 20-09

 

2019 - Changes to NCEP Models / Implementation Dates to NOAAPORT

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WCOSS
Implementation
Date
Description of Change NOAAPORT (NP)
Data Already on NOAAPORT?
NWS SCN/
Informational
Briefings
Dec 17, 2019 GMOS GIRB1 termination and upgrade
Termination of Gridded Model Output Statistics MOS
NOAAPORT Removals NWS SCN 19-28
Dec 17, 2019 GMOS GIRB1 termination and upgrade
Termination of legacy BUFR and GRIB1 MOS
NOAAPORT changes NWS SCN 19-91
November 12, 2019 GTG Upgrade
Graphical Turbulence Products moving into RAP
NOAAPORT changes NWS SCN 19-81
November 12, 2019 Removal of legacy NCEP products
Removal of Redbook Graphics, GIF images, Fax Charts, AFOS Products and Bulletins
NOAAPORT removals NWS SCN 19-80
November 7, 2019 GFS V15.2 changes
Changes to GFS for SST, land mask, new stations, and new satellites
None NWS SCN 19-84
TBD Soliciting Feedback - TUA BUFR by October 16, 2019
Seeking public comments on the Termination of NWSTG TUA to BUFR Conversion
NOAAPORT removals NWS PNS 19-26
Fall 2019 Soliciting Feedback - NBM by August 31, 2019
Seeking public comments on V3.2 National Blend of Models
NOAAPORT changes NWS PNS 19-18
October 22, 2019 LAMP/GLMP Upgrade
Update to LAMP and Gridded LAMP
Additions to NOAAPORT NWS SCN 19-61
July 23, 2019 NOS Upgrade
Update to NOS Cook Inlet, Lake Michigan, and Lake Huron
NA NWS SCN 19-51
June 19, 2019 NWM Upgrade
Update to the National Water Model Version 2.0
NA NWS SCN 19-42
June 12, 2019 GFS V15.1 Upgrade
Update to GFS finite-volume cubed-shpere (FV3) core
Removal of Legacy Products NWS SCN 19-40
June 12, 2019 NAM and HiResW Upgrade
Update to NAM and HiResW variables
Removal of Legacy Products NWS SCN 19-41
June 12, 2019 Marine Fog Replacement
Replace Marine Fog output with GFS
None NWS SCN 19-39
June 12, 2019 HYSPLIT Upgrade
Update to use 0.25 GFS and HRRR
None NWS SCN 19-38
May 28, 2019 Enlil Upgrade
Update from V2.6 to 2.9
None NWS SCN 19-36
May 17, 2019 Soliciting Feedback -Removal Legacy Hourly
Public Announcement Removal Fax/Redbook
NA NWS PNS 19-07
May 6, 2019 GFS V15.1 Announcement
GFS V15 Public Announcement
NA NWS PNS 19-09
April 23, 2019 Removal GEFS-based MOS
Remove MDL GEFS MOS
None NWS SCN 19-23
Feb 26, 2019 GFS V15 Paused until TBD
Public Announcement Pause of GFS V15
None NWS SCN 19-12

 

2018 - Changes to NCEP Models / Implementation Dates to NOAAPORT

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WCOSS
Implementation
Date
Description of Change NOAAPORT (NP)
Data Already on NOAAPORT?
NWS SCN/
Informational
Briefings
Dec 31, 2018 HTTP to HTTPS
Update all NCEP URLs to HTTPS
NA NWS SCN 18-100
Dec 4, 2018 RTMA/URMA Upgrade
Upgrade to the RTMA/URMA/PCP
Removals from NOAAPORT NWS SCN 18-96
Oct 3, 2018 Blend Upgrade
Upgrade to Blend V3.1
Additions to NOAAPORT NWS SCN 18-78
Oct 3, 2018 EKDMOS Upgrade
Upgrade EKDMOS runtimes for use in Blend
No Changes to NOAAPORT NWS SCN 18-76
Oct 3, 2018 GFSMOS Upgrade
Upgrade GFSMOS equations
No Changes to NOAAPORT NWS SCN 18-77
July 18, 2018 GEFS/NAEFS Upgrade
Upgrade GEFS/NAEFS Bias-Corrected and Downscaled Products and increase resolution to 0.5 deg
No Changes to NOAAPORT NWS SCN 18-50
July 18, 2018 CCPA Upgrade
Upgrade to the Climatology Calibrated Precipitation Analysis (CCPA)
No Changes to NOAAPORT NWS SCN 18-51
July 18, 2018 EKDMOS Upgrade
Upgrade to EKDMOS to expand grid for use in NBM
No Changes to NOAAPORT NWS SCN 18-53
July 16, 2018 GLOFS Upgrade
Upgrade to NOS Great Lakes Ocean Forecast System (GLOFS)
No Changes to NOAAPORT NWS SCN 18-65
July 12, 2018 RAP/HRRR Upgrade
Upgrade to the RAP and HRRR to extend forecast hours
No Changes to NOAAPORT NWS SCN 18-58
July 12, 2018 BUFR Station Upgrade
Upgrade to the BUFR Stations List for several models
No Changes to NOAAPORT NWS SCN 18-57
July 9, 2018 HWRF Upgrade
Upgrade Hurricane Weather and Research Forecast (HWRF) Model to increase resolution
No Changes to NOAAPORT NWS SCN 18-60
July 9, 2018 HMON Upgrade
Upgrade Hurricane Multi-scale Ocean-coupled Non-hydrostatic (HMON) Model
No Changes to NOAAPORT NWS SCN 18-59
Est Q32018 Soliciting Feedback - RTMA/URMA by June 18, 2018
Seeking public comments on the Real-Time and UnRestricted Mesoscale Analysis
Proposed changes to NOAAPORT NWS PNS 18-14
Est Q22019 Soliciting Feedback - GFS by July 15, 2018
Seeking public comments on the Global Forecast System (GFS)
Proposed changes to NOAAPORT NWS PNS 18-15
May 7, 2018 P-Surge Upgrade
Upgrade of the Probabilitistic Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge (P-Surge)
Extended Hours to NOAAPORT NWS 18-36
Est Q32018 Soliciting Feedback - CMAQ by Apr 13, 2018
Seeking public comments on the Community Model for Air Quality (CMAQ)
No Changes to NOAAPORT NWS PNS 18-05
Est Q32018 Soliciting Feedback - HWRF/HMON by Apr 12, 2018
Seeking public comments on the Hurricane Weather and Research Forecasting (HWRF) and Multi-scale Ocean-coupled Non-hydrostatic (HMON)
No Changes to NOAAPORT NWS PNS 18-01
Est Q42018 Soliciting Feedback - NBM by June 27, 2018
Seeking public comments on V3.1 National Blend of Models
Additions to NOAAPORT NWS PNS 18-02
Est Q42018 Soliciting Feedback - NLDAS by Apr 9, 2018
Seeking public comments to North American Land Data Assimilation V4.5
No Changes to NOAAPORT NWS PNS 18-01
Mar 6, 2018 NWM Upgrade
Upgrade to V1.2 of National Water Model
No Changes to NOAAPORT NWS SCN 18-16
Feb 13, 2018 ESTOFS Micronesia
New area grid with ESTOFS
Addition SHEF to NOAAPORT NWS SCN 18-05
Mar 13, 2018 ESTOFS Atl SHEF Addition
Updated to add SHEF text output to SBN
Additions to NOAAPORT NWS SCN 18-01
Jan 30, 2018 NAM MOS
Update to the equations and changing a set of sites
No Changes on NOAAPORT NWS SCN 17-130
Jan 25, 2018 Update LMP/GLMP
Update to the MDL LMP and GLMP
Changes on NOAAPORT NWS SCN 17-101
Est Q32018 Soliciting Feedback - HRRR/RAP by Jan 20, 2018
Seeking public comments to High-Resolution Rapid Refresh V3 and Rapid Refresh V4
No Changes to NOAAPORT NWS PNS 17-40
Jan 10, 2018 GFS BUFR
Fix to the GFS BUFR station output
No Changes on NOAAPORT NWS SCN 18-04
Jan 19, 2018 Update NWPS
Update to Nearshore Wave Prediction System
Changes on NOAAPORT NWS SCN 17-84
Jan 10, 2018 New NOS GOMOFS
Implement a new bay to NOS system - Gulf of Maine
No Changes on NOAAPORT NWS SCN 17-108

 

2017 - Changes to NCEP Models / Implementation Dates to NOAAPORT

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WCOSS
Implementation
Date
Description of Change NOAAPORT (NP)
Data Already on NOAAPORT?
NWS SCN/
Informational
Briefings
Dec 12, 2017 Update RTMA/URMA
Update to RTMA/URMA and NAM
No Changes on NOAAPORT NWS SCN 17-105
Dec 6, 2017 Upgrade to the ETSS, New P-ETSS
Upgrade ETSS model and implement new Probabilistic ExtraTropical Storm Surge (P-ETSS)
NOAAPORT Additions/Major Changes NWS SCN 17-63
Nov 1, 2017 Update HiRes/HREF
Update to HiRes/HREF to add HREF products to NOAAPORT
Additions to NOAAPORT NWS SCN 17-106
Oct 2, 2017 Removal of SST
Removal of low resolution Sea Surface Temperature
No Changes on NOAAPORT NWS SCN 17-93
Sept 26, 2017 Update GEFS SST Replacement
Update to GEFS SST assimilation
No Changes on NOAAPORT NWS SCN 17-104
Aug 22, 2017 Update NWM Streamflow Processing
Update to National Water Model streamflow assimilation
No Changes on NOAAPORT NWS SCN 17-94
Aug 15, 2017 Implement New HMON
Replace the GFDL hurricane model with new HMON model
No Changes on NOAAPORT NWS SCN 17-83
July 12, 2017 Sea Surface Temperature change to RAP/HRRR
Update to SST calculations in the RAP/HRRR
No Changes on NOAAPORT NWS SCN 17-86
July 27, 2017 Upgrade Blend
Upgrade the National Blend of Models
Additions to NOAAPORT NWS SCN 17-59
Aug 2, 2017 Upgrade HWRF
Upgrade Hurricane Weather & Research Forecast
No Changes on NOAAPORT NWS SCN 17-80
July 25, 2017 Upgrade GLW
Upgrade Great Lakes Wave Unstructured (GLWU)
NOAAPORT changes/removals NWS SCN 17-75
July 19, 2017 Upgrade GFS/GDAS
Upgrade to NEMSIO core
NOAAPORT Removals NWS SCN 17-67
July 19, 2017 Upgrade Wave Multi_1
Upgrade points in the Global Wave
NOAAPORT Additions NWS SCN 17-68
July 18, 2017 Upgrade Gridded Model Output Statistics over CONUS
Replace the 5km GMOS over CONUS with 2.5km
No NOAAPORT Changes NWS SCN 17-64
July 11, 2017 Removal of Wave Multi_2
Discontinue the Hurricane Wave model
NOAAPORT Removals NWS SCN 17-71
July 5, 2017 Discontinue GHM
Discontinue the GHM hurricane, replaced by HMON
No Changes on NOAAPORT NWS SCN 17-45
June 14, 2017 Upgrade AQM
Upgrade to AQM and Hysplit
No Changes on NOAAPORT NWS SCN 17-55
May 4, 2017 Upgrade NWM
Upgrade to the National Water Model
No Changes on NOAAPORT NWS SCN 17-41
May 2, 2017 Upgrade RTMA/URMA
Upgrade to the RTMA/URMA
Changes on NOAAPORT - adding HI/PR NWS SCN 17-17
April 25, 2017 Upgrade ESTOFS
Upgrade to the Extratropical Surge and Tide Operational Forecast System
No Changes on NOAAPORT NWS SCN 17-34
April 11, 2017 Upgrade P-Surge
Upgrade to the Probabilistic Hurricane Storm Surge Model
No Changes on NOAAPORT NWS SCN 17-26
March 31, 2017 Upgrade LMP/GLMP
Upgrade to the MDL guidance
Changes on NOAAPORT - adding variables NWS SCN 17-22
March 22, 2017 Bug fix GFS
Fixed a bug in the grid points on Pacific Region 20km GFS
Changes on NOAAPORT - grid point update NWS SCN 17-18
March 15, 2017 Upgrade NAM and Discontinue DGEX
Upgrade to NAM Version 4 and discontinue the DGEX model output
Changes on NOAAPORT - product removal NWS TIN 16-41
March 14, 2017 Discontinue RTOFS N Atl
Discontinue the North Atlantic Basin RTOFS system
No changes on NOAAPORT NWS SCN 17-11
March 7, 2017 Upgrade NGAC
Upgrade to Version 2
No changes on NOAAPORT NWS SCN 17-10
March 17, 2017 Public Comment on GFDL Removal
Seeking comments to replace GFDL Hurricane Model with HMON
No changes on NOAAPORT NWS PNS 17-07
March 17, 2017 Public Comment on Hur Wave Removal
Seeking comments to remove Hurricane Wave/Multi-2
No changes on NOAAPORT NWS PNS 17-06
Feb 14, 2017 HiRESW snow cover bug fix
Bug fix to snow cover assimilation affecting ARW member
Changes on NOAAPORT NWS SCN 17-14
Jan 10, 2017 Upgrade to BUFR stations
Changes to NAM, RAP, HRRR, SREF, and HiresW for BUFR station changes
Product changes on NOAAPORT NWS TIN 16-42
Jan 4, 2017 HiResW delivery time
Change to delivery HiResW products between 12 and 20 minutes earlier
Product changes on NOAAPORT NWS TIN 16-40

 

2016 - Changes to NCEP Models / Implementation Dates to NOAAPORT

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WCOSS
Implementation
Date
Description of Change NOAAPORT (NP)
Data Already on NOAAPORT?
NWS TINS/
Informational
Briefings
Nov 17, 2016 Upgrade to NWPS
Near-Shore Wave Prediction(NWPS) capability added for Western, Pacific, and Alaska Regions
Product changes on NOAAPORT NWS TIN 16-22
Nov 15, 2016 Upgrade to GFS-based MOS, EKDMOS, and National Blend of Models
Upgrade to the National Blend and associated inputs
Product changes on NOAAPORT NWS TIN 16-33 NBM
NWS TIN 16-32 EKDMOS
NWS TIN 16-31 GFSMOS
Nov 11, 2016 Proposed changes to NAM, DGEX
Removal of legacy NAM grids on NOAAPORT and NCEP servers. Also the removal of the DGEX model
Product changes on NOAAPORT NWS PNS 16-34
Sept 7, 2016 SWPC Geospace
New SWPC Geospace model
No public output at this time NA
Aug 23, 2016 Upgrade to RTMA, URMA, NAM DNG, SREF
Upgrade to the DNG suite
Product changes on NOAAPORT NWS TIN 16-27
Aug 23, 2016 Upgrade to RAP, HRRR
Upgrade to the RAP and HRRR suite
Product changes on NOAAPORT NWS TIN 16-26
Aug 16, 2016 Upgrade to NAM MOS
Upgrade to the NAM MOS
Product changes on NOAAPORT NWS TIN 16-15
Aug 16, 2016 Implement National Water Model
New implementation of the NWM
NO changes on NOAAPORT NWS TIN 16-30
Aug 2, 2016 Wed Address Change
Change of web service address - weather.noaa.gov
Impacts Products on NOAAPORT NWS SCN 16-16
July 12, 2016 Upgrade to GFDL
Upgrade to the GFDL Hurricane
No Products on NOAAPORT NWS TIN 16-17
July 12, 2016 Upgrade to HWRF
Upgrade to the Hurricane WRF
No Products on NOAAPORT NWS TIN 16-18
July 6, 2016 Upgrade to HYSPLIT
Upgrade to the smoke and dust output from the HYSPLIT
No Products on NOAAPORT NWS TIN 16-05
June 21, 2016 HSOFS
Implementation of new model Hurricane Surge (HSOFS)
No public distribution at this time NA
June 14, 2016 Upgrade to GLAMP
Upgrade to the Gridded LAMP
Impacts Products on NOAAPORT NWS TIN 16-13
May 11, 2016 Upgrade to GFS
Upgrade to the GFS
Impacts Products on NOAAPORT NWS TIN 16-11
May 4, 2016 Upgrade to NOS
Upgrade to the NOS LEOFS
No Products on NOAAPORT NWS TIN 16-08
Upgrade Canceled Upgrade to NGAC
Upgrade to the NEMS Global Forecast System Aerosol output
No Products on NOAAPORT NWS TIN 16-06
March 29, 2016 Upgrade to NAEFS
Upgrade to the North American Ens Forecast System output
No Products on NP NWS TIN 16-03
March 29, 2016 Upgrade CCPA
Upgrade to the CCPA output
No Products on NP NWS TIN 16-02
March 23, 2016 Remove GFS products
Removed the legacy 381km NH GFS Grid from NOAAPORT in favor of the new 1.0 deg Global. Also removing legacy fax charts and SSTOI.
Impacts Products on NOAAPORT NWS TIN 16-04
March 14, 2016 Modify NFCENS output time
Modify the NCEP FNMOC Combined Ens to delay product output
No Products on NP NWS TIN 16-01
Feb 4, 2016 Upgrade AQM
Upgrade the AQM to include bias-corrected products
No Products on NP NWS TIN 15-58
Jan 13, 2016 Upgrade NAM MOS
Precipitation updates
Products will be changing on NP NWS TIN 15-33
Jan 12, 2016 Upgrade Wave Multi_1 points
Add new points and change some existing
Products will be added to NP NWS TIN 15-59
Jan 12, 2016 Upgrade SREF Ceiling
Upgrade the SREF to change units of ceiling height
No Products on NP NWS TIN 15-55
Jan 6, 2016 Implement National Blend of Models (NBM)
New model.
Products will be added to NP NWS TIN 15-50
Jan 6, 2016 RTMA/URMA Upgrade
RTMA/URMA upgrade for Min/MaxT
Products will NOT be added to NP NWS TIN 15-53
Jan 6, 2016 GMOS Upgrade
Upgrade the 2.5km CONUS MOS
Products will NOT be added to NP NWS TIN 15-52
Jan 6, 2016 EKDMOS Upgrade
Upgrade to expand 2.5km conus grid
Products will NOT be added to NP NWS TIN 15-51
Jan 5, 2016 (WFOs MFL & BOX) Addition of Near-Shore Wave Prediction (NWPS) to NOAAPORT
New model.
Products will be added to NP NWS TIN 15-01
est Jan 2016 Upgrade of Global RTOFS
The Global RTOFS will be upgraded
Products will NOT be added to NP NWS TIN 15-36

 

2015 - Changes to NCEP Models / Implementation Dates to NOAAPORT

(date in green indicates item complete)

WCOSS
Implementation
Date
Description of Change NOAAPORT (NP)
Data Already on NOAAPORT?
NWS TINS/
Informational
Briefings
Dec 2nd, 2015 Upgrade of GEFS
The GEFS will include a major upgrade with 0.5 deg resolution output.
Products will NOT be added to NP NWS TIN 15-43
Nov 3rd, 2015 Upgrade of ETSS
The ETSS will be upgraded for Alaska region
SHEF products will be removed from NP NWS TIN 15-39
Oct 21, 2015 Upgrade of SREF
The SREF will be upgraded, removing the NMM member and increasing remaining members to 13.
Products will impact NP NWS TIN 15-32
Oct 19, 2015 Upgrade of GLMP
The LAMP will be upgraded on NDGD to include new elements.
Products will NOT be added to NP NWS TIN 15-41
Oct 19, 2015 Upgrade of GMOS
The GFS MOS will be upgraded.
Changes will affect NP NWS TIN 15-34
Oct 20, 2015 Upgrade of Graphical Turbulence Guidance
The GTG will be moved from AWC to NCEPs WCOSS. Output will change from GRIB1 to GRIB2
Products will be added to NP NWS TIN 15-27
July 21, 2015 Changes to BUFR station lists for NAM, RAP, HRRR, and HIRESW
The list of stations for which BUFR data are generated will be modified for the North American Mesoscale (NAM), Rapid Refresh (RAP), Short-Range Ensemble Forecast System (SREF), and High Resolution Window (HIRESW) models
No changes to NP products. NWS TIN 15-30
Sept 8, 2015 Upgrade of HiRes Window
The High Resolution Window will be upgraded. Also included will be new model output from the HiResWindow Ensemble Forecast (HREF).
Products will NOT be added to NP NWS TIN 15-27
June 16, 2015 Addition of CFS-DNG to NOAAPORT
Temperature and precipitation output from the Climate Forecast System Downscaled Numerical Guidance (CFS-DNG) will be added to NOAAPORT. More details available in the TIN.
Products will be added to NP NWS TIN 15-20
June 9, 2015 HWRF Model Upgrade
The Hurricane Weather and Research Forecast (HWRF) model will be upgraded. The upgrade will include resolution increases, physics upgrades, and file name changes. More details available in the TIN.
Not available on NP NWS TIN 15-25
June 9, 2015 GFDL Model Upgrade
The Geophysical Flouid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) Hurricane Prediction System will be upgraded. The upgrade will include some science changes, and file name changes. More details available in the TIN.
Not available on NP NWS TIN 15-26
June 9, 2015 Addition of ESTOFS Pacific to NOAAPORT
Output from the ESTOFS Pacific model will be added to NOAAPORT. More details available in the TIN.
Products will be added to NP NWS TIN 15-15
June 2, 2015 Addition of NAM DNG and DGEX Products to NOAAPORT
Output from the North American Mesoscale Model Downscaled Numerical Guidance (NAM-DNG) and Downscaled GFS by NAM Extension (DGEX) models will be added to NOAAPORT. More details available in the TIN.
Products will be added to NP NWS TIN 15-22
May 19, 2015 Extra-Tropical Storm Surge Upgrade
NCEP will upgrade the Extra-Tropical Storm Surge (ETSS) model. The coarse resolution (5km CONUS & 6km Alaska) grids will be discontinued on the NCEP server. An additional product will be added to NOAAPort. More details available in the TIN.
Additional products will be added to NP NWS TIN 15-18
April 28, 2015 Addition of Great Lakes Wave Data to NOAAPORT
Output from the NDFD-forced late run of the Great Lakes Wave (GLWN) model will be added to NOAAPORT. More details available in the TIN.
Products will be added to NP NWS TIN 15-02
April 21, 2015 Addition of EKDMOS to NOAAPORT
Output from the Ensemble Kernel Density Model Output Statistics (EKDMOS) will be added to NOAAPORT. More details available in the TIN.
Products will be added to NP NWS TIN 15-12
April 14, 2015 Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis and Unrestricted Mesoscale Analysis Upgrade
NCEP will upgrade the Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis (RTMA) and Unrestricted Mesoscale Analysis (URMA) models. More details available in the TIN.
Additional products will be added to NP NWS TIN 15-08
April 1, 2015 GFS-Based MOS Warm Season Refresh
GFS-Based MOS products will be updated with new warm season equations. Also, some cool season elements will be refreshed with new updated equations. Also, the station table will be updated. More details available in the TIN.
Products available on NP NWS TIN 15-09
March 10, 2015 (Global, CONUS, AK, PR)
Pac was postponed due to network concerns
Addition of GFS Grids to NOAAPORT
Five new GFS Grids will be added to NOAAPORT: 1 degree Global, 20 km CONUS, 20 km Alaska (AK), 20 km Puerto Rico (PR), and 20 km Pacific Region (Pac). More details available in the TIN.
Additional products will be added to NP NWS TIN 14-54
January 29, 2015 Ozone Air Quality Upgrade
NCEP will upgrade the Community Multi-scale Air Quality (CMAQ) system. More details available in the TINs.
Not available on NP NWS TIN 14-41
January 28, 2015 GLW Upgrade
NCEP will upgrade the Great Lakes Wave model. More details available in the TINs.
Products available on NP NWS TIN 14-52
January 14, 2015 GFS/GDAS Upgrade
NCEP will upgrade the Global Forecast and Analysis (GFS/GDAS) models. More details available in the TINs.
Products available on NP NWS TIN 14-46
January 7, 2015 Multi_1/Multi_2 Upgrade
NCEP will upgrade the Global and Hurricane wave models. More details available in the TINs.
Not available on NP NWS TIN 14-40

 

2014 - Changes to NCEP Models / Implementation Dates to NOAAPORT

(date in green indicates item complete)

NWS is proposing to modify the delivery time of the HWRF output. -- Comment period has ended

WCOSS
Implementation
Date
Description of Change NOAAPORT (NP)
Dissemination
Date or Already on NOAAPORT
(ON NP) OR N/A if Data is Not Sent to NP
NWS TINS/
Informational
Briefings
October 14, 2014 Extra-tropical Storm Surge Upgrade
NCEP will upgrade the Extra-tropical Storm Surge (ETSS) model. More details available in the TINs.
Some guidance available on NP NWS TIN 14-31
September 30, 2014 HYSPLIT Upgrade
NCEP will upgrade the HYSPLIT model, including the smoke and dust guidance. More details available in the TINs.
Not available on NP NWS TIN 14-37
September 30, 2014 Implementation of High-Resolution Rapid Refresh(HRRR)
NCEP will implement the HRRR model and begin sending data to NOAAPORT. More details available in the TINs.
Not available on NP NWS TIN 14-32 - Full TIN NWS TIN 14-28 - adding products to NOAAPORT
September 16, 2014 Update of Gulf of Mexico Ocean Forecast Systems
The existing NGOFS system will be upgraded and new systems for the Northeast Gulf of Mexico (NEGOFS) and Northwest Gulf of Mexico (NWGOFS) will be implemented. More details available in the TIN.
Not available on NP NWS TIN 14-26
September 9, 2014 Upgrade to Automated Sea Ice Drift Model
NCEP will upgrade the Sea Ice Drift model. More details available in the TIN.
Products available on NP NWS TIN 14-36
August 12, 2014 NAM upgrade
Upgrade to the North American Mesoscale Model (NAM). More details available in the TIN.
Products available on NP NWS TIN 14-29
August 5, 2014 New NLDAS system
New North American Land Data Assimilation System implemented. More details available in the TIN.
Not available on NP NWS TIN 14-24
July 9, 2014 Change to RTOFS GRIB encoding
More details available in the TIN.
Available on NP NWS TIN 14-25
July 8, 2014 Upgrade of PSURGE system
Update to the Probabalistic Storm Surge system, including adding data to NOAAPORT. More details available in the TINs.
Products available on NP NWS TIN 14-11
NWS TIN 14-12
July 8, 2014 Addition of Hurricane Wave Model Products to NOAAPORT
Select output from the Multi-grid Hurricane Wave Model will be added to NOAAPORT. More details available in the TIN.
Newly-available on NP NWS TIN 14-17
July 8, 2014 Change to Global Wave Ensemble System
Upgrade to the global wave ensemble system including changing the name of the system to GWES. More details available in the TIN.
Not available on NP NWS TIN 14-22 note: date moved to 7/8 due to CWD
June 24, 2014 New ESTOFS Pacific model
Initial implementation of the ESTOFS Pacific forecast system. More details available in the TIN.
Not available on NP NWS TIN 14-27
June 18, 2014 Upgrade of the GFDL
An upgrade to the GFDL Hurricane model. More details available in the TIN.
Not available on NP NWS TIN 14-20
June 11, 2014 Upgrade of the HIRES Window
An upgrade to the HIRES Window system including resolution changes, schedule changes, and addition of a full CONUS domain. More details available in the TIN.
Available on NP NWS TIN 14-16
June 10, 2014 Upgrade of the HWRF
An upgrade to the Hurricane Weather and Research Forecast System. More details available in the TIN.
Not available on NP NWS TIN 14-19
June 3, 2014 Removal of Select GFS products
Obsolete GFS-based products will be removed including a few gridded products, old text products, and FAX and Redbook graphics. More details available in the TIN.
These products are available on NP NWS TIN 14-21
May 1,2014 Implementation of SBOFS
First implementation of the San Francisco Bay Oceanographic Forecast System. More details available in the TIN.
These products not available on NP NWS TIN 13-41
April 8, 2014 Upgrade to the GEFS and NAEFS
The GEFS and NAEFS output will be upgraded to include additional products. Also, on April 9, 2014, 2 meter temperature and total accumulated precipitation fields from the GEFS will be made available on NOAAPORT. More details available in the TINs.
These products will now be available on NP NWS TIN 14-04
Final implementation date of 4/8/2014 not reflected in TIN.
April 8, 2014 Upgrade to Gridded MOS
Several experimental elements added to the GFS-based gridded MOS. More details available in the TINs.
These products are available on NP NWS TIN 13-49
April 8, 2014 Upgrade to LAMP
Changes will be made to the LAMP guidance for convective parameters. More details available in the TINs.
These products are available on NP NWS TIN 13-50
April 2, 2014 Upgrade to the SREF model.
The SREF will be upgraded including code changes and additional products. Also, 2 meter temperature and total accumulated precipitation fields from the SREF will be made available on NOAAPORT. More details available in the TINs.
Additional SREF products will now be available on NP NWS TIN 14-02 - model upgrade
NWS TIN 13-44 - add to NOAAPORT
Final implementation date of 4/2/2014 not reflected in TIN.
March 12, 2014 Change to delivery time of GFS WAFS products
The WAFS grids will be made available on WIFS and NCEP ftp server roughly 20 minutes earlier. More details available in the TIN.
These products not available on NP NWS TIN 14-08
March 4, 2014 Removal of RTOFS Episodic Tracer
More details available in the TIN.
These products not available on NP NWS TIN 14-06
February 25, 2014 Upgrade to RAP
Upgrade to the Rapid Refresh model. Also, additional stations will be included in the RAP BUFR output. More details available in the TINs.
These products are available on NP NWS TIN 13-38 --RAP upgrade
NWS TIN 13-35 --RAP BUFR changes
February 18, 2014 Addition of ESTOFS to NOAAPORT
GRIB2 output from ESTOFS will be available on NOAAPORT. More details available in the TIN.
These products will now be available on NP NWS TIN 13-41
February 18, 2014 (rescheduled due to CWD) Removal of HREF from NCEP server
The High Resolution Ensemble Forecast (HREF) products will be discontinued. More details available in the TIN.
These products are not available on NP NWS TIN 14-01
January 28, 2014 Upgrade to RTMA
Upgrade to the Real Time Mesoscale Analysis system. More details available in the TIN.
These products are available on NP NWS TIN 13-39

 

2013 - Changes to NCEP Models / Implementation Dates to NOAAPORT

(date in green indicates item complete)

NWS is proposing to terminate legacy radar graphics products. -- Comment period ended
NWS is proposing to terminate legacy Climate Diagnostic Center products. -- Comment period ended
NWS is proposing to terminate legacy GFS low-resolution products. -- Comment period ended

CCS/WCOSS
Implementation
Date
Description of Change NOAAPORT (NP)
Dissemination
Date or Already on NOAAPORT
(ON NP) OR N/A if Data is Not Sent to NP
NWS TINS/
Informational
Briefings
December 12, 2013 Change in ESTOFS delivery time
The output from the ESTOFS model will be distributed roughly 20 minutes earlier than previous. More details available in the TIN.
Not available on NP NWS TIN 13-43
December 11, 2013 Global RTOFS GRIB2 to NOAAPORT
Add new GRIB2 output from the Global RTOFS to NOAAPORT and change the resolution of products on NCEP ftp server. More details available in the TIN.
These products are available on NP NWS TIN 13-27
November 13, 2013 Additional fields in GFS WAFS products
Add fields for four new levels to the GFS WAFS products. More details available in the TIN.
  NWS TIN 13-33
November 5, 2013 GFS MOS and LAMP Wind Changes
Forecast equations for MOS winds will be updated, with resulting effect on LAMP. More details available in the TIN.
These products are available on NP NWS TIN 13-30
November 5, 2013 GFS MOS for Western Pacific Change
Add Total Sky Cover and Ceiling to GFS MOS text and BUFR products for the Western Pacific. More details available in the TIN.
These products are available on NP NWS TIN 13-22
November 5, 2013 GFS MOS Change
Add Mean Total Sky Cover to 12Z text and BUFR products. More details available in the TIN.
These products are available on NP NWS TIN 13-20
October 29, 2013 Great Lakes Wave Model Update
Physics upgrade to the Great Lakes Wave Model. More details available in the TIN.
Products not available on NP NWS TIN 13-25
August 20, 2013 Addition of satellite data to GFS model
New satellite data, including METOP-B, SEVIRI data from Meteosat-10, and NPP CrIS data will be included in the Global model. More details available in the TIN.
Products are disseminated via NP NWS TIN 13-18
August 13, 2013 Temporarily change HIRESW preemption
Change the HIRESW from being preempted starting at 3 tropical systems to 4 tropical systems.
These products are available on NP. NWS TIN 13-23
July 25, 2013 WCOSS Operational
The NCEP Production Suite will be transitioned to the WCOSS. More details available in the TIN and PNS.
Affects many products on NP. NWS TIN 13-15
NWS PNS announcing availability of parallel data
Page describing transition changes
July 25, 2013 Upgrade HWRF model
Implement FY13 version of HWRF. More details available in the TIN.
These products are not available on NP. NWS TIN 13-13
July 25, 2013 Upgrade HYSPLIT model
Upgrade HYSPLIT system. More details in the TIN.
These products are not available on NP. NWS TIN 13-16
July 25, 2013 Discontinue legacy CDC products
Remove the legacy Climate Diagnostic Center (CDC) products. More details available in the TIN and PNS.
These products are not available on NP. NWS TIN 13-10
NWS PNS seeking comments
June 11, 2013 Discontinue legacy radar graphics
Remove the legacy radar summary and radar legend graphics. More details available in the TIN and PNS.
These products are available on NP. NWS TIN 13-11
NWS PNS seeking comments
April 16, 2013 Discontinue legacy GFS products
Several legacy low-resolution GFS products will be removed, including the "MRF-lookalike" products. More details available in the TIN and PNS.
Some of these products are available on NP. NWS TIN 13-08
NWS PNS seeking comments
January 8, 2013 Discontinue GDAS2
The legacy low-resolution GDAS2 will be removed. More details available in the TIN and PNS.
These products are not available on NP. NWS TIN 12-57
NWS PNS seeking comments

 

2012 - Changes to NCEP Models / Implementation Dates to NOAAPORT

(date in green indicates item complete)

NWS is proposing to terminate the Ozone Air Quality Predictions. -- Comment period ended
NCEP is soliciting comments on proposal to remove the GDAS2 assimilation products. -- Comment period ended
NCEP solicited comments on proposal to remove the RUC Surface Analysis. -- Comment period ended
NCEP solicited comments on proposal to change the dissemination time of HWRF output. -- Comment period ended

CCS
Implementation
Date
Description of Change NOAAPORT (NP)
Dissemination
Date or Already on NOAAPORT
(ON NP) OR N/A if Data is Not Sent to NP
NWS TINS/
Informational
Briefings
December 17, 2012 Add 2.5km Gridded LAMP to NOAAPORT
GFS-based gridded LAMP output on a 2.5km grid will be made available on NOAAPORT.
New products will be made available on NP. NWS TIN 11-18
December 13, 2012 2.5km GMOS change
A slight format change will happen to the 2.5km CONUS GMOS products available on the NDGD server. More details available in the TIN.
2.5km GMOS products are available on NP, but the NP products will not change format. NWS TIN 12-55
December 5, 2012 Add new NAM DNG products to NOAAPORT
NAM DNG products on a 2.5km CONUS grid and 3km Alaska grid will be made available on NOAAPORT. More details are provided in the TIN.
New products will be made available on NP. NWS TIN 11-35
December 4, 2012 Ceiling/visibility bug fix in SREF
A fix will be made to the calculation of visibility and ceiling in some SREF members. More details are provided in the TIN.
Products not available on NP. NWS TIN 12-56
November 27, 2012 RAP Product Changes
Changes will be made to the contents/format of the RAP native grid output products. More details available in the TIN.
These products are not available on NP. NWS TIN 12-51
November 20, 2012 NARRE product changes
3 changes will be made to the contents/format of the NARRE output products. More details available in the TIN.
These products are not available on NP. NWS TIN 12-49
November 19, 2012 Add More 13km RAP Products to NOAAPORT
Additional output from the RAP model on pressure levels on a 13km grid will be made available on NOAAPORT hourly from 0 to 18 hours from all 24 cycles. Currently only a subset of that data is available.
New products will be made available on NP. NWS TIN 11-19
November 15, 2012 Add 2.5km Gridded MOS to NOAAPORT
GFS-based gridded MOS output on a 2.5km grid will be made available on NOAAPORT.
New products will be made available on NP. NWS TIN 12-09
October 2, 2012 RUCS/SRUC Removal
The analysis system known as the Rapid Update Cycle Surface (RUCS) will be discontinued. More details available in the TIN.
These products are not available on NP. NWS TIN 12-40
NWS PNS seeking comments
September 25, 2012 CFS v1 Removal
The obsolete Climate Forecast System (CFS) version 1 will be discontinued. More details available in the TIN.
These products are not available on NP. NWS TIN 12-37
September 25, 2012 Multiple NOS Ocean Forecast Systems Boundary Change
Several NOS Ocean Forecast Systems will transition from using Navy NCOM model data for boundary conditions to using NCEP's Global HYCOM model. More details available in the TIN.
None of these products are available on NP. NWS TIN 12-34
Date September 25, 2012 Columbia River And Estuary Ocean Forecast System
NOS's new forecast system will be implemented. More details in the TIN. A second TIN that references a change in forcing conditions is also referenced.
No products will be available on NP. NWS TIN 12-23
NWS TIN 12-35
September 18, 2012 ESTOFS Implementation
The new Extra-tropical Storm and Tides Operational Forecast System (ESTOFS) will be implemented. More details available in the TIN.
These products are not available on NP. NWS TIN 12-43
September 18, 2012 GRIB encoding change in two parameters
The GRIB encoding of Haines index and RHPW will be modified. More details available in the TIN.
These products are not available on NP. NWS TIN 12-38
September 18, 2012 RTMA Sub-center change
The sub-center in the GRIB encoding of the NCEP Stage II and RTMA precip products will change. More details available in the TIN.
These products are available on NP. NWS TIN 12-36
September 11, 2012 Implementation of NGAC Aerosol Forecast System
More details available in the TIN.
None of these products are available on NP. NWS TIN 12-41
September 5, 2012 GFS Bug Fix
A fix is being implemented to the Land Surface Model used in the GFS that resulted in warm season cool and moist bias. More details available in the TIN.
These products are available on NP. NWS TIN 12-42
August 21, 2012 Major SREF upgrade
Upgrade to the Short-Range Ensemble Forecast System (SREF) including a resolution increase and a change to the models that make up the ensemble. More details available in the TIN.
No change to products available on NP. NWS TIN 12-30
NWS TIN 12-33
August 7, 2012 Minor Change to NAM calculations
Changes to the calculation of snow cover fraction and GOES simulated brightness temperature in the NAM. More details available in the TIN.
NAM products are available on NP NWS TIN 12-32
July 5, 2012 Change in WAFS product dissemination
The order will be changed so that WAFS GRIB2 products will be disseminated before WAFS GRIB1 products. More details available in the TIN.
N/A NWS TIN 12-20
June 19, 2012 Upgrade to Sea Ice Concentration
More details are available in the TIN.
Products are available on NP. NWS TIN 12-27
May 30, 2012 Minor change to NAM/DGEX
The surface wind gust speed algorithm used in the NAM and DGEX will be modified. More details are available in the TIN.
Products are available on NP. NWS TIN 12-24
May 29, 2012 New EKDMOS
Implementation of new Ensemble Kernel Density Model Output Statistics (EKDMOS). More details are available in the TIN.
Products are not currently available on NP. NWS TIN 12-28
May 24, 2012 - HWRF
May 29, 2012 -- GFDL
HWRF and GFDL Hurricane Model Upgrades
The HWRF and GFDL Hurricane models will be upgraded. More details are available in the two TINs.
Products are not available on NP. NWS TIN 12-19 -- HWRF
NWS TIN 12-18 -- GFDL
May 22, 2012 Global Model Upgrade
The data assimilation system for the Global Forecast System (GFS) will undergo a major upgrade. There will be minor output product changes to the GFS model output. More details are available in the TIN.
Products are available on NP. NWS TIN 12-22
May 15, 2012 Wave Model Upgrade
The Multi-grid wave model will get a physics upgrade and a few minor product changes. More details are available in the TIN.
Products are available on NP. NWS TIN 12-17
May 1, 2012 Add stations to NAM and RAP BUFR output
Specific details of stations being added to NAM and RAP are provided in the TIN.
Products are available on NP. NWS TIN 12-06
May 1, 2012 Replace RUC with Rapid Refresh Model
The hourly Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) model will be replaced by the Rapid Refresh Model. Specific details are provided in the TIN.
Products are available on NP. NWS TIN 11-36
NWS TIN 11-53
NWS TIN 11-54 - impact on RTMA
April 17, 2012 GEFS bitmask change
The bitmasking in three GEFS output fields will be made consistent. Specific details are provided in the TIN.
These products are not available on NP NWS TIN 12-11
April 3, 2012 New NGOFS system
The new Northern Gulf of Mexico Operational Forecast System (NGOFS) will be implemented. Specific details are provided in the TIN.
These products are not available on NP NWS TIN 12-02
March 12, 2012 New HRQPF MOS
New High Resolution Gridded Model Output Statistics (MOS) output on a 2.5 km grid over the CONUS is being produced for probability of precipitation(POP) and quantitative precipitation (QPF). These high-resolution products will replace the 2.5km gridded MOS POP and QPF. Specific details are provided in the TIN.
These products are slated to be added to NP at a future date. NWS TIN 12-12
February 28, 2012 New 2.5km Gridded MOS
New Gridded Model Output Statistics (MOS) output on a 2.5 km grid over the CONUS is being produced for multiple elements. Specific details are provided in the TIN.
These products are slated to be added to NP at a future date. NWS TIN 12-09
February 14, 2012 Update Global Ensemble Forecast System
The Global Ensemble Forecast System (GEFS) will be upgraded. Changes include an increase in model resolution and an adjustment to product delivery time. Specific details are provided in the TIN.
Products are available on NP. NWS TIN 11-47

 

2011 - Changes to NCEP Models / Implementation Dates to NOAAPORT

(date in green indicates item complete)

NCEP soliciting comments on proposal to remove several RUC products from NOAAPORT and our servers. -- Comment period ended
NCEP soliciting comments on proposal to remove the Regional Spectral Model. -- Comment period ended
NCEP soliciting comments on proposal to change the computation of convective parameters in the NCEP models. -- comment period ended

CCS
Implementation
Date
Description of Change NOAAPORT (NP)
Dissemination
Date or Already on NOAAPORT
(ON NP) OR N/A if Data is Not Sent to NP
NWS TINS/
Informational
Briefings
December 20, 2011 Wave Model Spectral Output Change
The spectral resolution of the wave output products will be increased in the multi-grid wave model. More details available in the TIN.
These products are not available on NP. NWS TIN 11-10
December 13, 2011 Implementation of WSA-Enlil model
WSA-Enlil predicts the solar wind at Earth, including the arrival of Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs)
These products are not available on NP.  
November 8, 2011 Add HIRESW Products to NOAAPORT
Output from the High Resolution Window (HIRESW) model runs will be made available on NOAAPORT. Grids are available for the CONUS, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Guam with output from 0 to 60 hours.
New products will be made available on NP. NWS TIN 11-21
November 1, 2011 NFCENS Implementation
Implementation of the NCEP-FNMOC Combined Wave Ensemble System.
These products are not available on NP.  
October 25, 2011 Global RTOFS Implementation
Implementation of the 1/12th degree Global Real-Time Ocean Forecast System.
These products are not available on NP.  
October 18, 2011 Major NAM/NDAS Upgrade
Changes to the NAM and NDAS include a major change to the modeling system and many additional products, including new 4km NAM nests. Please see the TIN for all the details.
These products are available on NP. NWS TIN 11-16
October 11, 2011 Upgrade to RTGSST
The High Resolution Real Time Globar Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (RTGSST) will be replaced upgraded. See the TIN for more details.
Products are available on NP. NWS TIN 11-42
October 4, 2011 RTMA products declared operational
The Real Time Mesoscale Analysis (RTMA) products will be promoted from experimental to operational status. The location of the products in the NDGD will change.
Products are already available on NP. NWS TIN 11-42
September 13, 2011 Removal of Regional Spectral Model
The Regional Spectral Model (RSM) and all associated products will be removed from NWS operations.
These products are not available on NP. NWS TIN 11-34
NWS PNS seeking comments
August 30, 2011 MAF Webpage Decommissioned
NCEP will remove the Model Analysis and Forecast webpages. They have been replaced by the Model Analysis and Guidance (MAG) webpage. More details available in the TIN.
Webpage NWS TIN 11-06
August 23, 2011 Add 3-hr analyses to Global Ensemble CCPA products
These products are not available on NP NWS TIN 11-22
August 22/September 27, 2011 Gridded LAMP Implementation
Gridded LAMP guidance for various elements has been available experimentally on NDGD. On 8/22 some modifications were made to the format of the products. On 9/27 the products will be made operational and disseminated on NOAAPORT. More details available in the TIN.
These products are not available on NP until 9/27/2011. NWS TIN 11-18
July 14, 2011 Upgrades to MAG Webpage
Model Analysis and Guidance (MAG) webpage update including additional image resolutions, addition of 4-panel charts and changes to the selection mechanism on the top level page . Details available in the TIN.
Webpage NWS TIN 11-17
July 5, 2011 CFSv2 change in CDAS output
The CDAS output from the Climate Forecast System v2 will be changed from outputting a lat/lon grid to outputting a Gaussian grid. More details available in the TIN.
These products are not available on NP. NWS TIN 11-14
May 24, 2011 NAEFS CMC ensemble data change
Modification to the Canadian Met Center ensemble data used in the North American Ensemble Forecast System. More details available in the TIN.
These products are not available on NP. NWS TIN 11-15
May 24, 2011 HWRF Upgrade
The Hurricane Weather Research and Forecast (HWRF) - Princeton Ocean Model (POM) system will be upgraded. More details available in the TIN.
These products are not available on NP. NWS TIN 11-09
May 17, 2011 GFDL Upgrade
The GFDL Hurricane Prediction System will be upgraded. More details available in the TIN.
These products are not available on NP. NWS TIN 11-11
May 9, 2011 GDAS Upgrade and GFS Bug Fix
The Global Forecast System (GFS) Data Assimilation System (GDAS) will be upgraded. Several bugs in the GFS model will be addressed. More details available in the TIN.
These products are available on NP. NWS TIN 11-07
March 30, 2011 Climate Forecast System Upgrade
This will be a major upgrade of the Climate Forecast System (CFS). There will be major changes to the modeling system, output product content and format, delivery time of products, and where the data is made available. More details available in the TIN.
These products are not available on NP. NWS TIN 10-55

NWS TIN 10-55 amended w/note about CFSv1 termination
March 29, 2011 HIRES Window Forecast System Upgrade
The HIRES will be upgraded. Changes include model changes, addition of a Guam run and associated products, change to the Puerto Rico grid domain, additional elements, and a change to the directory location of the data. More details available in the TIN.
These products are not available on NP. NWS TIN 10-61
March 15, 2011 Model Analysis and Guidance (MAG) Website Operational
NCEP's Model Analysis and Guidance Website, the MAG, will move from experimental to operational status. More details available in the TIN.
Webpage NWS TIN 11-05
March 1, 2011 Change to Encoding of WAFS GRIB products
NCEP WAFS GRIB2 products will be changed to use Master Table 6 instead of 2 in the GRIB encoding. More details available in the TIN.
These products are not available on NP. NWS TIN 10-62
March 1, 2011 NAEFS Upgrade
Additional elements will be added to the NAEFS system. More details available in the TIN.
These products are not available on NP. NWS TIN 10-50
January 25, 2011 Format change for NCEP BUFR products
Software upgrades will result in format changes to NCEP BUFR products. More details available in the TIN.
These products are available on NP. NWS TIN 10-48

 

2010 - Changes to NCEP Models / Implementation Dates to NOAAPORT

(date in green indicates item complete)

NCEP is soliciting comments on the new Model Analysis and Guidance Webpage. -- Comment period closed
NCEP is seeking comments on the change in GEFS product dissemination time. -- Comment period closed

CCS
Implementation
Date
Description of Change NOAAPORT (NP)
Dissemination
Date or Already on NOAAPORT
(ON NP) OR N/A if Data is Not Sent to NP
NWS TINS/
Informational
Briefings
December 14, 2010 Addition of Ozone Products to NCEP Air Quality Model
Add maximum 1 hour and maximum 8 hour ozone products for the CONUS. More details available in the TIN.
These products are not available on NP. NWS TIN 10-49
December 7, 2010 New GEFS and NAEFS Downscaled Products for Alaska
Generate new downscaled probabilistic ensemble products from both the GEFS and NAEFS. More details available in the TIN.
New products disseminated only on NCEP server. NWS TIN 10-45
November 9, 2010 New GFS-based Gridded MOS Products for Hawaii New products disseminated on NP and NDGD NWS TIN 10-27
November 2, 2010 Multi-grid Hurricane Wave Model Upgrade
Current NAH and NPH hurricane wave models replaced with new global multi-grid hurricane wave model. Details available in the TIN.
No change to format of NP products.
New grids available from NCEP server.
NWS TIN 10-44
September 28, 2010 New RTMA and GFS DNG Products for Guam
RTMA and GFS DNG products will be generated for Guam. Initially available only on NCEP server. Eventually added to SBN and NDGD.
New products. Will be added to NP and NDGD Nov 16, 2010 NWS TIN 10-43
September 28, 2010 New 2.5km RTMA Products for CONUS
CONUS RTMA products will be made available on NDGD with a horizontal resolution of 2.5 km. These products will replace the current 5km CONUS RTMA products in NDGD.
These products are available on NP. NWS TIN 10-35
NWS TIN 11-20
September 28, 2010 Hawaii RTMA and DNG Domain Change
Change domain of Hawaiian grid used in RTMA and NAM DNG products. See TIN for grid specifications.
These products are available on NP. NWS TIN 10-28
September 21, 2010 Hawaii and Alaska Ozone Models Declared Operational These products are not available on NP. NWS TIN 10-42
July 28, 2010 Global Forecast System (GFS) Upgrade
Changes include:
-Change in resolution from ~35km to ~27km
-3-hourly output available to 192 hours
-Model physics changes
-Changes to parameters in some files
The changes are outlined in the TIN
No change to format or content of NP products NWS TIN 10-15
June 1, 2010 HWRF Model Update
General model changes/upgrades. See TIN for more details.
No change to NP products NWS TIN 10-17
May 11, 2010 Global Multi-Wave Grid Model Updates
Product dissemination times will be changed -- products will come out individually as they are produced rather than all together at the end of the model run. Several other minor changes will occur.
The changes are outlined in the TIN 10-13
Distribution schedule of products on NP will be changing. NWS TIN 10-13
March 9, 2010 NAM and RUC Station Updates
The station lists used to generate BUFR soundings for the North American Mesoscale(NAM) and Rapid Update Cycle(RUC) models will be modified.
The changes are outlined in the TIN
NAM BUFR collective products are currently available on NP and will be changing. NWS TIN 09-43
March 3, 2010 GFS-based MOS and LAMP Upgrade
MOS forecast equations updated and changes made to MOS and LAMP station availability
These products are currently available on NP. NWS TIN 09-39
March 2, 2010 RUC Extension to 18 hours
The Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) model will be extended to 18 hours for all cycles. In addition, several modifications will be made to the RUC analysis/pre-processing code.
The changes are outlined in the TIN 10-07
RUC products are available on NP, but the additional forecast hours will not be made available via NP at this time. NWS TIN 10-07
February 23, 2010 Global Ensemble Forecast System (GEFS) Upgrade
Changes include:
-Several model changes outlined in the TIN 09-34
-Process generating id in the GRIB encoding changed from 80 to 107 for GEFS products and 80 to 114 for NAEFS products available on NWS and NCEP FTP servers
-Changes to variables included in files available on FTP servers
No change to NP products.

The change to the GRIB encoding will not occur in the NP products.
NWS TIN 09-34

 

2009 - Changes to NCEP Models / Implementation Dates to NOAAPORT

(date in green indicates item complete)

CCS
Implementation
Date
Description of Change NOAAPORT (NP)
Dissemination
Date or Already on NOAAPORT
(ON NP) OR N/A if Data is Not Sent to NP
NWS TINS/
Informational
Briefings
12/15/2009 Global Forecast System (GFS) Upgrade
Changes include:
-New data sources and improved numerical techniques in the GSI
-Unified post-processor for GFS and GDAS
-Accuracy in formulation of some diagnostic variables improved
-Additional parameters added to products available on FTP servers
No change to NP products NWS TIN 09-32
11/10/2009 NAM BUFR Collectives Modifications
-New stations will be added to existing NAM collectives.
These products are currently available on NP. NWS TIN 09-26
11/03/2009 Minor NAM/DGEX Modifications
-Minor bug fixes and their effects are outlined in the Technical Implementation Notice
-Radar echo top height added to all NAM output grids currently containing simulated radar reflectivity that are available on the FTP servers
No change to NP products NWS TIN 09-33
11/03/2009 Real Time Ocean Forecast System (RTOFS) Upgrade
Model changes and their effects are outlined in the Technical Implementation Notice
No change to NP products NWS TIN 09-30
10/27/2009 Short Range Ensemble Forecast Upgrade
Changes include:
-Change in model membership
-Model version upgrades for several members
-Increased physics diversity
-Increase temporal resolution from 3-hourly to hourly out to 39 hours
-Addition of forecast elements
No change to NP products NWS TIN 09-29
08/25/2009 Global Forecast System (GFS) BUFR Product Change
-Bug fix to the BUFR sounding output.
These products are currently available on NP. NWS TIN 09-25
02/24/2009

GFS (Changes to the Global Analysis System) A global application of the Grid-point statistical interpolation (GSI) system include:

1. Inclusion of METOP IASI data
2. Use of variational qc
3. Change in land/snow/ice skin temperature variance
4. Flow dependent reweighting of background error variances
5. Addition of background error covariance input file
6. Reduction of number of airs water vapor changes used
7. Use of new version and coefficients for community
radiative transfer model
8. Modification of height assignment for height based wind
observations
9. Modification of surface land use file to remove a few
permanent (~12) glacial points to improve surface
temperature forecasts over those points.

N/A NWS TIN
12/17/2008-
08/21/2009
MORATORIUM FOR HOLIDAYS AND CCS TRANSISTION TO POWER6 N/A N/A

 

2008 - Changes to NCEP Models / Implementation Dates to NOAAPORT

CCS
Implementation
Date
Description of Change NOAAPORT (NP)
Dissemination
Date or Already on NOAAPORT
(ON NP) OR N/A if Data is Not Sent to NP
NWS TINS/
Informational
Briefings
12/19/2007-
01/06/2008
MORATORIUM FOR HOLIDAYS N/A N/A
01/14/2008 CFS (Climate Forecast System)/GODAS UPGRADE (Deep water assimilation).
Changes:
Extend the GODAS assimilation to 2175 meters
Correct a temperature bias in the global intermediate waters
Reduce the 8-day lag in the initial conditions to a 1-day lag for both ocean and atmosphere.
Introduce 2 new members out to 9 months.
Expected Benefits:
1. Improve the CPC week 2 and US Hazards assessments forecast
2. Improve spread in monthly forecasts
3. Correct temperature bias in global intermediate waters
4. Improve the week 3-6 monthly forecast
N/A CFS INFO
NWS TIN
01/28/2008 REMOVAL of MANY GRIB1 PRODUCTS ON NWS/NCEP FTP SERVERS
ftp.ncep.noaa.gov
tgftp.nws.noaa.gov
N/A NWS TIN
NCEP INFO PAGE
03/04/2008 NWW3 (GLOBAL High Resolution) - Extend Northern boundary from 78N to 90N in support of AK Region. See 11/27/2007 upgrade below. OB 9.0 NWS TIN #1
NWS TIN #2
CONUS - 09/15/2008

AK - ?

HI/PR - 09/09/2008
NAM DNG (SMART INIT) - Create post processed high resolution grids for CONUS/AK/HI/PR domains which will provide smart initialization capability for GFE in AWIPS. These data sets are only destined for NOAAPORT in support of the NWS field offices.
CONUS =  5 KM; AK = 6 KM; HI/PR = 2.5 KM
OB 8.3 EMC OUTPUT
03/31/2008 NAM - General model changes/upgrades. See TIN.
No change to NP products NWS TIN #1
07-96 NWS TIN #2
NWS TIN #3
03/31/2008 NWW3 (WAVE) - Great Lakes Wave model implementation. (Based on NAM initialization) AWIPS OB 9.0 NWS TIN
04/15/2008 RTMA (ALASKA) - Implement Alaskan domain. OB 8.3
NP - 01/19/2008
EMC OUTPUT
NWS TIN #1 07-90
NWS TIN #2 07-90
09/09/2008 RTMA (HAWAII) - Implement Hawaii (HI) domain. AWIPS OB 9.0
NP - 07/2008
 
09/09/2008 RTMA (PUERTO RICO) - Implement Puerto Rico (PR) domain. AWIPS OB 9.0
NP - 07/2008
 
06/24/2008 WAVE ENSEMBLE - General model changes/upgrades. See TIN. N/A NWS TIN
08/06/2008 HIRES - General model changes/upgrades. See TIN. AWIPS OB 9.0
NP - 06/2008
NWS TIN
09/4/2008 GLM - The spectral bulletins will be added to NOAAPPORT AWIPS OB 9.0 NWS TIN
09/09/2008 WAVEWATCH III - Create and send text spectral bulletins from multi-grid model to SBN/NOAAPORT

AWIPS OB 8.3

 
11/17/2008 RUC - Model changes to improve model performance. See TIN for details. N/A NWS TIN
12/16/2008 NAM - Model changes to improve model performance. See TIN for details. N/A NWS TIN
12/9/2008 GFS - formulation of the freezing level will be changed, several new parameters will be added to the output files,and fix to calculation of precipitation type N/A NWS TIN
postponed until after 1 April 2009 SREF -
Upgrade WRF-NMM and WRF-ARW to v2.2, increase WRF-NMM and WRF-ARW resolution to 32km, upgrade RSM and increase resolution to 32km.
N/A NWS TIN

 

2007 - Changes to NCEP Models / Implementation Dates to NOAAPORT

CCS
Implementation
Date
Description of Change NOAAPORT (NP)
Dissemination
Date or Already on
(ON) OR N/A if Data is Not Sent to NP
NWS TINS/
Informational
Briefings
10/01/2006-
01/01/2007
MORATORIUM on all upgrades while transition to next NCEP Central Computing System (CCS) occurs. N/A N/A
02/13/2007 Deletion of Several Legacy Fax Charts. N/A NWS TIN 06-76
08/08/2006 NAM SIMULATED REFLECTIVITY PRODUCTS 02/2007  
03/27/2007 GEFS UPGRADE.  New members sent to ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov and tgftp.nws.noaa.gov in grib2 format only. N/A NWS TIN 07-11
03/27/2007 GODAS UPGRADE.  Include JASON satellite data. N/A GODAS INFO
JASON INFO
06/06/2006 SREF SYSTEM ENSEMBLE PRODUCTS 04/2007 NWS TIN 06-13
05/01/2007 GFS UPGRADE. 05/01/2007 NWS TIN 07-21
EMC parallel run info
GFS History File Info
08/22/2006 1/12 DEGREE GLOBAL SST ANALYSIS 06/01/2007 NWS Change Notice
06/05/2007 RTOFS UGRADE. N/A NWS TIN 07-33
08/22/2006 GFS BUFR SOUNDINGS 06/05/2007 NWS TIN 07-17
06/12/2007 PROBABLISITIC STORM SURGE OB 8.3 NWS TIN 07
06/19/2007 HURRICANE WRF MODEL
WRF/NMM based model. GFDL in parallel operations for 2007.
N/A NWS TIN
06/26/2007 RTMA UPGRADE - US DOMAIN
Improve the accuracy of the experimental RTMA by implementing improved quality control processing, improved uncertainty estimations and logic to better fit observations.
06/26/2007  
09/05/2007 COFS MODEL REMOVED FROM PRODUCTION. Replaced by RTOFS. N/A NWS TIN 07-33
09/11/2007 HIRES UPGRADE.
Update model codes to the latest, supported version of the WRF (2.2).
Increase WRF-NMM resolution from 5.2 to 4.0 km.  Increase WRF-ARW resolution from 5.8 to 5.1 km.  Reconfigure three existing CONUS domains into two larger domains runs twice per day.
OB 9.0 HIRES INFO
09/18/2007 AIR QUALITY UPGRADE - Domain expansion (3x to 5x) N/A NWS TIN
09/25/2007 GFS UPGRADE - Unified post processor. 09/25/2007 NWS TIN 07-59
NCEP Change Notice-10/10/2007
09/25/2007 NAEFS/TIGGE PRODUCT Change
Add new products to the NAEFS (GEFS) operational product stream to support the THORPEX TIGGE project.
N/A  
6/28/2005 RUC 13 KM (including BEST CAPE/CIN and model topography)  11/04/2007 NWS TIN 05-40-05/23/2005
NWS TIN-03/31/2006
NWS TIN 06-01-09/14/2007
WMO IDS
11/27/2007 NOAA WAVE WATCH III UPGRADE.
The new multi-grid wave model will eventually replace the Alaskan (AKW), Western North Atlantic (WNA) and Eastern North Pacific (ENP) wave models. 
All present GRIB and bulletin data from these models will be produced from the new model. 
The Global NWW3 model will be replaced by this model at a later date.

Expected Benefits: Model structure will be used to introduce higher resolution products to the field in the future and will allow for future enhancements to coastal applications.
No change to current NP products.

OB 9.0 - New High Resolution Products
NWS TIN- 07-51-08/17/2007
NWS TIN 07-51-08/18/2007
NWS TIN 07-51NWS TIN 07-51-09/27/2007
NCEP Change Notice-10/12/2007
NWS TIN- 07-51 11/14/2007
12/4/2007 GSI (Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation) UPGRADE -
Changes:
1. Modify GSI code to permit assimilation of SBUV-8 and JMA wind data.
2. Upgrade to latest version of GSI.
Expected Benefits:
1. Incremental improvement due to addition of new data types.
N/A GSI INFO
12/4/2007 NAEFS/TIGGE UPGRADE
Changes:
1. GFS deterministic model bias corrected (bc) output through F180
2. GFS bc output used in GEFS processing
3. Combine NCEP/GEFS (20 member) and CMC/GEFS (20 member)  to produce: Ensemble mean and anomaly, ensemble spread and mode along with 10%,50%,90% probability forecast at 1x1 degree resolution.
4. Statistical downscaling by using RTMA as a reference:
a. At NDGD (5km) resolution (CONUS), generate mean and mode along with 10%, 50% and 90% probability forecast
N/A NAEFS INFO
TIGGE INFO
NCEP Change Notice-10/12/2007
NWS TIN 07-51NWS TIN 07-81 -10/24/2007
12/12/2007 SREF UPGRADE - Bias correction for all fields, except QPF, and add Alaska domain for RSM component. No change to NP
products.
NCEP Change Notice-10/24/2007
Bias Corrected Fields
NWS TIN-11/09/2007

 

FY2006 Implementations on CCS and NOAAPORT

Date Change Notices
03/07/2006 06/18 UTC NAM start time delayed 25 minutes
IMPLEMENTED ON CCS.
NWS Change Notice (MS-Word)
03/28/2006 10 Member Wave Model Ensembles
IMPLEMENTED ON CCS.
 
04/19/2006 NCEP operational and non-operational ftp services
split apart.  IMPLEMENTED.
NCEP Change Notice (HTML)
05/09/2006 NAM BUFR soundings to 84 hours.
IMPLEMENTED ON CCS.
NWS Change Request (MS-Word)
NWS Change Notice (MS-Word)
05/30/2006 NAEFS (Global Ensembles) -
MAJOR PRODUCT OVERHAUL
IMPLEMENTED ON CCS.
NCEP FTP Server Change Notice (HTML)
NWS FTP Server Change Notice (HTML)
06/06/2006 SREF system ensemble products to NOAAPORT
(Data sent to NWS/TOC ... not yet routed to NOAAPORT)
IMPLEMENTED ON CCS.
NWS Change Request-Grid 212
NWS Change Request-Grid 216
NWS Change Request-Grid 243
NWS Change Notice (MS-Word)
06/06/2006 Deletion of Several Legacy Fax Charts
IMPLEMENTED ON CCS.
NWS Change Notice (MS-Word)
06/20/2006 NAM/Eta replaced with NAM/NMM in WRF framework
Postponed to June 20, 2006 due to Critical Weather
IMPLEMENTED ON CCS.
NWS Change Notice (MS-Word)
NCEP Change Notice (HTML)
06/27/2006 SREF - Increase from 2 to 4 runs per day
IMPLEMENTED ON CCS.
 
07/11/2006 13km RUC 2006 Spring Bundle
IMPLEMENTED ON CCS.
 
08/08/2006 GFS BUFR Soundings to NOAAPORT
IMPLEMENTED ON CCS.
(Data sent to NWS/TOC ... not yet routed to NOAAPORT)
NWS Change Request (MS-Word)
NWS Change Notice (MS-Word)
List of parameters contained in these data
Sample Data
08/08/2006 1/12 degree global SST analysis to NOAAPORT
IMPLEMENTED ON CCS.
(Data sent to NWS/TOC ... not yet routed to NOAAPORT)
NWS Change Request (MS-Word)
NWS Change Notice (MS-Word)
Sample Data
08/08/2006 NAM Simulated Reflectivity products to NOAAPORT
IMPLEMENTED ON CCS.
(Data sent to NWS/TOC, not yet routed to NOAAPORT)
NWS Change Request (MS-Word)
NWS Change Notice (MS-Word)
Sample Data
08/22/2006 Real Time Mesosacle Analysis (5 km CONUS) to AWIPS
IMPLEMENTED ON CCS.
NWS Change Request (MS-Word)
NWS Change Notice 06-24 (MS-Word)
08/22/2006 GFS - Hybrid sigma-pressure level implementation
IMPLEMENTED ON CCS.
NWS Change Notice (MS-Word)
08/22/2006 Great Lakes wave model
IMPLEMENTED ON CCS.
 
12/19/2006 NAM - WRF - NDAS - DGEX Crisis change
IMPLEMENTED ON CCS.
NWS Technical Information Notice

 


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