[nws-changes] 20080429: NDBC-headers

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NOXX10 KWBC 291614
DATA MANAGEMENT NOTICE 04-08.07

1214 AM EST TUE APR 29 2008

TO:      GTS USERS...FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
        WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS
        WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...
        NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
        /NWS/ PARTNERS AND OTHER USERS...NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM:  RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT

SUBJECT: REMINDER: NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER /NDBC/
        COMMUNICATIONS BULLETIN HEADER CHANGE
        FROM KWBC TO KWNB: EFFECTIVE DATE
        APRIL 30, 2008 1330 UTC

AS IDENTIFIED EARLIER IN DATA MANAGEMENT NOTICE 02-08.01, EFFECTIVE APRIL 30, 2008, THE NWS NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER /NDBC/ WILL DISSEMINATE PRODUCT BULLETINS USING NEW ORIGINATOR CODE KWNB. IMPLEMENTATION TIME HAS BEEN PUSHED BACK 30 MINUTES TO 1330 UTC.

PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION OF MARINE OBSERVATION DATA WAS MOVED FROM NWS/NMC COMPUTERS TO NDBC COMPUTERS. THIS CHANGE REFLECTS THE CHANGE IN THE ORGANIZATION DISSEMINATING THE AFFECTED BULLETINS. NDBC WILL CEASE USING ORIGINATOR CODE KWBC AND BEGIN USING CODE KWNB.

WHEN IMPLEMENTED, AFFECTED MARINE OBSERVATIONS WILL BE DISSEMINATED UNDER NEW WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION /WMO/ HEADINGS/COLLECTIVES AND WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE UNDER FORMER WMO HEADINGS/ COLLECTIVES.

THE FOLLOWING ARE WMO BULLETIN HEADINGS/COLLECTIVES CHANGES FOR THE NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER:

  CMAN MESSAGES

WMO COLLECTIVE      WMO COLLECTIVE
  OLD                 NEW

SXUS20 KWBC         SXUS20 KWNB
SXUS21 KWBC         SXUS21 KWNB
SXUS22 KWBC         SXUS22 KWNB
SXUS23 KWBC         SXUS23 KWNB
S?PW01 KWBC         S?PW01 KWNB

WHERE ? REPRESENTS THE SYNOPTIC INDICATOR N, M, OR I

  FM13 SHIP MESSAGES

WMO COLLECTIVE      WMO COLLECTIVE
  OLD                 NEW

S?VD15 KWBC         S?VD15 KWNB
S?VD17 KWBC         S?VD17 KWNB
S?VD19 KWBC         S?VD19 KWNB
S?VD20 KWBC         S?VD20 KWNB
S?VD22 KWBC         S?VD22 KWNB
S?VD45 KWBC         S?VD45 KWNB
S?VE15 KWBC         S?VE15 KWNB

WHERE ? REPRESENTS THE SYNOPTIC INDICATOR N, M, OR I

  FM18 BUOY MESSAGES

WMO COLLECTIVE      WMO COLLECTIVE
  OLD                 NEW

SSVX02 KWBC         SSVX02 KWNB
SSVX08 KWBC         SSVX08 KWNB

  FM65 WAVEOB MESSAGES

WMO COLLECTIVE      WMO COLLECTIVE
  OLD                 NEW

SXVX40 KWBC         SXVX40 KWNB
SXVX41 KWBC         SXVX41 KWNB
SXVX42 KWBC         SXVX42 KWNB
SXVX43 KWBC         SXVX43 KWNB
SXVX44 KWBC         SXVX44 KWNB
SXVX45 KWBC         SXVX45 KWNB
SXVX46 KWBC         SXVX46 KWNB
SXVX47 KWBC         SXVX47 KWNB
SXVX48 KWBC         SXVX48 KWNB
SXVX49 KWBC         SXVX49 KWNB
SXVX60 KWBC         SXVX60 KWNB
SXVX61 KWBC         SXVX61 KWNB
SXVX62 KWBC         SXVX62 KWNB
SXVX63 KWBC         SXVX63 KWNB
SXVX64 KWBC         SXVX64 KWNB
SXVX65 KWBC         SXVX65 KWNB
SXVX66 KWBC         SXVX66 KWNB
SXVX67 KWBC         SXVX67 KWNB
SXVX68 KWBC         SXVX68 KWNB
SXVX69 KWBC         SXVX69 KWNB


  FM64 OCEAN MESSAGES

WMO COLLECTIVE      WMO COLLECTIVE
  OLD                 NEW

SOVD83 KWBC         SOVD83 KWNB

  DART MESSAGES

WMO COLLECTIVE      WMO COLLECTIVE
  OLD                 NEW

SXXX46 KWBC         SZIO01 KWNB, SZNT01 KWNB, SZPN01 KWNB OR SZPS01 KWNB

  AIS MESSAGES

WMO COLLECTIVE      WMO COLLECTIVE
  OLD                 NEW

SXXX70 KWBC         SXXX70 KWNB

USERS WITH AUTOMATIC DECODERS SHOULD REPROGRAM THEIR SYSTEMS NOW TO RECOGNIZE THE NEW BULLETIN HEADINGS FOR THESE MARINE OBSERVATIONS.


WMO COLLECTIVE      WMO COLLECTIVE
  OLD                 NEW

SXXX90 KWBC         SXXX90 KWNB

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

STEVE COLLINS
NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER
W/OPS51
BUILDING 3203
STENNIS SPACE CENTER MISSISSIPPI  39529
PHONE: 228-688-2822
E-MAIL: STEVE.COLLINS@xxxxxxxx

THIS AND OTHER NWS DATA MANAGEMENT NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE
ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

  HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
$$
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DATA MANAGEMENT
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS
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