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610 NOUS40 KWBC 141410 FOS NOTICE NO. 941 08-14-96 /DRG1985/ EFFECTIVE DATE AUGUST 30 1996 ON THE ABOVE EFFECTIVE DATE THE AVAILABILITY OF 10 AUTOMATED HYDROLOGIC OBSERVATION STATION REPORT /RRA/ PRODUCTS WILL BE INCREASED FROM ONCE EVERY 6 TO ONCE EVERY HOUR. INCREASING THE FREQUENCY OF TRANSMISSIONS TO 1-HOUR INTERVALS WILL MAKE RRA DATA AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AND WARNING PROGRAM AND THE WFO AND RFC WSR-88D PRECIPITATION PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS. IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE NCEP WITH HIGH RESOLUTION PRECIPITATION DATA TO /1/ GENERATE AND VALIDATE SHORT-RANGE QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECASTS 2/ USE IN MESOSCALE MODEL INITIALIZATION /3/ GENERATE NATIONAL PRECIPITATION ANALYSES ON A WEEKLY MONTHLY AND SEASONAL BASIS FOR USE IN NCEP PUBLICATIONS AND /4/ DERIVE THE PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDICES IN THE U.S. THE FOLLOWING HEADINGS ARE AFFECTED BY THIS TRANSMISSION RATE INCREASE AFOS PILS WMO HEADINGS CRWRRACRW SRUS29 KCRW PHLRRACTP SRUS29 KCTP ALBRRAALB SRUS29 KALY WBCRRARNK SRUS29 KRNK CAERRAGSP SRUS42 KGSP MEMRRATYS SRUS29 KTYS SDFRRASDF SRUS29 KSDF CLERRACLE SRUS29 KCLE BOSRRABOS SRUS29 KBOS WBCRRAWBC SRUS29 KLWX END NNNN
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