Administrative: Update #2: Implementation of GOES-16 and GOES-17 Reduced Level Soundings (Legacy Vertical Temperature and

Moisture Profile Products on November 4, 2021, Issued: October 27, 2021 1630 UTC

Update #2: New date of November 4, 2021 for implementation and filenames are included

Update #1: Correction: The file names will be provided soon with a second update   

Topic: Implementation of GOES-16 and GOES-17 Reduced Level Soundings Products 

Date/Time Issued: October 27, 2021 1630 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted: Legacy Vertical Temperature and Moisture Sounding Profile Products

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  November 4, 2021 TBD UTC

 

Details/Specifics of Change: 

 

The implementation of GOES-16 and GOES-17 Reduced Level Soundings Products (legacy vertical temperature and moisture profiles) from 100 levels to 34 levels will be implemented on November 4, 2021 at TBD UTC. 

 

 

 

NWS 34 SOUNDINGS LEVELS

 

34 Levels LVTP/LVMP GOES products: 

Nearest Mandatory or model product levels if applicable (e.g. NAM/GFS):

(* = mandatory levs AMS glossary) **=NWS/Obs 

1014

1000

*

986.1

975

 

958.6

950

 

931.5

925

*

904.9

900

 

878.6

875

 

852.8

850

*

827.4

825

 

802.4

800

 

777.8

775

 

753.6

750

 

729.9

725

 

706.6

700

*

683.7

683.7

**

661.2

650

 

617.5

617.5

**

596.3

600

 

575.5

575.5

**

555.2

550

 

535.2

535.2

**

496.6

500

*

459.7

450

 

407.5

400

*

359.0

350

 

300.0

300

*

247.4

250

*

201.0

200

*

151.3

150

*

103.0

100

*

71.5

70

*

51.53

50

*

29.12

30

*

20.92

20

*

9.51

10

*

  link to Skew-T comparisons between 101 and 30 Level configuration:

 The resolution will still be at 10 km, and the cadence will be every hour for the Full Disc, every 30 minutes for CONUS, and every 5 minutes for MESOs.  This is a GOES-R Level 2 Product update.

Short Names: 

ABI-L2-LVMPRF

ABI-L2-LVMPRC

ABI-L2-LVMPRM

ABI-L2-LVTPRF

ABI-L2-LVTPRC

ABI-L2-LVTPRM

Example file name: 

ABI-L2-LVTPRF-M6_G17_s20213001210321_e20213001219388_c20213001220152.nc

ABI-L2-LVMPRC-M6_G17_s20213001210321_e20213001219388_c20213001220152.nc

ABI-L2-LVMPRM-M6_G17_s20213001210321_e20213001219388_c20213001220152.nc

ABI-L2-LVTPRF-M6_G17_s20213001210321_e20213001219388_c20213001220152.nc

ABI-L2-LVTPRC-M6_G17_s20213001210321_e20213001219388_c20213001220152.nc

ABI-L2-LVTPRM-M6_G17_s20213001210321_e20213001219388_c20213001220152.nc

Where: date formats are “YYYYDOYhhmmsss” YYYY is year, DOY is day of the year julian calendar, hh is hours, mm is minutes, ss is seconds of the L2 Product.

Cadence: 1 hour Full Disc, 30 minutes CONUS, 5 Minutes MESO

Horizontal Resolution: 10 km 

Please note: There will be a potential loss of one scene of the soundings products when the installation starts. This upgrade will not be performed during Critical Weather Day (CWD).

Contact Information: For information on the status of this work, please contact SPSD.Userservices@noaa.gov and  ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or 301-817-3880

Web Site(s) for applicable information: N/A

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