NCEP Central Operations

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Today's Hazards:

The NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction (NCWCP).

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24hr forecast from the NCEP Global Forecast System. Visit mag.ncep.noaa.gov for more.

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The NOAA Weather and Climate Operational Supercomputing System (WCOSS2).

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Current NWS radar mosaic. Visit radar.weather.gov for more.

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Current NWS watches, warnings, and advisories. Visit weather.gov for details.

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Welcome to NCEP Central Operations

As the information technology center for the National Weather Service, NCO executes and manages upgrades to the NCEP model production suite, enterprise applications, and network services for the entire NWS, and provides 24x7 monitoring and customer support.

Our vision is to set the standard for information technology excellence for the NWS, serving as a valued technical asset for the NWS and NOAA in defining and accomplishing mission goals, and to be as renowned for IT management as NCEP is for scientific excellence.

Office of the Director
Network and Security (NSB)
Desktop and Facilities Services (DFSD)

Operational Monitoring (OMB)
Implementation & Data Services (IDSB)
Software Development (SDB)

NCEP Model Guidance

Applications/Services

IT Status

(NOAA Access Only)

Raob "Thanks" Status

Latest SDM Admin Message

SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
NWS NCEP CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD
0253Z FRI AUG 22 2025

The 00Z NCEP model production continues to run
on time.

00Z UPDATED RAOB RECAP...
70414/SYA - No report
72230/BMX - No report for NAM.. in for GFS.
70200/OME - 10142...Ground equipment failure
78384/GCM - 10142...Ground equipment failure
70133/OTZ - 10159...Unavailable
70219/BET - 10159...Unavailable
70326/AKN - 10159...Unavailable
72376/FGZ - 10159...Unavailable
72776/TFX - 10159...Unavailable
72786/OTX - 10159...Unavailable
72797/UIL - 10159...Unavailable

Green/SDM/NCO/NCEP

Recent Model Upgrades

⮚HAFS Model Upgrade July 31, 2025
Upgrade the Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS) to v2.1

⮚RTOFS Model Upgrade July 31, 2025
Upgrade the Real-Time Ocean Forecast System to version 2.5

⮚BLEND Model Upgrade May 27, 2025
Upgrade the National Blend of Models (NBM) to version 4.3

⮚SPC Post Model Upgrade May 27, 2025
Upgrade the SPC Post Model to version 2.1

⮚P-Surge Model Upgrade May 20, 2025
Upgrade the Probabilistic Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge (P-Surge) to version 3.1.2

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