Administrative: Update #6: Implementation of GOES-16 and GOES-17 Reduced Level Soundings (Legacy Vertical Temperature and

Moisture Profile Products) on November 8, 2021, Issued: November 8, 2021 2231 UTC


Update #6: Correction: Implementation of GOES-16 and GOES-17 Reduced Level Soundings (Legacy Vertical Temperature and

Moisture Profile Products was operationally deployed at 2118 UTC on November 8, 2021.


Update #5: Implementation of GOES-16 and GOES-17 Reduced Level Soundings (Legacy Vertical Temperature and

Moisture Profile Products was operationally deployed at 1809 UTC on November 8, 2021.


Update #4: Implementation of GOES-16 and GOES-17 Reduced Level Soundings (Legacy Vertical Temperature and

Moisture Profile Products on November 8, 2021


Update #3: This is a reminder that the implementation of the GOES-17 and GOES-17 Reduced Level Soundings should occur at some point, tomorrow, November 5, 2021 at TBD 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: November 8, 2021 2231 UTC

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

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  November 8, 2021 2118 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 should be implemented on November 8, 2021 at TBD UTC. 

NWS 34 SOUNDINGS LEVELS:

34 Reduced Levels Soundings

Nearest Mandatory or model product levels:

* = mandatory levels AMS glossary

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

*


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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