Update #1: The new date for the retirement of this product is February 28, 2025 


Topic: Legacy Tropical Cyclone Probability Formation(TCFP) and AMSU Tropical Cyclone ( AMSU TC) Retirement


Date/Time Issued: January 23, 2025 1440 UTC


Product(s) or Data Impacted: Legacy TCFP and AMSU TC products


Date/Time of Initial Impact: February 28, 2025 TBD UTC


Date/Time of Expected End: N/A 


Details/Specifics of Change: 

ESPC will stop the production of TCFP and AMSU TC products ( on Tropicsp) on January 31, 2025. Users should switch to the TCFP and the Hurricane Intensity and Structure Algorithm(HISA) products generated in NCCF.


1. New NCCF version TCFP products:

PDA Short Names

PDA File Names

TCFP_AWIPS

TCFP_v\dr\d_blend_s\d{15}_e\d{15}_c\d{15}.nc

TCFP_MTIFF

TCFP-v\w{4}-f\d{3}_v\dr\d_blend_s\d{15}_e\d{15}_c\d{15}.jif

TCFP_KML

TCFP-v\w{4}-f\d{3}_v\dr\d_blend_s\d{15}_e\d{15}_c\d{15}.kml

TCFP_PLOT

TCFP-(al|ep|wp|io|gl)-(a|r|c)\w{4}-(024|048)_v\dr\d_blend_s\d{15}_e\d{15}_c\d{15}.png

TCFP_TS_PLOT

TCFP-ts-(al|ep|wp|io|gl)-\w{3}-\w{4}_v\dr\d_blend_s\d{15}_e\d{15}_c\d{15}.png


No legacy TCFP Products is distributed on PDA.

2. New NCCF version HISA products:

PDA Short Names

PDA File Names

HISA_XYA

TC-XYA-(al|ep|cp|wp|io|sh)\d{6}_v\dr\d_\w{3}_s\d{15}_e\d{15}_c\d{15}.nc

HISA_RZA

TC-RZA-(al|ep|cp|wp|io|sh)\d{6}_v\dr\d_\w{3}_s\d{15}_e\d{15}_c\d{15}.nc

HISA_AFX

TC-(al|ep|cp|wp|io|sh)\d{6}_v\dr\d_\w{3}_s\d{15}_e\d{15}_c\d{15}.AFX

HISA_FIX

TC-(al|ep|cp|wp|io|sh)\d{6}_v\dr\d_\w{3}_s\d{15}_e\d{15}_c\d{15}_\d{2}\w.FIX

HISA_STA

TC-(al|ep|cp|wp|io|sh)\d{6}_v\dr\d_\w{3}_s\d{15}_e\d{15}_c\d{15}.STA 

HISA_T_PNG

HISA-T-250mb-(al|ep|cp|wp|io|sh)\d{6}_v\dr\d_\w{3}_s\d{15}_e\d{15}_c\d{15}.png

HISA_UVZ-###MB_PNG

HISA-UVZ-###mb-(al|ep|cp|wp|io|sh)\d{6}_v\dr\d_\w{3}_s\d{15}_e\d{15}_c\d{15}.png ( where, ###: 200, 250, 300, 400, 500,600,700, 850)


Legacy AMSU TC products:


PDA Short Names

PDA File Names

TC_XYA

TC-(al|ep|cp|wp|io|sh)\d{6}-XYA_v\dr\d_\w{3,6}_s\d{15}_e\d{15}_c\d{15}.nc

TC_RZA

TC-(al|ep|cp|wp|io|sh)\d{6}-RZA_v\dr\d_\w{3,6}_s\d{15}_e\d{15}_c\d{15}.nc

TC_AFX

TC-(al|ep|cp|wp|io|sh)\d{6}_v\dr\d_\w{3,6}_s\d{15}_e\d{15}_c\d{15}.AFX

TC_FIX

TC-(al|ep|cp|wp|io|sh)\d{6}_v\dr\d_\w{3,6}_s\d{15}_e\d{15}_c\d{15}_\d{2}\w.FIX

TC_T_PNG

TC-(al|ep|cp|wp|io|sh)\d{6}-T-250mb_v\dr\d_\w{3,6}_s\d{15}_e\d{15}_c\d{15}.png

TC_UVZ-###MB_PNG

TC-(al|ep|cp|wp|io|sh)\d{6}-UVZ-###mb_v\dr\d_\w{3,6}_s\d{15}_e\d{15}_c\d{15}.png ( where, ###: 200, 250, 300, 400, 500,600,700, 850)


Contact Information for Further Information and Feedback: Tropical Product Area Lead - Aiwu Li (Aiwu.Li@noaa.gov)

 

Web Site(s) for applicable information: 

New TCFP webpage:  

https://origin-east-01-www-ospo.woc.noaa.gov/Products_/ocean/tropical/tcfp/tcfp-main.html

New Product webpage: 

https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/products/ocean/tropical/hisa/index.html


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