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PNSWSH SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 07-09 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 135 PM EDT TUE MAR 7 2007TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS ...NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: THERESE Z. PIERCE CHIEF...MARINE AND COASTAL SERVICES BRANCHSUBJECT: NEW PRODUCTS AND NEW FORMAT FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE HIGH DENSITY OBSERVATION DATA FROM NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION /NOAA/ P-3 AIRCRAFT: EFFECTIVE ON JUNE 1 2007 AN ENHANCED CAPABILITY OFFERED BY ALL P-3 SURVEILLANCE AIRCRAFT FOR THE 2007 HURRICANE SEASON WILL BE THE COLLECTION AND TRANSMISSION OF HIGH DENSITY/HIGH ACCURACY DATA COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS HIGH DENSITY OBSERVATIONS /HDOB/.
IN 2006 SURVEILLANCE DATA AVAILABLE FROM NOAA P-3 AIRCRAFT WAS PROVIDED UNDER WMO HEADERS URNT40 KWBC AND URPN40 KWBC FOR THE ATLANTIC BASIN AND THE PACIFIC HURRICANE BASINS RESPECTIVELY. TRANSMISSION OF DATA USING THESE WMO HEADERS WILL BE DISCONTINUED EFFECTIVE JUNE 1 2007. EFFECTIVE JUNE 1 2007...NOAA WILL BEGIN ISSUANCE OF THREE NEW PRODUCTS FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF HDOB. USERS WHO WISH TO CONTINUE RECEIVING THIS DATA WILL NEED TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES IN THEIR WMO COMMUNICATIONS DATABASES:
BASIN WMO HEADING/ACTION ATLANTICURNT15 KWBC/ADD EASTERN AND CENTRAL PACIFICURPN15 KWBC/ADDWESTERN PACIFICURPA15 KWBC/ADD THESE NEW PRODUCTS WILL BE PROVIDED ON THE FOS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/...NOAAPORT...AND NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/.
IN ADDITION TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF NEW PRODUCT HEADERS...THERE WILL BE A CHANGE IN THE HDOB MESSAGE FORMAT.
HDOB MESSAGE FORMATS ARE PROVIDED IN NATIONAL HURRICANE OPERATIONS PLAN /NHOP/ APPENDIX G. THE 2006 NHOP...ALONG WITH THE 2006 HDOB MESSAGE FORMAT...IS CURRENTLY PROVIDED ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.OFCM.GOV/NHOP
THE 2007 NHOP WILL BE POSTED ONLINE BY JUNE 1 2007...ALONG WITH
THE 2007 NEW HDOB MESSAGE FORMAT.
USERS WISHING TO READ ABOUT THE NEW HDOB MESSAGE FORMAT MAY GO TO /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/ABOUTHDOBS_2007.SHTML
USERS WISHING TO VIEW A SAMPLE HDOB IN THE NEW DATA FORMAT MAY GO
TO /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS:/
WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/HDOBS_SAMPLE_2007.SHTML
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:
TIMOTHY SCHOTT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
MARINE AND COASTAL SERVICES BRANCH
1325 EAST WEST HWY ROOM 13124
SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20910
PHONE: 301-713-1677 EXTENSION 122
EMAIL: TIMOTHY.SCHOTT@xxxxxxxx
THIS NOTICE AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES CAN BE FOUND ONLINE
AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF/HTM
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-- Linda Miller - lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Community Services, Unidata University Corporation for Atmospheric Research P.O. Box 3000 Boulder, CO 80307-3000303-497-8646 fax: 303-497-8690
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