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Technical Implementation Notice 11-17

National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC

320 PM EDT Wed Apr 27 2011

 

To:        Subscribers:

           -Family of Services

           -NOAA Weather Wire Service

           -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network

           -NOAAPORT

           Other NWS Partners, Users and Employees

 

From:      Michelle Mainelli

           Chief, Systems Integration Branch

           NCEP Central Operations

 

Subject:   Enhancements to the MAG Website:

           Effective June 27, 2011

  

Effective Monday June 27, 2011, the National Centers for 
Environmental Prediction (NCEP) will make enhancements to 
the Model Analysis and Guidance (MAG) website.  The MAG 
showcases the NWS suite of graphical numerical model analyses 
and guidance and observational database. It is online at:

 

http://mag.ncep.noaa.gov

 

Three enhancements will be implemented on the MAG:

 

1. Multiple image sizes will be made available on the MAG

for North America , the Western North Atlantic, and the

Northern Pacific geographic areas for the same models

that were available on the legacy Model Analysis and

Forecast (MAF) website. 
Images will default to the currently-available medium size
(1024 x 768). Additional image size choices will be made

available: coarse (640 x 480) and fine (1280 x 1024).

 

2. Four-panel charts will be made available on the MAG

for the Global Forecast System (GFS) and the North

American Mesoscale (NAM) models.

 

3. The top level page of the MAG will be modified. 

Default selections, a reorganization of the Model Type

and Model Area choices, and a change in the method used

to select forecast hour and loops will allow selection

of images with fewer mouse clicks. The ability to retain

previous choices and enhanced controls for moving between

forecast hours in a series will allow users to more quickly

get to product images. Forecast hour and loop option

selections will be through a table of available hours

and loop options similar to the old MAF site.

 

For more information and updates, please refer to the MAG’s

Latest Information and News document, at:

 

http://mag.ncep.noaa.gov/GemPakTier/MagQCDoc/whats_new.pdf

 

For comments regarding these changes, please contact:

 

    Bradley Mabe

    NCEP/NCO Systems Integration Branch

    Camp Springs , Maryland

    mag.helpdesk@noaa.gov

 

NWS National Technical Implementation Notices are online at:

 

    http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/notif.htm

 

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