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PNSWSH TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 09-31 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 710 AM EST THU SEP 24 2009 TO: SUBSCRIBERS:- FAMILY OF SERVICES - NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE - EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK - NOAAPORT - OTHER NWS PARTNERS...USERS AND EMPLOYEES
FROM: RICHARD J. VOGT
DIRECTOR...WSR-88D RADAR OPERATIONS CENTER
SUBJECT: DELETION OF WSR-88D LEGACY MESOCYCLONE
PRODUCT: EFFECTIVE ON OR ABOUT 1 APRIL 2010
EFFECTIVE ON OR ABOUT 1 APRIL 2010...WITH THE INSTALLATION
OF WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR 1988 DOPPLER /WSR-88D/ RADAR
PRODUCT GENERATOR /RPG/ SOFTWARE BUILD 12...THE MESOCYCLONE
PRODUCT /PRODUCT NUMBER 60/ WILL BE DELETED FROM THE WSR-88D
BASELINE AND THE RADAR PRODUCT CENTRAL COLLECTION DISSEMINATION
SERVICE /RPCCDS/. THE APRIL-MAY 2010 BUILD 12 BETA TEST AT
APPROXIMATELY SIX SITES WILL BE FOLLOWED WITH RELEASE NETWORK
WIDE STARTING IN JUNE 2010. ANNOUNCEMENT OF THIS PLANNED
DELETION HAS BEEN MADE AT THE LAST TWO FAMILY OF SERVICES MEETINGS.
NWS IS REMOVING THE LEGACY MESOCYCLONE ALGORITHM AND ASSOCIATED PRODUCT BASED ON NEXRAD USER SURVEYS INDICATING VERY FEW USERS OF THIS PRODUCT. THE NWS IMPLEMENTED A NEW-SCIENCE VERSION OF THIS ALGORITHM AND PRODUCT /PRODUCT NUMBER 141/ /MD/ IN THE RPG IN 2004. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT: TIM CRUM WSR-88D RADAR OPERATIONS CENTER
1200 WESTHEIMER DRIVENORMAN OK 73069 TIM.D.CRUM@xxxxxxxx
NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWERCASE/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM $$ NNNN
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