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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 25-77
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS SILVER SPRING MD
955 AM EST THU NOV 06 2025
TO: SUBSCRIBERS:
-NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
-EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
-NOAAPORT
OTHER NWS PARTNERS, USERS AND EMPLOYEES
FROM: WASSILA THIAW, DEPUTY DIRECTOR
CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER
SUBJECT: DISCONTINUATION OF STRATOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE AND WIND
FORECAST GRAPHICS ON OR ABOUT DECEMBER 15, 2025
THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION (NCEP) CLIMATE
PREDICTION CENTER (CPC) WILL DISCONTINUE SEVERAL STRATOSPHERIC
TEMPERATURE AND HEIGHT FORECAST GRAPHICS ON DECEMBER 15, 2025.
THESE CHANGES ARE THE RESULT OF THE ONGOING EFFORT TO MODERNIZE
THE CPC STRATOSPHERIC PRODUCTS AND REDUCE REDUNDANCIES.
THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS WILL BE DISCONTINUED:
(A) SEVERAL GRAPHICS LOCATED AT:
HTTPS://WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/PRODUCTS/STRATOSPHERE/SSW/
THESE GRAPHICS INCLUDE:
- GFS ZONAL MEAN ANALYSES AND 16 DAY FORECASTS - THE FIRST SET
OF GRAPHICS LOCATED AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE.
- CFS 45 DAY FORECASTS - THE SECOND SET OF GRAPHICS FROM THE TOP
OF THE PAGE.
- GFS 16 DAY SKILL - THE LAST SET OF GRAPHICS AT THE BOTTOM OF
PAGE.
(B) NCEP/GFS ANALYSES AND FORECASTS FORECAST ERRORS. THESE
GRAPHICS ARE LOCATED AT:
HTTPS://WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/PRODUCTS/STRATOSPHERE/STRAT_A_F/#E
MCFE
VIABLE ALTERNATIVES:
(A) MUCH OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE GRAPHICS MENTIONED
ABOVE CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE GFS AND GEFS TIME SERIES
ANALYSES, WHICH ARE AVAILABLE AT:
HTTPS://WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/PRODUCTS/STRATOSPHERE/SSW/
THE CHANGES LISTED ABOVE MAY IMPACT USERS THAT CURRENTLY UTILIZE
GRAPHICS FROM THESE PRODUCTS AND THUS CODE ADJUSTMENTS MAY BE
NECESSARY.
FOR ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THESE CHANGES PLEASE CONTACT:
LAURA CIASTO
METEOROLOGIST
CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER
LAURA.CIASTO@NOAA.GOV
NATIONAL SERVICE CHANGES NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT:
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NOTIFICATION/
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