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PNSWSH SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 07-20 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 817 AM EDT MON APR 16 2007TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER 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: JIM O/SULLIVAN
ACTING CHIEF...OBSERVING SERVICES DIVISION
OFFICE OF CLIMATE...WATER...AND WEATHER SERVICES
SUBJECT: COMMUNICATIONS IDENTIFIER CHANGES FOR UPPER-AIR
PRODUCTS FROM WFO TUCSON /TWC/ EFFECTIVE MAY 29 2007
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY...MAY 29 2007...THE NWS WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ IN TUCSON ARIZONA /TWC/ WILL BE CHANGING ITS AWIPS COMMUNICATIONS IDENTIFIERS FOR UPPER-AIR CODED TEXT PRODUCTS FROM TUS TO TWC. THE CHANGE IS NECESSARY BECAUSE THE UPPER-AIR /RAWINSONDE/ FACILITY WILL RELOCATE 7 MILES TO WFO /TWC/ EFFECTIVE AT THE START OF RADIOSONDE REPLACEMENT SYSTEM /RRS/ OPERATIONS ON OR ABOUT MAY 29 2007. THE NEW LOCATION IS AT 520 NORTH PARK AVENUE IN TUCSON.
TABLE 1. COORDINATES OF THE NEW RELEASE POINT LOCATION: NAME SITE LAT LON ELEVATION TUCSON 72274 32.22789 N 110.95598 W 753.2 MPLEASE UPDATE YOUR METADATA FILES FOR THESE NEW COORDINATES SO YOUR UA DERIVED PRODUCTS WILL NOT GIVE ERRONEOUS INFORMATION.
TABLE 2. NEW AWIPS IDS AND UNCHANGED WMO HEADINGS. CURRENT CURRENT NEW UNCHANGED AWIPS ID WMO HEADINGS AWIPS ID WMO HEADINGS ABVTUS UFUS45 KTWC ABVTWC UFUS45 KTWC FZLTUS UXUS45 KTWC FZLTWC UXUS45 KTWC MANTUS USUS45 KTWC MANTWC USUS45 KTWC SGLTUS UMUS45 KTWC SGLTWC UMUS45 KTWCUSERS OF THESE NWS TUCSON FORECAST OFFICE PRODUCTS MUST ENSURE THEIR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM DIRECTORIES EXACTLY MATCH THE NEW HEADINGS. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL PREVENT THESE PRODUCTS FROM REACHING THEIR INTENDED AUDIENCE.
THE UPPER AIR SITE IDENTIFIER 72274 WILL REMAIN THE SAME. ALTHOUGH THE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THIS CHANGE IS LESS THAN THE 75 DAYS RECOMMENDED BY NWSI 10-1805. . .A 42-DAY LEAD TIME SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT BECAUSE THE USER COMMUNITY IS ALREADY AWARE OF HOW RRS IMPLEMENTATION RESULTS IN AN UPPER AIR INTERRUPTION AND CHANGE TO PRODUCT SIZE. . .26 SITES HAVE TRANSITIONED. . .AND THEY HAVE UPDATED METADATA FOR SEVERAL SITES THAT HAVE RELOCATED.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:
GLEN SAMPSON RICHARD DOUGLAS METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE MSD DIVISION CHIEF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 520 NORTH PARK AVE SUITE 304 125 SOUTH STATE ST ROOM 1311 TUCSON AZ 85719-5035 SALT LAKE CITY UT 84138-1102 520-670-5156 EXT 222 801-524-4000 GLEN.SAMPSON@xxxxxxxx RICH.DOUGLAS@xxxxxxxxTHIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE POSTED ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
$$ -- 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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