[nws-changes] 20090629: Radiosonde Replacement System

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 20090629: Radiosonde Replacement System
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:24:44 -0600

NOUS41 KWBC 291315
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
915 AM EDT MON JUN 29 2009

     -FAMILY OF SERVICES
     -NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
     -EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
     OTHER NWS PARTNERS AND NWS EMPLOYEES

     OFFICE OF OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS

         TEST SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 2009 USING
         TEST HEADERS

AS PART OF RRS BUILD 2 SOFTWARE UPGRADE TEST... NWS WILL CONDUCT
A DATA COMMUNICATIONS TEST IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 2009 USING
TEST HEADERS. THIS TEST WILL ORIGINATE FROM THE NWS STERLING
FIELD SUPPORT CENTER /SFSC/. THE TEST WILL CONSIST OF DAILY
UPPER AIR CODED MESSAGES TRANSMITTED DURING THE NORMAL SYNOPTIC
WINDOW FOR THE 00Z AND 12Z SOUNDINGS... AND AS NECESSARY ... AT
ASYNOPTIC TIMES WHEN WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TEST REQUIREMENTS
WARRANT. THESE TEST MESSAGES WILL BE IN THE SAME FORMAT AS
OPERATIONAL MESSAGES BUT WILL HAVE DIFFERENT DATA REFLECTING
UPPER AIR CONDITIONS AND CODING PRACTICES AS EXPLAINED BELOW.

A TEST HEADER HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR THE TEST: KSTA /STATION
ID 69990/ WAS ESTABLISHED FOR THE STERLING FIELD SUPPORT CENTER
/SFSC/. THE KSTA TEST CODED MESSAGE FORMAT WILL BE IN THE RRS
FORMAT NOW IN SERVICE AT OVER 60 UPPER AIR SITES. RRS FORMATTED
PRODUCTS ARE A RESULT OF CHANGES MADE TO THE WORLD
METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION /WMO/ LEVEL SELECTION CRITERIA AND
UPDATED CODING PRACTICES. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING
THESE MESSAGES... PLEASE REFERENCE THE MANUAL ON CODES WMO
NO. 306... SECTION A.

WHEN THE INDIVIDUAL KSTA RRS PRODUCTS ARE RECEIVED BY THE NWS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS GATEWAY... THEY ARE PACKAGED WITH OPERATIONAL
UPPER AIR PRODUCTS INTO COLLECTIVE PRODUCTS CONVERTED INTO BUFR
FORM. THESE PRODUCTS ARE THEN BROADCAST OVER NOAAPORT. THE
INDIVIDUAL... COLLECTIVE AND BUFR MESSAGES ARE ALSO TRANSMITTED
FROM THE NWSTG TO NWS CUSTOMERS OVER A VARIETY OF COMMUNICATION
SERVICES.

THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS WILL BE ISSUED DURING THE TEST:

PIL          INDIVIDUAL     COLLECTIVE
            WMO HEADER     WMO HEADER

STAMANSTA    USUS41 KSTA    USUS01 KWBC USUS50 KWBC USUS90 KWBC
                                       UPUS50 KWBC UPUS90 KWBC

STASGLSTA    UMUS41 KSTA    UKUS01 KWBC UKUS50 KWBC UKUS90 KWBC
                           ULUS01 KWBC ULUS50 KWBC ULUS90 KWBC
                           UGUS01 KWBC UGUS50 KWBC UGUS90 KWBC
                                       UHUS50 KWBC UHUS90 KWBC

BUFR COLLECTIVES:           IUST41 KWBC IUST42 KWBC IUST43 KWBC
                           IUST44 KWBC IUST46 KWBC IUST48 KWBC

CODED UPPER AIR MESSAGES AS USED BY RRS SYSTEMS SINCE 2005. THE
NUMBER OF LEVELS IN THE KSTA CODED MESSAGES WILL BE SIMILAR TO
THE CODED MESSAGES ROUTINELY TRANSMITTED FROM THE OPERATIONAL
RRS SITES.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE CHANGES... PLEASE CONTACT:

    AARON POYER
    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE / OPS24
    1325 EAST WEST HIGHWAY
    SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20910
    301-713-0326 EXT. 112
    AARON.POYER@xxxxxxxx
OR
    JAE LEE
    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE / OPS24
    1325 EAST WEST HIGHWAY
    SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20910
    301-713-0326 EXT. 158
    JAE.LEE@xxxxxxxx

NWS PUBLIC INFORMATION NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWERCASE/:

    HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM

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