[nws-changes] 20130131: radiosondes-Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC

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• Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 07:35:37 -0700

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Technical Implementation Notice 13-2
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
925 AM EST Thu Jan 3 2013

TO:      Subscribers:
          -Family of Services
          -NOAA Weather Wire Service
          -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
          -NOAAPORT
          Other NWS Partners and Employees

FROM:     Neal DiPasquale
          Director, Field Systems Operations Center
          Office of Operational Systems

SUBJECT:  2013 Dates for five National Weather Service (NWS)
          Upper air Stations to begin use of the RS92-NGP
          Radiosonde with the Radiosonde Replacement
          Systems (RRS) on or about March 1, 2013.

Five Upper Air (UA) sites are scheduled to transition from the
GPS Lockheed Martin Mark IIA radiosonde to the GPS Vaisala
RS-92 radiosonde on or about March 1, 2013.

STATION NAME   WMO #      STN ID

Morehead City  72305        KMHX
Santa Teresa   72364        KEPZ
San Juan       78526        TJSJ
Gaylord        72634        KAPX
Medford        72597        KMFR

No missed observations are expected to occur during the
equipment transition. The WMO Radiosonde Identification
Code for the Vaisala RS92-NGP is 52.

If you have any questions regarding the change, contact:

NWS Office of Operational Systems
nws.sfsc@xxxxxxxx
703-661-1268

National Technical Implementation Notices are online at:

  http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm

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