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NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION MESSAGE 94-31
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
320 PM EDT MON AUG 8 1994
TO: ALL USERS OF NWS UPPER AIR DATA
FROM: JOE BOCCHIERI
ACTING CHIEF, SERVICES DEVELOPMENT BRANCH
SUBJECT: UPPER AIR STATION MOVE FROM CENTREVILLE, AL TO
SHELBY COUNTY AIRPORT, AL
Effective August 22, 1994, at 1200 UTC, the upper air program at
Weather Service Meteorological Observatory (WSMO) Centreville, AL
(location identifier CKL) will begin moving to Weather Service
Forecast Office (WSFO) Shelby County Airport, AL. (location
identifier BMX).
The last upper-air observation from WSMO Centreville will be
taken at 1200 UTC on August 22, 1994. The first upper-air
observation from WSFO Shelby County Airport will be taken at 0000
UTC on August 23, 1994. In conjunction with this move, the
product identifier (XXX) will change from CKL to BMX. The node
(CCC) for these products will remain BHM. The block and station
id will change from 72229 to 72230, and the WBAN number will
change from 03881 to 53823.
SHELBY COUNTY AIRPORT, AL (BMX), STATION INFORMATION:
BLOCK AND STATION ID: 72230
WBAN NUMBER: 53823
ELEVATION: 584 FEET (178 METERS)LAT/LON: 33.1
DEG NORTH (33 DEG 10 MIN 19 SEC)
86.7 DEG WEST (86 DEG 46 MIN 12 SEC)
OLD PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS: NEW PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS:
BHMABVCKL (UJUS82 KWBC) BHMABVBMX (UJUS82 KWBC)
BHMSGLCKL (UJUS81 KWBC) BHMSGLBMX (UJUS81 KWBC)
BHMMANCKL (USUS80 KWBC) BHMMANBMX (USUS80 KWBC)
BHMFZLCKL (UXUS99 KWBC) BHMFZLBMX (UXUS99 KWBC)
NOTE TO AFOS USERS: The AFOS Change Notice for this change will
be issued in a few days.
For more information, please contact Marty Baron at 301-713-1724.
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