[nws-changes] 20130823: Initiation of addln FAA WSR-88D level II data streams- Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC

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• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 20:15:22 -0600

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Service Change Notice 13-53
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
145 PM EDT Fri Aug 23 2013

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

FROM:     Richard J. Vogt
          Director, WSR-88D Radar Operations Center

SUBJECT:  Initiation of Additional FAA WSR-88D Level II Data
          Streams Beginning September 2013

This notice provides an update of NWS plans to initiate
electronic collection, distribution and archive of Weather
Surveillance Radar-1988, Doppler (WSR-88D) Level II data at the
7 additional FAA WSR-88Ds listed below.

ICAO    SITE NAME        STATE     INITIATION DATE
----    ---------        -----     ---------------
PABC    Bethel           Alaska    September 2013
PAIH    Middleton Island Alaska    September 2013
PAHG    Anchorage        Alaska    September 2013
PAKC    King Salmon      Alaska    September 2013
PACG    Sitka            Alaska    March 2014
PAEC    Nome             Alaska    March 2014
PAPD    Fairbanks        Alaska    March 2014

Activation of Level II data collection is expected to begin at
four of these sites in September 2013, but definitive activation
dates cannot be given at this time. The remaining three sites are
expected to initiate Level II data distribution in March 2014.
The activation at each site will depend on installation of OPSnet
communication hardware at the associated NWS Weather Forecast
Offices and the Radar Product Generator software Build 13.2.

The Level II Data transmitted from the first four sites in
September will initially be Version 7 (Recombined Super
Resolution) and include dual polarization Level II data. The
Level II data will revert to Version 6 when Software Build 14 is
installed in spring 2014.

To determine the availability of Level 2 data from these 7 FAA
WSR-88Ds, check the NWS Level 2 Status website:

  http://weather.noaa.gov/monitor/radar2/

For comments or questions regarding these changes contact:

  Mike Istok
  NWS Headquarters, Office of Science and Technology
  Michael.Istok@xxxxxxxx
or
  Christina Horvat
  WSR-88D Radar Operations Center
  Christina.A.Horvat@xxxxxxxx

National Service Change Notices are online at:

  http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/notif.htm

$$