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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 04-33
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON D.C.
950 AM EDT WED JUN 30 2004
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION /FAA/ CUSTOMERS
OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS OF
AVIATION FORECASTS NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: MARK ANDREWS
CHIEF...AVIATION WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: CHANGES TO WIND AND TEMPERATURE ALOFT FORECAST
BULLETINS EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 14 2004
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 14 2004 AT 800 A.M. EASTERN STANDARD
TIME /EST/...1200 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...17 WIND AND
TEMPERATURE ALOFT FORECAST SITES WILL BE ADDED TO SUPPORT
INTERNATIONAL PILOT WEATHER BRIEFINGS AND OTHER AVIATION
INTERESTS IN THE PACIFIC REGION. THESE SITES ALONG WITH THEIR
LOCATION AND ALTITUDE ARE LISTED IN TABLE 1. RESPONSIBILITY FOR
PRODUCING THE WIND AND TEMPERATURE ALOFT FORECASTS FOR THE
PACIFIC REGION WILL ALSO BE TRANSFERRED FROM THE WEATHER FORECAST
OFFICE /WFO/ IN HONOLULU...HI TO THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION /NCEP/ IN CAMP SPRINGS...MD. AS A
RESULT...THE FORMAT CURRENTLY USED BY WFO HONOLULU WILL BE
CHANGED TO ACCOMMODATE ADDITIONAL FLIGHT LEVELS AND CONFORM WITH
NATIONAL STANDARDS.
ADDITIONALLY...THE PRODUCT HEADINGS FOR THE WIND AND TEMPERATURE
ALOFT FORECASTS WILL BE CHANGED TO CONFORM WITH WMO STANDARDS. IN
THE PROCESS SEVERAL GROUPS OF WIND AND TEMPERATURE ALOFT PRODUCTS
OVER CONUS WILL BE CONSOLIDATED. EXISTING PRODUCT HEADINGS THAT
WILL BE DELETED ARE LISTED IN TABLE 2. THOSE GROUPS OF PRODUCTS
THAT WILL BE COMBINED...WITH A NEW WMO HEADING ASSIGNED TO THE
CONSOLIDATED PRODUCT...ARE LISTED IN TABLE 3. THIS GROUP INCLUDES
NEW BULLETINS HEADERS FBAK37 KWNO...FBAK38 KWNO...AND FBAK39
KWNO...WHICH ARE HIGH LEVEL WIND AND TEMPERATURE ALOFT FORECAST
PRODUCTS FOR ALASKA AND SURROUNDING WATERS. THE NEW WIND AND
TEMPERATURE ALOFT PRODUCTS AND THEIR WMO HEADINGS ARE LISTED IN
TABLE 4.
BECAUSE OF THESE CHANGES...CUSTOMERS MUST TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION
TO RECEIVE OR CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE WIND AND TEMPERATURE ALOFT
FORECAST PRODUCTS.
A WEB PAGE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED WITH SAMPLES OF BOTH THE CURRENT
AND FUTURE FORMATS...ALONG WITH AN EXPLANATION OF THE CHANGES...
TO ALLOW USERS TO TEST THE CHANGES TO ENSURE THAT THEY CAN DECODE
THE NEW AND/OR CONSOLIDATED PRODUCTS CORRECTLY. THIS WEB PAGE IS
LOCATED AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.PRH.NOAA.GOV/HNL/PAGES/FDWINDS.PHP
TABLE 1. NEW SITES TO BE ADDED IN THE PACIFIC REGION.
LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE ARE GIVEN IN DEGREES/MINUTES.
WEST LONGITUDE IS NEGATIVE LONGITUDE. ELEVATION IS GIVEN IN
FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL.
FAA ID LOCATION LAT LON ELEVATION
HAWAII
LNY LANAI 20/47 -156/57 1308
KOA KONA 19/44 -156/03 47
JON JOHNSTON ISLAND 16/44 -169/32 7
MDY MIDWAY ISLAND 28/12 -177/23 13
AWK WAKE ISLAND 19/17 166/38 14
PPG PAGO PAGO AMERICAN SAMOA 14/20 -170/43 30
GUM GUAM 13/29 144/48 298
ROR KOROR PALAU 07/22 134/32 176
REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
KWA KWAJALEIN 08/43 167/44 9
MAJ MAJURO 07/04 171/17 6
FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA
TTK KOSRAE 05/21 162/58 11
TKK CHUUK 07/28 151/51 11
PNI POHNPEI 06/59 158/13 10
T11 YAP 09/30 138/05 91
COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
GRO ROTA 14/10 145/14 607
GSN SAIPAN 15/07 145/44 215
TNI WEST TINIAN 14/59 145/37 268
TABLE 2. NWS WIND AND TEMPERATURE ALOFT PRODUCTS WHICH WILL BE
REMOVED FROM THE AWIPS/NOAAPORT DATASTREAM.
WIND/TEMPERATURE ALOFT FCST WMO HEADER AWIPS ID
LOW LEVEL 6 HR FCST FOR HAWAII FBHW40 PHFO FD2HI
TABLE 3. NWS WIND AND TEMPERATURE ALOFT PRODUCTS THAT WILL BE
ADDED TO THE AWIPS/NOAAPORT DATASTREAM.
WIND/TEMPERATURE ALOFT FCST WMO HEADER AWIPS ID
LOW LEVEL 6 HR FCST FOR HAWAII FBHW31 KWNO FD1HW1
LOW LEVEL 12 HR FCST FOR HAWAII FBHW33 KWNO FD3HW3
LOW LEVEL 24 HR FCST FOR HAWAII FBHW35 KWNO FD5HW5
HIGH LEVEL 6 HR FCST FOR HAWAII FBHW37 KWNO FD8HW7
HIGH LEVEL 12 HR FCST FOR HAWAII FBHW38 KWNO FD9HW8
HIGH LEVEL 24 HR FCST FOR HAWAII FBHW39 KWNO FD0HW9
LOW LEVEL 6 HR FCST FOR PACIFIC FBOC31 KWNO FD1OC1
LOW LEVEL 12 HR FCST FOR PACIFIC FBOC33 KWNO FD3OC3
LOW LEVEL 24 HR FCST FOR PACIFIC FBOC35 KWNO FD5OC5
HIGH LEVEL 6 HR FCST FOR PACIFIC FBOC37 KWNO FD8OC7
HIGH LEVEL 12 HR FCST FOR PACIFIC FBOC38 KWNO FD9OC8
HIGH LEVEL 24 HR FCST FOR PACIFIC FBOC39 KWNO FD0OC9
HIGH LEVEL 6 HR FCST FOR ALASKA FBAK37 KWNO FD8AK7
HIGH LEVEL 12 HR FCST FOR ALASKA FBAK38 KWNO FD9AK8
HIGH LEVEL 24 HR FCST FOR ALASKA FBAK39 KWNO FD0AK9
TABLE 4. NWS WIND AND TEMPERATURE ALOFT PRODUCTS THAT WILL BE
CONSOLIDATED AND ASSIGNED A NEW WMO HEADING AND AWIPS ID. THE OLD
PRODUCTS DID NOT HAVE AN AWIPS ID. THE OLD WMO HEADINGS WILL BE
REMOVED FROM THE AWIPS/NOAAPORT DATASTREAM. THE NEW HEADINGS WILL
BE ADDED TO THE AWIPS/NOAAPORT DATASTREAM.
LOW LEVEL 6 HR FCST FOR CONUS.
OLD WMO HEADERS
FDUW01 KWBC
FDUW02 KWBC
FDUM01 KWBC
FDUM02 KWBC NEW WMO HEADER NEW AWIPS ID
FDUE01 KWBC FBUS31 KWNO FD1US1
FDUE02 KWBC
FDUS11 KWBC
FDUS12 KWBC
LOW LEVEL 12 HR FCST FOR CONUS.
OLD WMO HEADERS
FDUW03 KWBC
FDUW04 KWBC
FDUM03 KWBC
FDUM04 KWBC NEW WMO HEADER NEW AWIPS ID
FDUE03 KWBC FBUS33 KWNO FD3US3
FDUE04 KWBC
FDUS13 KWBC
FDUS14 KWBC
LOW LEVEL 24 HR FCST FOR CONUS.
OLD WMO HEADERS
FDUW05 KWBC
FDUW06 KWBC
FDUM05 KWBC
FDUM06 KWBC NEW WMO HEADER NEW AWIPS ID
FDUE05 KWBC FBUS35 KWNO FD5US5
FDUE06 KWBC
FDUS15 KWBC
FDUS16 KWBC
HIGH LEVEL 6 HR FCST FOR CANADA
OLD WMO HEADERS NEW WMO HEADER NEW AWIPS ID
FDCN1 KWBC FBCN31 KWNO FD1CN1
FDCN40 KWBC
HIGH LEVEL 12 HR FCST FOR CANADA
OLD WMO HEADERS NEW WMO HEADER NEW AWIPS ID
FDCN2 KWBC FBCN33 KWNO FD3CN3
FDCN41 KWBC
HIGH LEVEL 24 HR FCST FOR CANADA
OLD WMO HEADERS NEW WMO HEADER NEW AWIPS ID
FDCN3 KWBC FBCN35 KWNO FD5CN5
FDCN42 KWBC
TABLE 4. WIND AND TEMPERATURE ALOFT PRODUCTS THAT WILL BE
ASSIGNED NEW WMO HEADERS AND AWIPS IDS. THE OLD PRODUCTS DID NOT
HAVE AN AWIPS ID. THE OLD WMO HEADINGS WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE
AWIPS/NOAAPORT DATASTREAM. THE NEW HEADINGS WILL BE ADDED TO THE
AWIPS/NOAAPORT DATASTREAM.
LOW LEVEL 6...12...AND 24 HR FCSTS FOR ALASKA
OLD WMO HEADER NEW WMO HEADER NEW AWIPS ID
FDAK1 KWBC FBAK31 KWNO FD1AK1
FDAK2 KWBC FBAK33 KWNO FD3AK3
FDAK3 KWBC FBAK35 KWNO FD5AK5
HIGH LEVEL 6...12...AND 24 HR FCSTS FOR CONUS.
OLD WMO HEADER NEW WMO HEADER NEW AWIPS ID
FDUS8 KWBC FBUS37 KWNO FD8US7
FDUS9 KWBC FBUS38 KWNO FD9US8
FDUS10 KWBC FBUS39 KWNO FD0US9
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THESE CHANGES OR IF YOU
BELIEVE THESE CHANGES WILL ADVERSELY IMPACT YOUR OPERATIONS...
PLEASE CONTACT:
BOB DUFRANE
1325 EAST WEST HIGHWAY
SSMC2 ROOM 13319
SILVER SPRING MD 20910
301-713-1726 x141
BOB.DUFANE@xxxxxxxx
THIS NOTICE AND OTHER TECHICAL IMPLEMETATION NOTICES ARE
AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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