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PNSWSH TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 09-16 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 225 PM EDT WED MAY 06 2009TO: SUBSCRIBERS:
-FAMILY OF SERVICES -NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE-EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK OTHER NWS PARTNERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: KEVIN SCHRAB CHIEF... OBSERVING SERVICES DIVISION OFFICE OF CLIMATE WATER AND WEATHER SERVICES
SUBJECT: FISCHER-PORTER RAIN GAUGE REBUILD KIT /FPR/IMPLEMENTATION TO BEGIN AFTER JUNE 7 2009 NWS HEADQUARTERS WILL IMPLEMENT AN EQUIPMENT MODIFICATION KNOWN AS THE FISCHER-PORTER REBUILD /FPR/ AFTER JUNE 7 2009. THIS WILL CHANGE THE WAY PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENTS ARE RECORDED. THE PUNCH TAPE EQUIPMENT WILL BE REPLACED WITH AN ELECTRONIC DATA LOGGER. THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE IN THE QUALITY OR THE TIMELINESS OF THIS MONTHLY DATA PRODUCT.
THE FPR RAIN GAUGE WILL REQUIRE THE OBSERVER TO REPORT MONTHLY PRECIPITATION DATA TO THE FORECAST OFFICE ON A SECURE DATA MEMORY CARD.
THIS GENERAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION NOTICE /TIN/ WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SPECIFIC NOTICES FROM THE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES /WFO/ ONCE THE FPR RAIN GAUGES ARE INSTALLED AND OPERATIONAL. THIS FIRST ROUND OF FPR DEPLOYMENTS WILL INVOLVE APPROXIMATELY 450 FISCHER-PORTER SITES. THE DATA WILL CONTINUE TO BE REPORTED BY THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER /NCDC/ AS A MONTHLY PRODUCT IN THE HOURLY PRECIPITATION /HPD/ BULLETIN FIVE MONTHS AFTER MONTH OF MEASUREMENT.
INFORMATION ON PRECIPITATION PRODUCTS IS AVAILABLE FROM NCDC. /USE LOWERCASE/. SCROLL DOWN TO /MOST REQUESTED F/ SECTION - THE SIXTH SECTION ON THE PAGE - AND THEN CLICK ON THE WORD /SAMPLE/ TO VIEW AN HPD BULLETIN.
HTTP://WWW.NCDC.NOAA.GOV/OA/MPP/
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FISCHER-PORTER REBUILD, PLEASE CONTACT:
JOEL CLINE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE / OS7 1325 EAST WEST HIGHWAY SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20910301-713-1792 EXT. 169 JOEL.CLINE@xxxxxxxx
NATIONAL TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWERCASE/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM $$
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