704 NOUS46 KSEW 070300 PNSSEW Washington Precipitation Summary National Weather Service Seattle WA 800 PM PDT Mon May 6 2019 In contrast to the dry March, April saw near to above normal precipitation for Washington state. The Palouse and Blue Mountains region in Eastern Washington was especially wet, with April 2019 being in the top ten wettest for some locations there. For the water year, most of Washington state was near to below normal, with a majority of the below normal regions on the west side. For Western Washington, the monthly percentage of normal for precipitation ranged from 90 percent on the Coast to 143 percent in the Northwest Interior. The greatest amount of precipitation at the climate stations for the mountains, coast and interior lowlands was 12.54 inches at Cedar Lake on the western slopes of the Cascades, 8.27 at Quillayute, and 6.00 inches at Clearbrook in the Northwest Interior. For Eastern Washington, the percentage of normal for precipitation ranged from 95 percent in the Okanogan region to 258 percent in the Palouse and Blue Mountains region. The greatest amount of precipitation at the climate stations for the mountains and lowlands was 3.65 inches at Pullman in the Palouse and Blue Mountains region, and 1.47 at Spokane in the Northeast region. The outlook for May and beyond for Washington state, for the next two weeks the outlook is for below normal precipitation. The monthly outlook for May is for below normal precipitation for much of Washington, except for equal chances of above, below or near normal precipitation for the extreme northeast corner of state. The three month outlook for May through July calls for below precipitation for Western Washington, above normal for the extreme southeast corner, and equal chances of above, below or near normal precipitation for much of Eastern Washington. The table below gives precipitation figures as a percent of normal for regions of Washington. The current water year began 1 October 2018 and ends 30 September 2019. April Water year Past 3 Past 12 2019 to date months months Western Washington Coast 90 83 55 79 Olympics 95 82 53 80 Northwest Interior 143 95 86 87 Puget Sound Lowlands 92 82 71 78 Southwest Interior 101 76 76 71 West Foothills Casca 126 84 78 79 Cascades West 129 86 77 82 Eastern Washington East Slopes Cascades 116 83 71 76 Okanogan 95 85 74 66 Central Basin 126 107 124 89 Northeast 103 95 89 81 Palouse and Blue Mtn 258 111 148 97 The table below expresses precipitation in inches and as a percent of normal for a variety of locations around the state. Occasionally missing data at a site are estimated using observed data from surrounding stations. April Water year Past 12 months Inches Pct Inches Pct Inches Pct Quillayute 8.27 105 74.77 90 87.82 99 Hoquiam 4.28 84 45.67 80 50.38 90 Bellingham* 3.71 143 24.08 90 28.59 91 Seattle 3.53 130 28.63 93 30.67 97 Olympia 2.68 76 31.84 75 35.26 85 Longview 3.90 103 28.90 75 33.19 80 Concrete 4.52 90 47.06 82 54.70 91 Snoqualmie Fall 7.09 147 38.26 77 47.68 92 Randle* 5.19 126 37.99 83 44.93 90 Diablo Dam 6.02 125 53.30 82 61.62 89 Stampede Pass 6.00 114 54.97 83 63.68 92 Paradise 10.94 132 93.27 94 105.51 102 Winthrop 0.72 95 8.68 81 10.35 85 Stehekin 1.59 100 28.27 89 30.17 92 Leavenworth* 1.29 116 18.99 89 20.36 91 Mount Adams 3.55 145 35.91 88 37.59 92 Wenatchee 0.78 147 5.67 82 6.46 86 Yakima 0.68 124 7.29 117 7.96 105 Coulee Dam 0.74 85 7.29 101 8.08 88 Lind 0.89 107 7.31 100 8.80 108 Republic 1.42 115 9.83 98 14.13 95 Spokane 1.47 115 12.55 106 14.63 101 Pullman 3.65 474 16.07 113 19.81 109 Dayton 3.53 205 14.77 103 17.03 102 * = Estimated $$ Grub  334 NOUS42 KFFC 070302 PNSFFC GAZ013>016-021>025-027-034>037-047-120000- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1102 PM EDT Mon May 6 2019 ...CLEVELAND NWR TRANSMITTER IS OFF THE AIR UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE... NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Cleveland...WXJ 53 on 162.525... will be off the air until further notice due to an unexpected outage. Service is not expected to be restored at until a washed out road to the transmitter can be repaired. WXJ 53 provides service to the Georgia counties of Banks...Barrow...Cherokee...Clarke... Dawson...Forsyth...Franklin...Gwinnett...Habersham...Hall... Hart...Jackson...Lumpkin...Madison...Oconee...Pickens... Stephens...Walton...and White. Alternate service for the affected areas can be received from transmitters at Atlanta...KEC 80 on 162.550...Eatonton...KXI 89 on 162.525...Athens...WXK 56 on 162.400...Chatsworth...WXK 52 on 162.400...Brasstown Bald...KXI 22 on 162.500...and Toccoa... WWH 24 on 162.425. Weather information is also available from weather.gov/atlanta. $$  834 NOUS41 KRLX 070523 PNSRLX KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>034-039-040-515>526-071730- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Charleston WV 123 AM EDT Tue May 7 2019 ...A Warm April Especially East... Although not without its cold periods, all climate sites across the region registered above normal temperatures during the month of April with several sites breaching the Top 10 for warmest April on record. The month started off frigidly cold but quickly rebounded into a warm and wet pattern that would hold through the middle of the month. High temperatures regularly reached into the 70's and 80's during this period, even across higher elevation sites. This yielded a couple weeks of elevated fire danger. The weather pattern became active once more during the second half of the month with numerous storm systems moving across the region. The amplified pattern led to yo-yo temperature trends, near to slightly above normal. The active, warm pattern tended to cause storms to track north across the area which yielded above average precipitation at Parkersburg, Clarksburg, and Elkins. Below average rainfall was observed at Huntington, Charleston, and Beckley. At Beckley: An average temperature of 56.4 degrees Fahrenheit ties for 4th warmest April on record. At Clarksburg: An average temperature of 58.8 degrees Fahrenheit ranks as 2nd warmest April on record. At Elkins: An average temperatures of 54.9 degrees Fahrenheit ranks as 3rd warmest April on record. At Parkersburg: An average temperature of 57.6 degrees Fahrenheit ties for 10th warmest April on record. $$  537 NOUS41 KOKX 070758 PNSOKX Public Information Statement National Weather Service New York NY 400 AM EDT TUE MAY 7 2019 ...National Hurricane Preparedness Week is from May 5 to May 11... ...Assemble Disaster Supplies... You're going to need supplies not just to get through the storm but for the potentially lengthy and unpleasant aftermath. Get your supplies before hurricane season begins. Have enough non-perishable food and water for at least three days and be sure to fill your prescriptions and have medicine onhand. Electricity and water could be out for a week or more. Gas up your automobiles and generators before the storm. You'll also need extra cash, a battery-powered radio, flashlights, and phone chargers. Think about a having a portable, crank or solar powered USB charger. The next statement will focus on getting an insurance checkup. Be prepared this hurricane season and visit hurricanes.gov and ready.gov/hurricanes. $$  359 NOUS45 KBOU 070859 PNSBOU COZ030>051-072300- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 259 AM MDT TUE MAY 7 2019 ...Today in metro Denver weather history... 4-8 In 1969...from the 4th to the 8th...heavy rains caused flooding on Boulder Creek in Boulder...which resulted in one death on the 7th. Flooding also occurred on Bear Creek in Sheridan and on the South Platte River in Denver. Rain over most of the eastern foothills started late on the 4th and continued with only brief interruptions in many areas until the morning of the 8th. Very high rates of rainfall occurred on the 6th and 7th with the greatest intensities in a band along the foothills from about 25 miles southwest of Denver northward to Estes Park. Storm totals by both official and unofficial measurements exceeded 10 inches over much of this area and were over 12 inches in some localities. Heavy snow fell in the higher mountains and in the foothills later in the period. The saturation of the soil resulted in numerous rock and land slides...and the heavy run-off caused severe damage along many streams and flooding on the South Platte River. Many foothill communities were isolated as highways were blocked and communications disrupted. Roads were severely damaged over a wide area...and a large number of bridges washed out. Many roads were closed due to the danger from falling rocks. A building in Georgetown collapsed from the weight of heavy wet snow. In Boulder...a man drowned when caught by the flooding waters of Boulder Creek...and a patrolman was injured. Rainfall totaled 7.60 inches in Boulder with 9.34 inches recorded at the Public Service Company electric plant in Boulder Canyon. In Morrison...rainfall totaled 11.27 inches in 4 days. Heavy rainfall totaled 4.68 inches at Stapleton International Airport over 3 days from the 5th through the 7th. Rainfall of 3.14 inches was recorded in 24 hours on the 6th and 7th. Downstream flooding continued along the South Platte River until the 12th when the flood crest reached the Nebraska line. 6-7 In 1873...from the 6th to the 7th...snowfall totaled 8.9 inches in downtown Denver. Most of the snow fell on the 6th. 7 In 1904...west winds were sustained to 48 mph with gusts to 60 mph. A shower produced 0.16 inch of rain. In 1953...a microburst caused a brief wind gust to 58 mph at Stapleton Airport. In 1958...3/4 inch diameter hail fell over south metro Denver... 10 miles southwest of Stapleton Airport. In 1977...baseball size hail damaged windows in Wheat Ridge. Hail was 4 inches deep on the ground in Arvada. Hail 3/4 to 1 inch diameter fell in Westminster and Kittredge. In 1990...a fast moving cold front produced wind gusts of 40 to 60 mph. Brighton reported a wind gust to 57 mph...while north wind gusts to 44 mph were measured at Stapleton International Airport. In 1995...severe thunderstorms struck Aurora. Hail piled 4 to 5 inches deep in the vicinity of Quincy Reservoir in south Aurora. Lightning struck an Aurora Police communications tower causing significant malfunction to the primary system. Minor damage was sustained when lightning struck an apartment building. Hail...up to 1 1/4 inches in diameter...while soft and slushy...accumulated up to 6 inches deep in 15 minutes. Many streets were closed for an hour or more due to flooding caused by heavy rain and melting hail stones. Some trees were stripped of their leaves. Hail as large as 1/2 inch diameter was measured at Denver International Airport where a funnel cloud was sighted. In 2003...a tornado touched down briefly near Bennett...but did no reported damage. In 2005...severe thunderstorms produced 3/4 inch hail near Brighton and a thunderstorm wind gust to 60 mph near Fort Lupton. In 2014...severe thunderstorms produced large hail...from 1 to 1 1/2 inches in diameter...across parts of Arvada...Broomfield... Dacono...Northglenn and Thornton. In 2015...a severe thunderstorm produced hail...up to walnut size...in Elbert County. A weak tornado touched down briefly near Ft. Lupton. In 2017...a 37-year-old woman and her horse were killed near Sedalia after lightning hit a nearby tree. A teenage girl was also seriously injured. Damaging microburst winds downed trees and power poles across parts of Adams...Arapahoe...Denver and Douglas Counties. Electrical lines and branches were also snapped causing scattered power outages. 7-8 In 1958...rainfall from the 7th to the 8th...totaled 2.50 inches at Stapleton Airport. $$  939 NOUS42 KRAH 071052 PNSRAH PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 800 AM EDT TUE MAY 7 2019 THIS WEEK IS NORTH CAROLINA’S HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS WEEK FOR 2019 All week long the National Weather Service will issue informative messages to help you prepare for the hurricane season. Today’s topics include high winds and secure an insurance check-up. High winds: The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale classifies hurricanes into five categories based on their sustained wind speed at the indicated time. Hurricanes reaching Category 3 and higher are considered major hurricanes because of their potential for significant loss of life and property. Category 1 and 2 storms are still dangerous and require preventive measures. It is important that you know your hurricane warning terminology – the difference between watches and warning: Hurricane Warning: An announcement that sustained winds of 74 mph or higher are expected somewhere within the specified area in association with a tropical, subtropical, or post-tropical cyclone. Because hurricane preparedness activities become difficult once winds reach tropical storm force, the warning is issued 36 hours in advance of the anticipated onset of tropical-storm-force winds. The warning can remain in effect when dangerously high water or a combination of dangerously high water and waves continue, even though winds may be less than hurricane force. Hurricane Watch: An announcement that sustained winds of 74 mph or higher are possible somewhere within the specified area in association with a tropical, subtropical, or post-tropical cyclone. Because hurricane preparedness activities become difficult once winds reach tropical storm force, the watch is issued 48 hours in advance of the anticipated onset of tropical-storm-force winds. Tropical Storm Warning: An announcement that sustained winds of 39 to 73 mph are expected somewhere within the specified area within 36 hours in association with a tropical, subtropical, or post-tropical cyclone. Tropical Storm Watch: An announcement that sustained winds of 39 to 73 mph are possible somewhere within the specified area within 48 hours in association with a tropical, subtropical, or post- tropical cyclone. Keep in mind that even tropical storm force winds of less than 74 mph are capable of tossing around debris and causing damage similar to that seen in inland areas during Hurricane Fran especially in the Raleigh area. For this reason, you should seek shelter from the wind in a sturdy building as the hurricane moves inland and before the onset of tropical storm force winds. Tropical storm force winds usually strike hours ahead of the actual hurricane’s eye. For this reason many emergency officials typically have evacuations completed and personnel sheltered before the onset of tropical storm force winds. Hurricane force winds can easily destroy poorly constructed buildings and mobile homes. Debris such as signs, roofing material, and items left outside become flying missiles in high wind. Falling trees cause extensive damage to power lines, towers and underground water lines. This can cause extended disruptions of utility services. Damaging hurricane force winds can be just as devastating as tornadoes. You can protect windows by installing hurricane shutters or prepare 5/8 of an inch plywood panels. Garage doors are also very susceptible to high wind and fail frequently in tropical storms and hurricanes when wind gusts exceed 70 mph. Reinforcing garage doors with affordable braces significantly increase structural integrity. Things you can do before a storm threatens include assessing your home’s landscaping and assess the threat from falling trees. Trim back any dead limbs as well as large overhanging branches. Pick up all loose objects around the house including lawn furniture, grills, and potted plants. Lastly have a plan of where to seek shelter in your home if high wind threatens you. Talk with your family and let everyone know where your predetermined safe room is in your home. Interior hallways, closets and bathrooms are the safest locations. Always stay away from windows and exterior doors. Secure an insurance check-up: Call your insurance company or agent and ask for an insurance check-up to make sure you have enough homeowners insurance to repair or even replace your home. Don’t forget coverage for your car or boat. Remember, standard homeowners insurance doesn’t cover flooding. Whether you’re a homeowner or renter, you’ll need a separate policy for it, and it’s available through your company, agent or the National Flood Insurance Program at www.floodsmart.gov. Act now as flood insurance requires a 30-day waiting period. Finally, know where your insurance documents and contact information are located, and be sure to take them with you if you have to evacuate. For more information about hurricane preparedness, please visit the following web sites: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/prepare http://www.readync.org  412 NOUS43 KGLD 071203 PNSGLD Public Information Statement National Weather Service Goodland KS 600 AM MDT Tue May 07 2019 ...ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY... In 2009, a thunderstorm complex developed across portions of northwest Kansas during the late morning and early afternoon hours. Large hail up to golf balls was reported in Cheyenne, Sherman, Logan and Gove Counties. A lightning strike destroyed communication equipment and began a small fire at the Colby dispatch center. $$  679 NOUS44 KOHX 071304 PNSOHX TNZ023>025-056>058-093-094-090000- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Nashville TN 804 AM CDT Tue May 7 2019 ...Lobelville NOAA Weather Radio is Off the Air... The Lobelville NOAA Weather Radio transmitter...broadcasting on a frequency of 162.525 MHz...is off the air. We are working with technicians to get it back up and running as soon as possible. In the meantime...please tune to local media and commercial radio for the latest severe weather information. Backup NOAA Weather Radio transmitters are: Vale, TN...broadcasting on a frequency of 162.450 MHz...or channel 3 on most NOAA Weather Radios...and Centerville...broadcasting on a frequency of 162.450 MHz...or channel 3 on most NOAA Weather Radios. Keep in mind that not all backup transmitters will tone for your specific county...so please stay weather aware during the radio outage. Thank You for your patience. We apologize for any inconvenience this outage may cause. $$ 31  366 NOUS42 KMHX 071401 PNSMHX NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>092-094-193>196-198-199-203>205-071815- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 1001 AM EDT Tue May 7 2019 ...HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS WEEK FOR 2019... All week long the National Weather Service will issue informative messages to help you prepare for the hurricane season. Today's topics include high winds and secure an insurance check-up. High winds... The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale classifies hurricanes into five categories based on their sustained wind speed at the indicated time. Hurricanes reaching Category 3 and higher are considered major hurricanes because of their potential for significant loss of life and property. Category 1 and 2 storms are still dangerous and require preventive measures. It is important that you know your hurricane warning terminology; the difference between watches and warning: Hurricane Warning: An announcement that sustained winds of 74 mph or higher are expected somewhere within the specified area in association with a tropical, subtropical, or post-tropical cyclone. Because hurricane preparedness activities become difficult once winds reach tropical storm force, the warning is issued 36 hours in advance of the anticipated onset of tropical-storm-force winds. The warning can remain in effect when dangerously high water or a combination of dangerously high water and waves continue, even though winds may be less than hurricane force. Hurricane Watch: An announcement that sustained winds of 74 mph or higher are possible somewhere within the specified area in association with a tropical, subtropical, or post-tropical cyclone. Because hurricane preparedness activities become difficult once winds reach tropical storm force, the watch is issued 48 hours in advance of the anticipated onset of tropical-storm-force winds. Tropical Storm Warning: An announcement that sustained winds of 39 to 73 mph are expected somewhere within the specified area within 36 hours in association with a tropical, subtropical, or post-tropical cyclone. Tropical Storm Watch: An announcement that sustained winds of 39 to 73 mph are possible somewhere within the specified area within 48 hours in association with a tropical, subtropical, or post-tropical cyclone. Keep in mind that even tropical storm force winds of less than 74 mph are capable of tossing around debris and causing damage. For this reason, you should seek shelter from the wind in a sturdy building as the hurricane moves inland and before the onset of tropical storm force winds. Tropical storm force winds usually strike hours ahead of the actual hurricane's eye. For this reason many emergency officials typically have evacuations completed and personnel sheltered before the onset of tropical storm force winds. Hurricane force winds can easily destroy poorly constructed buildings and mobile homes. Debris such as signs, roofing material, and items left outside become flying missiles in high wind. Falling trees cause extensive damage to power lines, towers and underground water lines. This can cause extended disruptions of utility services. Damaging hurricane force winds can be just as devastating as tornadoes. You can protect windows by installing hurricane shutters or prepare 5/8 of an inch plywood panels. Garage doors are also very susceptible to high wind and fail frequently in tropical storms and hurricanes when wind gusts exceed 70 mph. Reinforcing garage doors with affordable braces significantly increase structural integrity. Things you can do before a storm threatens include assessing your home's landscaping and assess the threat from falling trees. Trim back any dead limbs as well as large overhanging branches. Pick up all loose objects around the house including lawn furniture, grills, and potted plants. Lastly have a plan of where to seek shelter in your home if high wind threatens you. Talk with your family and let everyone know where your predetermined safe room is in your home. Interior hallways, closets and bathrooms are the safest locations. Always stay away from windows and exterior doors. Secure an insurance check-up... Call your insurance company or agent and ask for an insurance check-up to make sure you have enough homeowners insurance to repair or even replace your home. Don't forget coverage for your car or boat. Remember, standard homeowners insurance doesn't cover flooding. Whether you're a homeowner or renter, you'll need a separate policy for it, and it's available through your company, agent or the National Flood Insurance Program at www.floodsmart.gov. Act now as flood insurance requires a 30-day waiting period. Finally, know where your insurance documents and contact information are located, and be sure to take them with you if you have to evacuate. For more information about hurricane preparedness, please visit the following web sites: * http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/prepare * http://www.readync.org $$  547 NOUS41 KWBC 071400 PNSWSH Service Change Notice 19-40 National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring MD 1000 AM EDT Tue May 7 2019 To: Subscribers: -NOAA Weather Wire Service -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network -NOAAPORT Other NWS Partners, Users and Employees From: Bob Maxson Acting Director National Centers for Environmental Prediction Subject: Upgrade NCEP Global Forecast Systems (GFS) to V15.1 Effective June 12, 2019 Effective on or about Wednesday, June 12, 2019, beginning with the 1200 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) run, the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) will upgrade the Global Forecast Systems (GFS) from version 14 to 15.1. NOAA/NWS selected the finite­volume cubed-sphere (FV3) dynamical core as the Next Generation Global Prediction System (NGGPS). The FV3 was developed by the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) under NOAA's Office of Atmospheric Research (OAR). The current operational GFS Version 14 has a spectral dynamical core. The GFS version 15.1 uses the FV3 dynamical core and improved physics parameterizations. GFS Version 15.1 maintains a horizontal resolution of 13 km and has 64 levels in the vertical extending up to 0.2 hPa. It uses the same physics package as the current operational GFS except for: -Replacement of Zhao-Carr microphysics with the more advanced GFDL microphysics -Updated parameterization of ozone photochemistry with additional production and loss terms -Newly introduced parameterization of middle atmospheric water vapor photochemistry -Revised bare soil evaporation scheme -Modified convective parameterization scheme to reduce excessive cloud top cooling. EMC has conducted 3 years of retrospective experiments, including the real-time parallel, covering the past 3.5 years for a comprehensive evaluation of the Q2FY19 GFS implementation. GFS V15 shows equal or improved forecast skills in many areas, especially for 500-hPa height anomaly correlations, precipitation diurnal cycle and ETS score over the CONUS, surface 2m temperature, stratospheric ozone and water vapor, and hurricane intensity over all basins. Several individual case studies illustrate the model occasionally produces excessive snow in the medium range. EMC also noted a persistent cold bias that increases with forecast time. EMC will continue to explore ways to address these issues. Evaluation of both the real-time and retrospective parallels can be found at: https://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/users/meg/fv3gfs/ The site above includes relevant links to various evaluation and verification web sites. A real-time feed of the GFS V15 output is available on para NOMADS for both NCEP Web services and NOAAPORT output at: https://para.nomads.ncep.noaa.gov And on the Model Analysis and Guidance Website here: https://mageval.ncep.noaa.gov/ A summary of major changes to the data assimilation and model output contents include: - Changes to data assimilation - Product changes to file names, directory structure, and internal file parameters - Product delivery timing changes differing more than 5 minutes - Product volume changes - Removal of NOAAPORT/SBN products 1) Changes to Data Assimilation - Add Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) moisture channels - Add Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) all-sky radiances - Add Megha-Tropiques SAPHIR data - Add Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) data from MetOp-B - Upgrade the use of Cross-Track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) radiances - Add Meteosat-11 SEVIRI channels 5 and 6 - Add NPP OMPS profile and total column ozone - Monitor NOAA-19 SBUV/2, Metop-C AMSUA and MHS, GOES-17 AMVs - Add ability to read drifting and moored buoy data - Update quality control for GOES atmospheric motion vector (AMV) winds - Upgrade specific humidity perturbation and statistics physics tendency perturbation with new parameter settings in ensemble forecast; statistical kinetic energy backscattering perturbation is excluded - Remove digital filter and storm relocation - Increase horizontal resolution of the ensemble part of the hybrid data assimilation from 35 km to 25 km - Update the Near Sea Surface Temperature scheme to apply Sea Surface Temperature climatology tendency to the foundation temperature and reduce background error correlation length from 450~800 km down to 100 km. 2) Changes to Product Output on Web Services With this upgrade the following changes occur on either the NCEP web services: https://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/ ftp://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/ Or on the NWS Web services: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/ST.opnl/ ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/ST.opnl/ A) Changes to directory structures on the NCEP Web services - Major change to the GFS, GDAS and EnKF sub-directory structure: gfs.YYYYMMDDCC -> gfs.YYYYMMDD/CC gdas.YYYYMMDDCC -> gdas.YYYYMMDD/CC enkf.YYYYMMDD/CC -> enkfgdas.YYYYMMDD/CC Where YYYYMMDD is year, month, and day. Where CC is cycle. - The EnKF sub-directory structure is changing where each member is a unique directory. enkf.YYYYMMDD/CC/FILE -> enkfgdas.YYYYMMDD/CC/memXXX/FILE Where XXX is the member from 001, 002, ...080. B) Changes to the Output File Names on the NCEP Web Services - The EnKF files will no longer include memXXX in the file name. That information will now be obtained from the sub- directory. gdas.tCCz.sfcf009.memXXX.nemsio -> gdas.tCCz.sfcf009.nemsio - The Surface Flux (sflux) file name will change to include a leading 0 for forecast hours below 100, which will match all other file naming structures. Name changes are as follows: gfs.tCCz.sfluxgrbfFF.grib2 -> gfs.tCCz.sfluxgrbfFFF gdas.tCCz.sfluxgrbfFF.grib2 -> gdas.tCCz.sfluxgrbfFFF Where FF and FFF are the 2 and 3 digit forecast hours. - The GDAS near sea surface temperature analysis nemsio file (gdas.tCCz.nstanl.nemsio) will be merged into the surface analysis nemsio file (gdas.tCCz.sfcanl.nemsio). C) Changes to Variables on the NCEP Web Services - Time averaged and accumulated max/min variables will be removed from surface flux (sflux) files at forecast hour 000 because these fields do not have physical meaning at this time step. gfs.tCCz.sfluxgrbfFFF.grib2 - The sflux files will have additional variables for forecast 000 only. These variables already exist in later forecast hours. To see the entire list, users are encouraged to compare index files for current operational products with the parallel data on para NOMADS. - The pressure GRIB (pgrb) files will have both variable and level additions. Users are encouraged to check the index files on para NOMADS. Variable and level changes will have corresponding changes to NOMADS grib filter and OpenDAP services. gfs.tCCz.pgrb2.1p00.fFFF gfs.tCCz.pgrb2.0p50.fFFF gfs.tCCz.pgrb2.0p25.fFFF gfs.tCCz.pgrb2b.0p50.fFFF gfs.tCCz.pgrb2b.0p25.fFFF gfs.tCCz.pgrb2b.1p00.fFFF - The following changes will be made to GFS station BUFR soundings: I) Only non-hydrostatic vertical velocity VVEL (cm/s) will be included. Hydrostatic vertical velocity OMEGA (Pa/s) will be removed. II) A new bufr sounding station will be added (999390 40.19N, 113.47W DGWY 11 Dugway Prov Grd Ld 1296). III) The elevation at Station (488100 22.82N 104.97E 11 HA GIANG VIETNAM 117) will be changed from 10 m to 117 m. D) Product and File Additions to NCEP Web Services - NCEP wants to highlight two potentially impactful changes to the vertical velocity (VVEL) and accumulated precipitation (PCP) variables. To keep in line with the direction of the NCEP modeling suite unification, these variables are changing. In order to provide users with enough lead time, both the legacy and new variables will be included in GFS V15. We encourage users to migrate to the new variables described below. In the near future, the legacy products will be removed. I) A second vertical velocity field will be included in the output files and written out by the model as DZDT (m/s). The GFS V15 treats DZDT as a prognostic variable. The vertical velocity VVEL (pascal/s) found in the current operational product is now derived from DZDT using the hydrostatic approximation. II) New total precipitation and convective precipitation, with continuous accumulation, will be added to the output. Examples of the new variables: APCP:surface:0-10 day acc fcst ACPCP:surface:0-10 day acc fcst - The following output files will have increased temporal resolution from 12-hly to 3-hly after forecast hour 240: gfs.tCCz.pgrb2.1p00.fFFF gfs.tCCz.pgrb2.0p50.fFFF gfs.tCCz.pgrb2.0p25.fFFF gfs.tCCz.pgrb2b.0p50.fFFF gfs.tCCz.pgrb2b.0p25.fFFF gfs.tCCz.pgrb2b.1p00.fFFF gfs.tCCz.sfluxgrbfFFF.grib2 Where FFF is forecast hour greater than 240. - A new cyclone tracker file will be added to the NCEP websites. It contains three parameters for depicting cyclone phases based on Hart (2003), where parameter B for cyclone thermal symmetry and parameters -Vt(lower) and -Vt(upper) for cyclone thermal winds. File will be located under directory structure: /com/ens_tracker/prod/gfs.YYYYMMDD/CC/tctrack With file name: avnop.tCCz.cyclone.trackatcfunix E) Product Removal from NWS Web Services, with Substitutes on the NCEP Web Services: - The 0.5-degree files labeled for the National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) will be removed. Users can find replacement files on the NCEP websites. File names that will be removed match: fh.0FFF_tl.press_gr.0p5deg_pt.npoess Replacement files on the NCEP web services: gfs/prod/gfs.YYYYMMDD/CC/gfs.tCCz.pgrb2.0p5.fFFF gfs/prod/gfs.YYYYMMDD/CC/gfs.tCCz.pgrb2b.0p5.fFFF - The GFS NEMSIO files will be removed from NWS web services. Users can find the exact files on the NCEP web services. File names that will be removed: ST.expr/MT.gfs_CY.CC/RD.YYYYMMDD/PT.bin_DF.of fh.anal_tl.sigma ST.expr/MT.gfs_CY.CC/RD.YYYYMMDD/PT.bin_DF.of fh.anal_tl.sfsig Exact replacement files on the NCEP Web services: gfs.YYYYMMDD/CC/gfs.tCCz.atmanl.nemsio gfs.YYYYMMMDD/CC/gfs.tCCz.sfcanl.nemsio - The cyclone tracker file on the NWS Website will be moved to the NCEP website. This file provides the basic hurricane track information such as location and intensity. The names that will be removed: avn.tCCz.cyclone.trackatcfunix Exact file replacement path on NCEP web services: ens_tracker/prod/gfs.YYYYMMDD/CC/tctrack/ F) Product Removal from NCEP Web Services - The ENKF atmospheric analysis for each ensemble member will be removed from the NCEP web services with file names like: gdas.tCCz.ratmanl.memFFF.nemsio gdas.tCCz.atmf006s.memFFF.nemsio gdas.tCCz.atmf009s.memFFF.nemsio - In the future, NCEP will be terminating the lower resolution products from its web services and encouraging users to migrate to higher resolution output. - The Archive TAR output products will be removed from directory: /com/arkv/prod/ncartar/ With filenames like: ncargdas.20190324.tar obs.${date}.tar Users can find replacement products in the GDAS directory containing "pgrb2" and "bufr_d" respectively. G) Product Timing and Volume Changes - The data volume per file will increase for most output. This includes about a 50 percent increase in the "pgrb2" and "pgrb2b" files and up to a 200 percent increase in the "nemsio" files. - The current operational GFS V14 is run at a coarser horizontal resolution beyond forecast hour 240; GFS V15 will run at a uniform, high resolution throughout the entire forecast length up to 384 hours. As a result, the delivery of all GFS products after 240 hours of forecast will be delayed. The last products at forecast hour 384 will be delayed by up to 20 minutes. - Due to restructuring of some model processes, the following timing changes will also take place on the NCEP web services: These files will be up to 80 minutes early: gfs.tCCz.goessimpgrb2.1p00.fFFF gfs.tCCz.goessimpgrb2fFFF.grd221 These files will be up to 15 minutes early: gdas.tCCz.pgrb2.0p25.fFFF gdas.tCCz.pgrb2.1p00.fFFF memMMM/gdas.tCCz.sfcfFFF.nemsio (for some members) gdas.tCCz.atmfFFF.nemsio gdas.tCCz.sfcfFFF.nemsio gdas.tCCz.sfluxgrbfFFF.grib2 3) Changes to Products on NOAAPORT/SBN A) Product Changes - The 20km CONUS grid will be changed to use "Grid-relative" winds to interpolate (U and V) winds for map projection Lambert- Conformal. The resolution and component flags will be changed from 48 to 56 and the latitude of the South Pole will be changed from 0 to 90 degrees south (-90.000) in Grid Definition Template section (PDT 3.30). - The additional variables for vertical velocity (DZDT) and continuous precipitation (e.g., APCP, ACPCP) will not be added to NOAAPORT/SBN at this time. In the near future we will advertise a multi-cycle test dissemination of duplicate DZDT and PCP so that users can prepare for this change. NCEP plans to remove the legacy variables (VVEL and 6 hourly accumulated precipitation) as early as the 2020 upgrade. Users can begin testing the new variables here: https://para.nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/noaaport/gfs_newp recip/ B) Product Removals - In 2014, NCEP added higher resolution grids to NOAAPORT to replace the legacy lower resolution. Please see this notice for WMO information on the new grids: https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/tins/tin14- 54gfs_noaaport.pdf As advertised, the following low-resolution products will now be removed from NOAAPORT/SBN: Grid Resolution Area Map Projection --------------------------------------------------- #199 2.5 km Guam Mercator #225 80 km Hawaii Mercator #160 47 km Alaska North Polar Stereographic #161 0.5 deg Puerto Rico Latitude/Longitude #213 95 km Alaska Polar Stereographic #254 40 km Pacific Region Mercator The WMO headers for grid 160, 161, 213, 225 and 254 are listed at: https://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/changes/gfs_removal_grids.shtml Users of grid 199 (Guam) output are encouraged to use HiresW Guam products as a replacement available on the NCEP website under "hiresw." A full list of grid 199 WMO headers being removed can be found here: https://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/codes/GRIB2/wmo_headers_for_GUA M_199/wmo_headers_awips_guam_grid_199 NCEP urges all users to ensure their decoders can handle changes in content order, changes in the scaling factor component within the product definition section (PDS) of the GRIB files, and volume changes. These elements may change with future NCEP model implementations. NCEP will make every attempt to alert users to these changes before implementation. A real-time feed of the GFS V15 output is available on para NOMADS for both NCEP Web services and NOAAPORT output here: https://para.nomads.ncep.noaa.gov And graphical output is available on the Model Analysis and Guidance (MAG) here: https://mageval.ncep.noaa.gov/ NCEP will evaluate all comments to determine whether to proceed with this upgrade. For questions regarding these model changes, please contact: Vijay Tallapragada EMC Modeling and Data Assimilation Branch Chief Vijay.Tallapragada@noaa.gov For questions regarding the data flow aspects of these data sets, please contact: Carissa Klemmer NCO Implementation and Data Services Branch Chief ncep.list.pmb-dataflow@noaa.gov 301-683-0567 For any questions regarding Public Relations, please contact: Lauren Gaches NOAA Public Affairs-NCEP/NWS Desk-301-683-1327 Cell-202-740-8314 lauren.gaches@noaa.gov National Service Change Notices are online at: https://www.weather.gov/notification/  920 NOUS43 KAPX 071547 PNSAPX MIZ016-017-021-099-072100- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Gaylord MI 1147 AM EDT Tue May 7 2019 ...WNG-572 DOWN FOR MAINTENANCE TODAY... NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION WNG-572, LOCATED IN GOOD HART MICHIGAN, BROADCASTING ON A FREQUENCY OF 162.475 MHZ, WILL EXPERIENCE OUTAGES TODAY WHILE TECHNICIANS TROUBLESHOOT PHONE LINE PROBLEMS. IT IS EXPECTED TO BE BACK UP LATER THIS AFTERNOON. $$  177 NOUS43 KLOT 071645 PNSLOT ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002- 010-011-019-082300- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Chicago IL 1142 AM CDT Tue May 07 2019 ...Morning Rainfall Roundup... The following are rain amounts for the previous 24-hours as measured in the morning by NWS Cooperative Observers and CoCoRaHS observers. Observations are usually taken between 6 AND 8 AM. 24-hour rainfall amounts for Tuesday(05/07/19)... Illinois Rain Location (County): fall (inches) Mendota (La Salle)...........................1.44 Mendota 2S (La Salle)........................1.28 Sheridan 3SSE (La Salle).....................1.08 Earlville 3S (La Salle)......................1.00 Pontiac 1SE (Livingston).....................0.96 Naperville 2SE (Du Page).....................0.85 Naperville 2ESE (Du Page)....................0.83 Shabbona (De Kalb)...........................0.82 La Salle (La Salle)..........................0.81 Wheaton 2NNE (Du Page).......................0.79 Oswego 5SSE (Kendall)........................0.78 Naperville 4SSW (Will).......................0.77 Aurora 4SE (Du Page).........................0.76 Aurora (Kane)................................0.75 Aurora 4SE (Du Page).........................0.75 Westmont 1SSW (Du Page)......................0.73 Pontiac (Livingston).........................0.73 Plainfield (Will)............................0.72 Elmhurst (Du Page)...........................0.71 Downers Grove 0.4NNE (Du Page)...............0.70 Plano (Kendall)..............................0.70 Pontiac 1ESE (Livingston)....................0.68 Homer Glen 1ENE (Will).......................0.68 Oak Park 2S (Cook)...........................0.67 Ottawa 2N (La Salle).........................0.67 Park Ridge 1WNW (Cook).......................0.66 Elk Grove Village 1ESE (Cook)................0.66 Elk Grove Village 2WSW (Cook)................0.66 Sugar Grove 1ENE (Kane)......................0.66 Darien (Du Page).............................0.65 Somonauk 2NE (De Kalb).......................0.64 Glen Ellyn 1WSW (Du Page)....................0.64 Lombard 1NNW (Du Page).......................0.64 Burr Ridge 2SW (Du Page).....................0.64 Villa Park 1NW (Du Page).....................0.63 Montgomery 1SSE (Kendall)....................0.62 Sugar Grove 1NE (Kane).......................0.62 Countryside 1ENE (Cook)......................0.61 De Kalb (De Kalb)............................0.61 North Aurora 2NE (Kane)......................0.61 Westmont (Du Page)...........................0.61 Aurora (Kane)................................0.60 Oak Park 1NNE (Cook).........................0.60 Earlville 5NNE (De Kalb).....................0.60 Oswego 3SSW (Kendall)........................0.60 Ottawa 1NW (La Salle)........................0.60 La Grange Park 1SSW (Cook)...................0.59 Elmhurst 2SE (Du Page).......................0.59 Aurora 4NE (Du Page).........................0.59 Batavia 1WSW (Kane)..........................0.59 North Utica 6N (La Salle)....................0.59 Palos Park 1SW (Cook)........................0.58 Naperville 1NW (Du Page).....................0.58 Plainfield 3NNW (Will).......................0.58 Batavia 1WNW (Kane)..........................0.57 Hoffman Estates 5W (Cook)....................0.56 Geneva 4WSW (Kane)...........................0.56 Oglesby 1ESE (La Salle)......................0.56 Streamwood 1W (Cook).........................0.55 Glen Ellyn 2SSE (Du Page)....................0.55 Geneva 1SSW (Kane)...........................0.55 Elgin 2W (Kane)..............................0.55 Romeoville (Will)............................0.55 De Kalb 1SW (De Kalb)........................0.54 Batavia 2WNW (Kane)..........................0.54 Lake Zurich (Lake)...........................0.54 Bridgeview 1NNW (Cook).......................0.53 Schaumburg 2E (Cook).........................0.53 Elgin (Kane).................................0.52 Amboy (Lee)..................................0.51 De Kalb (De Kalb)............................0.51 Elburn (Kane)................................0.51 Oak Lawn 2WNW (Cook).........................0.51 Elburn (Kane)................................0.51 Lisle Morton Arb (Du Page)...................0.51 Arlington Heights 1SW (Cook).................0.50 Lincolnwood 3E (Cook)........................0.50 St. Charles (Kane)...........................0.50 Elgin 8WSW (Kane)............................0.50 Park Ridge (Cook)............................0.49 Peru 1ENE (La Salle).........................0.49 Joliet 3WNW (Will)...........................0.49 Ottawa (La Salle)............................0.49 Rogers Park 2SW (Cook).......................0.48 Midway Coop (Cook)...........................0.48 Dekalb (De Kalb).............................0.47 Lincolnwood 2E (Cook)........................0.47 Cortland (De Kalb)...........................0.47 Plainfield 5SW (Kendall).....................0.47 Ohare Airport (Cook).........................0.47 Willow Springs (Cook)........................0.47 Mount Prospect 3NE (Cook)....................0.46 Buffalo Grove 2N (Lake)......................0.46 Oak Lawn (Cook)..............................0.45 Chicago Ridge (Cook).........................0.45 Harwood Heights (Cook).......................0.45 St. Charles 6NW (Kane).......................0.45 Hebron (McHenry).............................0.44 Palatine 1NNE (Cook).........................0.44 Lake Zurich 1N (Lake)........................0.44 West Chicago (Du Page).......................0.43 Highwood 1S (Lake)...........................0.43 Worth (Cook).................................0.42 Plainfield 3ESE (Will).......................0.42 Hoffman Estates 2SE (Cook)...................0.41 Glencoe (Cook)...............................0.41 New Lenox 3E (Will)..........................0.41 Midway (Cook)................................0.41 Wheeling (Cook)..............................0.41 Botanic Gardens (Cook).......................0.40 Chicago 6ESE (Cook)..........................0.40 Oak Lawn 2SE (Cook)..........................0.40 Chicago 5NE (Cook)...........................0.40 Plainfield 2SSE (Will).......................0.40 Elgin (Kane).................................0.39 Elgin 1S (Kane)..............................0.39 Steward (Lee)................................0.39 Homewood (Cook)..............................0.38 Flossmoor (Cook).............................0.37 Gilberts (Kane)..............................0.37 Joliet 2n (Will).............................0.37 Lockport 1SE (Will)..........................0.36 Barrington (Lake)............................0.35 Brandon Road Lock & Dam (Will)...............0.35 Batavia (Kane)...............................0.33 New Lenox 3ENE (Will)........................0.33 Flossmoor 1ESE (Cook)........................0.30 New Lenox 2SE (Will).........................0.30 Joliet (Will)................................0.29 Peru (La Salle)..............................0.28 Rochelle (Ogle)..............................0.26 Ashton (Lee).................................0.23 Lake In The Hills 1ESE (McHenry).............0.23 Rochelle (Ogle)..............................0.23 Woodstock (McHenry)..........................0.23 Cary (McHenry)...............................0.22 Manhattan 5ENE (Will)........................0.22 Fairbury (Livingston)........................0.21 Channahon 1NNE (Will)........................0.20 Manhattan (Will).............................0.20 Park Forest 1SW (Cook).......................0.19 Minooka (Grundy).............................0.19 Lake Villa 1SSW (Lake).......................0.19 Elwood 5NE (Will)............................0.19 Marseilles Lock & Dam (La Salle).............0.19 Morris (Grundy)..............................0.18 Midlothian 1SE (Cook)........................0.18 Bull Valley 2WNW (McHenry)...................0.18 Genoa (De Kalb)..............................0.17 Lansing (Cook)...............................0.17 Midlothian (Cook)............................0.17 Morris 5NNW (Grundy).........................0.16 Lake Bluff 1W (Lake).........................0.16 Round Lake 2WNW (Lake).......................0.16 Gurnee 2W (Lake).............................0.15 Lakemoor 2NW (McHenry).......................0.15 Park Forest (Cook)...........................0.15 Lake Villa 2WSW (Lake).......................0.14 Huntley (McHenry)............................0.14 Fox Lake 2SE (Lake)..........................0.13 Monee (Will).................................0.13 Park Forest 1NNE (Cook)......................0.11 Sterling 4NE (Lee)...........................0.11 Mundelein (Lake).............................0.11 Manhattan 1ESE (Will)........................0.11 McHenry (Stratton Lock & Dam) (McHenry)......0.11 Belvidere (Boone)............................0.10 Dixon (Lee)..................................0.10 Capron (Boone)...............................0.10 Mazon 0.5ENE (Grundy)........................0.10 Algonquin 1N (McHenry).......................0.10 Crystal Lake 1WSW (McHenry)..................0.10 Mundelein (Lake).............................0.10 Rockford (Winnebago).........................0.10 Waukegan (Lake)..............................0.10 Wonder Lake 1WNW (McHenry)...................0.09 Channahon 2SSE (Will)........................0.09 Woodstock 5nw (McHenry)......................0.09 Woodstock 4SW (McHenry)......................0.08 Roscoe 2ESE (Winnebago)......................0.08 South Beloit 2SE (Winnebago).................0.08 Roscoe 2se (Winnebago).......................0.08 Beecher 3SSE (Will)..........................0.07 Morris 2SSE (Grundy).........................0.06 Rockford 1NW (Winnebago).....................0.06 Rockford 3NE (Winnebago).....................0.06 Crete 3E (Will)..............................0.05 Bourbonnais (Kankakee).......................0.04 Wilmington 3SE (Will)........................0.04 Beecher 3ENE (Will)..........................0.04 Seneca 1NNE (La Salle).......................0.03 Rockford 2ENE (Winnebago)....................0.03 Morris (Grundy)..............................0.03 Coal City 4NNW (Grundy)......................0.02 Carbon Hill 3.1N (Grundy)....................0.02 Coal City 3N (Grundy)........................0.01 Manteno 2NW (Kankakee).......................0.01 Winthrop Harbor 1SSW (Lake)..................0.01 Peotone (Will)...............................0.01 Coal City (Grundy)..........................TRACE Ashkum 5.6E (Iroquois)......................TRACE Wilmington 6NW (Will).......................TRACE Indiana Rain Location (County): fall (inches) Gary 5ENE (Lake).............................0.37 Hammond 1SSW (Lake)..........................0.35 Porter 1S (Porter)...........................0.33 Indiana Dunes (Porter).......................0.32 Munster 2NNW (Lake)..........................0.26 Portage 3E (Porter)..........................0.25 Valparaiso 5WSW (Porter).....................0.22 Griffith 1N (Lake)...........................0.19 Valparaiso 2WSW (Porter).....................0.18 Hobart 2E (Lake).............................0.17 Valparaiso 7WSW (Porter).....................0.16 Dyer 1WNW (Lake).............................0.15 Valparaiso 2WNW (Porter).....................0.15 Valparaiso 2N (Porter).......................0.14 Valparaiso 2NW (Porter)......................0.12 Crown Point (Lake)...........................0.11 Crown Point 1N (Lake)........................0.11 Schererville 1E (Lake).......................0.10 Valparaiso 1NE (Porter)......................0.08 Valparaiso 6WSW (Porter).....................0.08 Schererville 1E (Lake).......................0.07 Valparaiso 4SW (Porter)......................0.07 Crown Point 2WSW (Lake)......................0.06 St. John (Lake)..............................0.06 Valparaiso 6SSW (Porter).....................0.05 Valparaiso (Porter)..........................0.05 Mount Ayr 2NNE (Newton)......................0.04 De Motte 4SW (Jasper)........................0.03 Hebron 1NW (Porter)..........................0.02 De Motte 1NNW (Jasper).......................0.01 Wheatfield 3S (Jasper)......................TRACE De Motte 6S (Jasper)........................TRACE Rensselaer 4N (Jasper)......................TRACE $$  629 NOUS44 KCRP 071824 PNSCRP TXZ229>234-239>247-342>347-442-447-080630- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 124 PM CDT Tue May 7 2019 ...Warmer and Wetter than Normal for April 2019 at Corpus Christi... ...Warmer and Drier than Normal for April 2019 at Victoria and Laredo... ------------------------------------------------------------------- Corpus Christi (Record Period 1887 - 2019) ------------------------------------------ Rankings Monthly Mean Temp................72.9 Ranking Warmest..................41st Ranking Coldest..................91st Record Warmest (Temp/Year).......77.6/2006 Record Coldest (Temp/Year).......66.3/1931 Normal Mean Temp.................72.4 Precipitation Total (in.)........3.05 Ranking Wettest..................32nd Ranking Driest...................102nd Record Wettest (Precip/Year).....9.21/2004 Record Driest (Precip/Year)......T/1984 1983 1887 Normal Precipitation (in.).......1.84 New Records Date Record Value Previous Record 04/07 Rainfall 1.36 1.23/1900 04/10 High Temp 93 92/1984 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Victoria (Record Period 1893 - 2019) ------------------------------------ Rankings Monthly Mean Temp................70.1 Ranking Warmest..................68th Ranking Coldest..................42nd Record Warmest (Temp/Year).......76.1/1967 Record Coldest (Temp/Year).......65.5/1997 Normal Mean Temp.................69.9 Precipitation Total (in.)........2.17 Ranking Wettest..................63rd Ranking Driest...................64th Record Wettest (Precip/Year).....11.70/1997 Record Driest (Precip/Year)......T/1987 Normal Precipitation (in.).......2.82 New Records Date Record Value Previous Record 04/01 Low Temp 40 40/1937 04/02 Low Temp 36 40/1915 04/30 High Min 75 75/2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Laredo (Record Period 1887 - 2019) ------------------------------------ Rankings Monthly Mean Temp................76.2 Ranking Warmest..................51st Ranking Coldest..................62nd Record Warmest (Temp/Year).......84.9/2011 Record Coldest (Temp/Year).......67.3/1905 Normal Mean Temp.................75.9 Precipitation Total (in.)........0.20 Ranking Wettest..................93rd Ranking Driest...................26th Record Wettest (Precip/Year).....7.91/1947 Record Driest (Precip/Year)......0.00/2011 1984 1983 Normal Precipitation (in.).......1.42 New Records Date Record Value Previous Record No Records for April 2019. $$ ANM  558 NOUS46 KSEW 071850 CCA PNSSEW Washington Precipitation Summary...corrected National Weather Service Seattle WA 1150 AM PDT Tue May 7 2019 In contrast to the dry March, April saw near to above normal precipitation for Washington state. The Palouse and Blue Mountains region in Eastern Washington was especially wet, with April 2019 being in the top ten wettest for some locations there. For the water year, most of Washington state was near to below normal, with a majority of the below normal regions on the west side. For Western Washington, the monthly percentage of normal for precipitation ranged from 90 percent on the Coast to 143 percent in the Northwest Interior. The greatest amount of precipitation at the climate stations for the mountains, coast and interior lowlands was 12.54 inches at Cedar Lake on the western slopes of the Cascades, 8.27 at Quillayute, and 6.00 inches at Clearbrook in the Northwest Interior. For Eastern Washington, the percentage of normal for precipitation ranged from 95 percent in the Okanogan region to 258 percent in the Palouse and Blue Mountains region. The greatest amount of precipitation at the climate stations for the mountains and lowlands was 3.65 inches at Pullman in the Palouse and Blue Mountains region, and 1.47 at Spokane in the Northeast region. The outlook for May and beyond for Washington state, for the next two weeks the outlook is for below normal precipitation. The monthly outlook for May is for below normal precipitation for much of Washington, except for equal chances of above, below or near normal precipitation for the extreme northeast corner of state. The three month outlook for May through July calls for below precipitation for Western Washington, above normal for the extreme southeast corner, and equal chances of above, below or near normal precipitation for much of Eastern Washington. The table below gives precipitation figures as a percent of normal for regions of Washington. The current water year began 1 October 2018 and ends 30 September 2019. April Water year Past 3 Past 12 2019 to date months months Western Washington Coast 90 83 55 79 Olympics 95 82 53 80 Northwest Interior 143 95 86 87 Puget Sound Lowlands 92 82 71 78 Southwest Interior 101 76 76 71 West Foothills Casca 123 83 77 78 Cascades West 127 86 76 81 Eastern Washington East Slopes Cascades 116 83 71 76 Okanogan 95 85 74 66 Central Basin 126 107 124 89 Northeast 103 95 89 81 Palouse and Blue Mtn 258 111 148 97 The table below expresses precipitation in inches and as a percent of normal for a variety of locations around the state. Occasionally missing data at a site are estimated using observed data from surrounding stations. April Water year Past 12 months Inches Pct Inches Pct Inches Pct Quillayute 8.27 105 74.77 90 87.82 99 Hoquiam 4.28 84 45.67 80 50.38 90 Bellingham* 3.71 143 24.08 90 28.59 91 Seattle 3.53 130 28.63 93 30.67 97 Olympia 2.68 76 31.84 75 35.26 85 Longview 3.90 103 28.90 75 33.19 80 Concrete 4.52 90 47.06 82 54.70 91 Snoqualmie Fall 7.09 147 38.26 77 47.68 92 Randle* 5.19 126 37.99 83 44.93 90 Diablo Dam 6.02 125 53.30 82 61.62 89 Stampede Pass 6.00 114 54.97 83 63.68 92 Paradise 9.94 120 92.27 93 104.51 101 Winthrop 0.72 95 8.68 81 10.35 85 Stehekin 1.59 100 28.27 89 30.17 92 Leavenworth* 1.29 116 18.99 89 20.36 91 Mount Adams 3.55 145 35.91 88 37.59 92 Wenatchee 0.78 147 5.67 82 6.46 86 Yakima 0.68 124 7.29 117 7.96 105 Coulee Dam 0.74 85 7.29 101 8.08 88 Lind 0.89 107 7.31 100 8.80 108 Republic 1.42 115 9.83 98 14.13 95 Spokane 1.47 115 12.55 106 14.63 101 Pullman 3.65 474 16.07 113 19.81 109 Dayton 3.53 205 14.77 103 17.03 102 * = Estimated $$ Grub  084 NOUS45 KSLC 071949 PNSSLC Public Information Statement National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT 145 PM MDT Tue May 07 2019 ...Preliminary Storm Information... ***** Precip Reports ***** Time Precip ...Cache Valley/Utah Portion... Wellsville - 4665 ft 1 PM Tue 0.13 Richmond - 4551 ft 1 PM Tue 0.06 ...Northern Wasatch Front... South Weber - 4587 ft 1 PM Tue 0.61 Hill Air Force Base - 4787 ft 1 PM Tue 0.57 Bountiful Bench - 4990 ft 1 PM Tue 0.56 Bountiful Bench - 5114 ft 1 PM Tue 0.56 South Ogden - 4780 ft 1 PM Tue 0.56 Farmington - 4226 ft 1 PM Tue 0.53 Ogden - 5134 ft 1 PM Tue 0.53 Roy - 4373 ft 1 PM Tue 0.52 Harrisville - 4311 ft 1 PM Tue 0.44 Clinton - 4337 ft 1 PM Tue 0.43 Bountiful - 5130 ft 1 PM Tue 0.42 Ogden - 4572 ft 1 PM Tue 0.41 Beus Canyon - 5100 ft 1 PM Tue 0.41 Syracuse - 4245 ft 1 PM Tue 0.39 Farmington - 4226 ft 1 PM Tue 0.37 Bountiful - 4373 ft 1 PM Tue 0.36 Layton - 4770 ft 1 PM Tue 0.36 Syracuse - 4255 ft 1 PM Tue 0.34 Ogden - 4285 ft 1 PM Tue 0.34 Ogden - Hinckley Airport - 4440 ft 1 PM Tue 0.32 Centerville - 4216 ft 1 PM Tue 0.25 Farmington - 4232 ft 1 PM Tue 0.23 Fruit Heights - 4590 ft 1 PM Tue 0.18 Kaysville - 4413 ft 1 PM Tue 0.17 Brigham City - 4590 ft 1 PM Tue 0.06 ...Salt Lake and Tooele Valleys... Sugarhouse near Parleys Way - 4753 ft 1 PM Tue 0.32 Holladay - 4344 ft 1 PM Tue 0.28 Cottonwood Heights - 4587 ft 1 PM Tue 0.28 East Millcreek - 4516 ft 1 PM Tue 0.28 Salt Lake City - 4839 ft 1 PM Tue 0.23 Salt Lake City - 5102 ft 1 PM Tue 0.22 North Holladay - 4600 ft 1 PM Tue 0.20 Magna - 4400 ft 1 PM Tue 0.19 West Jordan - 4599 ft 1 PM Tue 0.12 Taylorsville - 4593 ft 1 PM Tue 0.12 Kearns - 4613 ft 1 PM Tue 0.11 Tooele 2 - 4318 ft 1 PM Tue 0.09 Salt Lake City - 4548 ft 1 PM Tue 0.09 Riverton - 4429 ft 1 PM Tue 0.09 Draper - 4543 ft 1 PM Tue 0.08 Riverton - 4480 ft 1 PM Tue 0.07 Draper - 5052 ft 1 PM Tue 0.07 Riverton - 4377 ft 1 PM Tue 0.07 South Jordan - 4551 ft 1 PM Tue 0.06 Draper - 4418 ft 1 PM Tue 0.05 West Valley City 5600W - 4279 ft 6 AM Tue 0.04 ...Southern Wasatch Front... Orem - 4799 ft 9 AM Tue 0.09 ...Wasatch Mountain Valleys... Weber River 6w Morgan - 4799 ft 1 PM Tue 0.66 Swansons Env Center - 5700 ft 1 PM Tue 0.47 Eden - 5137 ft 1 PM Tue 0.45 Huntsville - 5059 ft 1 PM Tue 0.34 Morgan - 5105 ft 1 PM Tue 0.12 Morgan - 5059 ft 1 PM Tue 0.11 Park City Golf Course - 6855 ft 1 PM Tue 0.09 ...Wasatch Mountains I-80 North... Emigration Canyon - 6024 ft 1 PM Tue 0.26 Sardine Summit - 5899 ft 1 PM Tue 0.24 Laketown - 5991 ft 1 PM Tue 0.11 Logan Summit - 7615 ft 1 PM Tue 0.11 Ben Lomond Trail - 6000 ft 12 PM Tue 0.10 Randolph - 6329 ft 1 PM Tue 0.06 Garden City - 5959 ft 1 PM Tue 0.05 Otter Creek - 7160 ft 12 PM Tue 0.05 ...Wasatch Mountains South of I-80... Alta - Guard House - 8799 ft 1 PM Tue 0.27 Udot Lcc Elberts - 7600 ft 1 PM Tue 0.25 Alta Collins - 9662 ft 1 PM Tue 0.25 Spruces - 7402 ft 1 PM Tue 0.14 Alta - Base - 8560 ft 1 PM Tue 0.11 Deer Vly - Ruby - 8300 ft 1 PM Tue 0.10 Sundance Mid Mountain - 7450 ft 1 PM Tue 0.06 ...Western Uinta Mountains... Norway - 8280 ft 1 PM Tue 0.06 Norway - 8280 ft 1 PM Tue 0.06 West Fork Blacksfork - 8865 ft 1 PM Tue 0.05 ...Wasatch Plateau/Book Cliffs... Daniels-strawberry - 8000 ft 12 PM Tue 0.20 ...Castle Country... Price - 5621 ft 7 AM Tue 0.02 Helper - 5947 ft 6 AM Tue 0.02 ...Sanpete/Sevier Valleys... Manti Radio - 5498 ft 5 AM Tue 0.05 ...West Central Utah... Mud Spring - 5902 ft 1 PM Tue 0.05 ...Southern Utah Mountains... Tom Best Spring - 7718 ft 1 PM Tue 0.11 ...Southwest Wyoming... Muddy Creek - 6970 ft 12 PM Tue 0.09 $$  952 NOUS44 KOHX 072050 PNSOHX TNZ009>011-028>034-062>066-078-080-080000- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Nashville TN 350 PM CDT Tue May 7 2019 ...Cookeville NOAA Weather Radio is Off the Air... The Cookeville NOAA Weather Radio transmitter...broadcasting on a frequency of 162.400 MHz...is off the air. We are working with technicians to get it back up and running as soon as possible. In the meantime...please tune to local media and commercial radio for the latest severe weather information. Backup NOAA Weather Radio transmitters are: Lafolette, TN...broadcasting on a frequency of 162.450 MHz...or channel 3 on most NOAA Weather Radios...and Lafayette...broadcasting on a frequency of 162.525 MHz...or channel 6 on most NOAA Weather Radios. Keep in mind that not all backup transmitters will tone for your specific county...so please stay weather aware during the radio outage. Thank You for your patience. We apologize for any inconvenience this outage may cause. $$ 27  601 NOUS43 KPAH 072120 PNSPAH ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-080930- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Paducah, KY 420 PM CDT Tue May 7 2019 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR MAY 1, 2019, BALLARD COUNTY, KENTUCKY, TORNADO... .LaCenter, Kentucky, Tornado... Rating: EF-1 Estimated peak wind: 95 mph Path length /Statute/: 0.5 miles Path width /Maximum/: 85 yards Fatalities: Zero Injuries: Zero Start date: 05/01/2019 Start time: 6:08 AM CDT Start location: 0.6 miles SSW of LaCenter, KY End date: 05/01/2019 End time: 6:09 AM CDT End location: 0.4 miles SW of LaCenter, KY SURVEY SUMMARY: The tornado began about 0.6 miles SSW of LaCenter along Kentucky Highway 802. Several trees lost large limbs, and a few large trees were snapped along the path. A 20 by 25 foot section of roof on a home on Kentucky Highway 358 was lifted and thrown about 150 feet. A nearby storage building had its doors blown in, and the base of an exterior wall was shifted by a couple feet. A few other homes in the vicinity received minor shingle damage. The tornado lifted shortly after crossing Highway 358, about 0.4 miles SW of LaCenter. EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale Classifies Tornadoes into the following categories. EF0...Weak......65 to 85 mph EF1...Weak......86 to 110 mph EF2...Strong....111 to 135 mph EF3...Strong....136 to 165 mph EF4...Violent...166 To 200 mph EF5...Violent...>200 mph NOTE: The information in this statement is PRELIMINARY and subject to change pending final review of the event and publication in NWS Storm Data. $$