Extended Range GFS MOS - MDL
GFS-based forecast guidance from 24 to 192 hours in advance, for over 1600 stations in the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii. This message is created twice a day, at 0000 and 1200 UTC. For more information, please see the About MEX page.
GFS MOS Alphanumeric Text Message (MEX Bulletin)
MEX Text Products
All Stations MEX (Full Text Message)
00Z cycle
All Stations MEX (Full Text Message)
12Z cycle
MOS Bulletins By State, List, or Individual Station
All cycles
Canadian Extended-range MOS Min/Max Temperature Guidance
Full Text Messages
MEX Full Text Messages will be available in the following directory, in the following directory/files:
gfsmos.YYYYMMDD/mdl_gfsmex.tCCz, where YYYYMMDD is the run datestamp, and CC is the cycle.
(Ex: http://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov/data/nccf/com/gfs/prod/gfsmos.20161120/mdl_gfsmex.t00z)
Canadian Extended-range MOS Min/Max Temperature Guidance will be available in the follwing directory/files:
gfsmos.YYYYMMDD/mdl_fecn21.tCCz, where YYYYMMDD is the run datestamp, and CC is the cycle.
(Ex: http://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov/data/nccf/com/gfs/prod/gfsmos.20161120/mdl_fecn21.t00z)
Data Product | Region | Format | URL |
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MEX Full Text Messages | all | Text | http://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov/data/nccf/com/gfs/prod/ |
Canadian Extended-range MOS Min/Max Temperature Guidance Full Text Messages | all Canadian stations | Text | http://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov/data/nccf/com/gfs/prod/ |
Other Data
Messages can be found on NWS FTP Server (TGFTP). On this server, GRIB files are stored in directories called RD.YYYYMMDD, where YYYYMMDD is the year, month and day. Within the RD.YYYYMMDD directory, the files will be named cy.XX.txt, where XX is the cycle. These data will be available for two days.
Data Product | Region | Format | URL |
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MEX Raw Data | all | BUFR | ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.bf/DC.mos/DS.mexjs/ |
MEX Raw Data (General Suite) | CONUS | GRIB | ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.gr1/DC.mos/DS.mexcns/ |
MEX Raw Data (General Suite) | Alaska | GRIB | ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.gr1/DC.mos/DS.mexak/ |
MEX Raw Data (Severe Weather) | CONUS | GRIB | ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.gr1/DC.mos/DS.mexsvr/ |