Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 16:47:50 -0400
From: "Paul.Dallavalle" <Paul.Dallavalle@noaa.gov>
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Subject: Re: MOS archive

In answer to your question, try the following:
Look on the web in:

http://www.mdl.nws.noaa.gov/~mos/archives/ 

for an extensive collection (compressed via unix compress command) of
historical MOS forecast messages.  Here's the system:

avnfex/ - AVN-based MOS system (short-range)from 1994 until April 2002
mrffox/ - MRF-based MOS system (short-range) from December 1993 until
April 2003
avnmav/ - GFS-based MOS system (short-range) from May 2000 until the
present
etamet/ - Eta-based MOS system from February 2002 until the present
mrfmex/ - GFS-based MOS system (extended-range) from May 2000 until the
present
ngmfwc/ - NGM-based MOS system from December 1993 until the present.

Generally, within each of the above subdirectories, there are files,
grouped either by month or by year.

When you download and uncompress a file, you'll have all the
alphanumeric messages in ASCII format for all the stations in the
contiguous U.S. available at that point in time.

Good luck.  If you have questions, please ask. 

Paul