UPPER AIR STATION MOVE FROM ATHENS, GA, TO PEACHTREE CITY/FALCON FIELD, GA

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• Subject: UPPER AIR STATION MOVE FROM ATHENS, GA, TO PEACHTREE CITY/FALCON FIELD, GA
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• Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 09:39:15 -0600

    Attached is a corrected message regarding the upper air move from
    Athens to Peachtree City.  The elevation in meters in the original
    message (sent 8/9/94) was incorrect.

NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION MESSAGE 94-32...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
400 PM EDT THU AUG 11 1994


TO:         ALL USERS OF NWS UPPER AIR DATA

FROM:       RICH PRZYWARTY
            ACTING CHIEF, SERVICES DEVELOPMENT BRANCH

SUBJECT:    CORRECTION TO ELEVATION IN METERS

REFERENCE:  UPPER AIR STATION MOVE FROM ATHENS, GA, TO
            PEACHTREE CITY/FALCON FIELD, GA

..CORRECTED FOR ELEVATION INFORMATION GIVEN IN METERS....

Effective August 29, 1994, at 1200 UTC, the upper air program at
Weather Service Office (WSO) Athens, Georgia (location identifier
AHN) will begin moving to Weather Service Forecast Office (WSFO)
Peachtree City/Falcon Field, Georgia (location identifier FFC).

The last upper-air observation from WSO Athens will be taken at
1200 UTC on August 29, 1994.  The first upper-air observation
from WSFO Peachtree City/Falcon Field will be taken at 0000 UTC
on August 30, 1994.  In conjunction with this move, the product
identifier (XXX) will change from AHN to FFC.  The node (CCC) for
these products will remain ATL.  The block and station id will
change from 72311 to 72215, and the WBAN number will change from
13873 to 53819).

PEACHTREE CITY/FALCON FIELD, GA (FFC), STATION INFORMATION:
BLOCK AND STATION ID:  72215
WBAN NUMBER:           53819
ELEVATION:             808 FEET (246.4 METERS)...CORRECTED INFO
LAT/LON:               33.3 DEG NORTH (33 DEG 21 MIN 48 SEC)
                       84.5 DEG WEST (84 DEG 33 MIN 57 SEC)


OLD PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS:            NEW PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS:

ATLABVAHN (UJUS82 KWBC)             ATLABVFFC (UJUS82 KWBC)
ATLSGLAHN (UJUS81 KWBC)             ATLSGLFFC (UJUS81 KWBC)
ATLMANAHN (USUS80 KWBC)             ATLMANFFC (USUS80 KWBC)
ATLFZLAHN (UXUS99 KWBC)             ATLFZLFFC (UXUS99 KWBC)

For more information, please contact Marty Baron at 301-713-1724.