960707:5 new cities to be added to european temp/precip table (fwd)

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• Subject: 960707:5 new cities to be added to european temp/precip table (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Sun, 7 Jul 1996 20:43:57 -0600 (MDT)

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NOUS41 KWBC 032241

NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION MESSAGE (NTIM) 96-19
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
635 PM EDT WED JUL 3 1996

TO:          NWS CUSTOMERS USING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
             EUROPEAN TEMPERATURE/PRECIPITATION TABLE
             
FROM:        THERESE Z. PIERCE
             CHIEF-INTEGRATED HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES CORE 
             OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY

SUBJECT:     FIVE NEW CITIES TO BE ADDED TO EUROPEAN TEMPERATURE/
             PRECIPITATION TABLE EFFECTIVE JULY 10 1996 AT 
             1200 UTC

(THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY CLIFF DEY...NATIONAL
CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION...CENTRAL OPERATIONS AND
CHRISTINE ALEX...OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY):

EFFECTIVE JULY 10 1996 AT 1200 UTC...FIVE NEW CITIES WILL BE
ADDED TO THE EUROPEAN TEMPERATURE/PRECIPITATION TABLE (AFOS/NWWS
HEADER NMCTPTEUR;  WMO HEADER ABXX6 KWBC).  THE 5 NEW
CITIES ARE:

    CAPE TOWN  SOUTH AFRICA
    ISTANBUL   TURKEY
    LILLE      FRANCE
    NAGANO     JAPAN    (HOST CITY FOR THE 1998 WINTER OLYMPICS)
    SEVILLA    SPAIN

NWS IS STILL WORKING WITH THE JAPANESE METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY
TO ACCESS THE SURFACE OBSERVATION FOR NAGANO...JAPAN.  UNTIL
THIS IS WORKED OUT...THE DATA FOR NAGANO WILL BE MISSING IN THE
EUROPEAN TEMPERATURE/PRECIPITATION TABLE.

THE FIVE NEW CITIES WILL BE INSERTED INTO THE EXISTING LIST OF
CITIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS CHANGE...PLEASE CALL
CHRIS ALEX AT (301)-713-1726 X 142 OR CONTACT HER VIA E-MAIL AT
THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS:

CALEX@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.