[nws-changes] 20131113: 2 NWS upper air stations using GPS Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC

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NOUS41 KWBC 131639
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Technical Implementation Notice 13-40
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
1140 AM EST Wed Nov 13 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: Two NWS Upper Air Stations to Begin Use of the GPS 
          Lockheed Martin LMS-6 Radiosonde with the Radiosonde
          Replacement Systems (RRS) in November 2013
Two NWS upper air sites are scheduled to transition from the GPS 
Lockheed Martin Mark IIA radiosonde to the GPS Lockheed Martin
LMs-6 radiosonde on or about the dates listed below.

STATION NAME      WMO #      STN IDImplementation Date

Greensboro, NC    72317      KGSO       November 20, 2013
Blacksburg, VA    72318      KRNK       November 25, 2013

No missed observations are expected to occur during the
equipment transition. The WMO Radiosonde Identification Code for
the LMS-6 Radiosonde is 82.

If you have any questions regarding the change, contact:
Sterling Field Support Center 
Office of Operational Systems
National Weather Service Headquarters
Email: nws.sfsc@xxxxxxxx
Phone: 703-661-1293 

NWS National Technical Implementation Notices are online at:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/notif.htm 
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