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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT 25-81
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS SILVER SPRING MD
1050 AM EST MON DEC 22 2025
TO: SUBSCRIBERS:
-NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
-EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
-NOAAPORT
OTHER NWS PARTNERS AND EMPLOYEES
FROM: DR. AVICHAL MEHRA
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER
SUBJECT: SOLICITING COMMENTS ON THE NEW EXPERIMENTAL HIGH SEAS
GRIDDED FORECASTS FROM THE OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER (OPC) IN THE
NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE (NDFD) THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30,
2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) IS SOLICITING COMMENTS
THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2026 ON THE EXPERIMENTAL IMPLEMENTATION OF
HIGH SEAS GRIDDED FORECASTS FROM THE NWS’S NATIONAL CENTERS FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION (NCEP) OPC IN THE NDFD. THE OPC
CURRENTLY PROVIDES GRIDDED FORECASTS OF FIVE MARINE WEATHER
ELEMENTS TO THE NDFD ON AN OPERATIONAL BASIS FOR ITS OFFSHORE
WATERS. OPC WILL BEGIN TO PROVIDE EXPERIMENTAL GRIDDED HIGH
SEAS FORECASTS OF THOSE FIVE MARINE WEATHER ELEMENTS TO THE
NDFD, EXPANDED OVER MUCH OF THE ENTIRE NORTH PACIFIC AND NORTH
ATLANTIC BASINS STARTING IN MID JANUARY.
THE FIVE MARINE WEATHER ELEMENTS WHICH ARE FORECASTED ARE:
- 10-M WIND SPEED
- 10-M WIND DIRECTION
- 10-M WIND GUSTS
- SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHTS
- MARINE HAZARDS
THE EXPERIMENTAL GRIDS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING IN THE NDFD
MAP VIEWER ON OR AROUND JANUARY 13, 2026 AT:
HTTPS://DIGITAL.WEATHER.GOV/ AND HTTPS://GRAPHICAL.WEATHER.GOV/.
A DESCRIPTION OF THE EXPERIMENTAL HIGH SEAS GRIDDED FORECASTS
FROM THE OPC IN THE NDFD CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING LINK:
HTTPS://NSDESK.SERVICENOWSERVICES.COM/API/G_NOA/NWSPC/RES2/E9668
BB887B532144B0FA8A60CBB35AF
INPUT ON THE EXPERIMENTAL HIGH SEAS GRIDDED FORECASTS FROM THE
OPC IN THE NDFD IS BEING SOUGHT FROM USERS.
HTTPS://WWW.SURVEYMONKEY.COM/R/EXPOPCHIGHSEASGRIDDEDFCSTSINNDFD
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS MAY BE SENT TO:
DARIN J. FIGURSKEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER
CHIEF, OCEAN FORECAST BRANCH
COLLEGE PARK, MD
EMAIL: DARIN.FIGURSKEY@NOAA.GOV
MELINDA BAILEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
MARINE SERVICES PROGRAM MANAGER
OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND
EMAIL: MELINDA.BAILEY@NOAA.GOV
FOR GENERAL QUESTIONS REGARDING NDFD DATA, PLEASE EMAIL:
NWS.NDFD@NOAA.GOV.
FOR TECHNICAL QUESTIONS REGARDING NDFD DATA, PLEASE CONTACT:
DANA STROM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
VISUALIZATION TEAM LEAD, DIGITAL FORECAST SERVICES DIVISION
METEOROLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY
SILVER SPRING, MD
EMAIL: DANA.STROM@NOAA.GOV
NATIONAL PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS ARE ONLINE AT:
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NOTIFICATION/
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