19990129: BUFR

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• Subject: 19990129: BUFR
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 07:47:38 -0700 (MST)

 NOUS40KWBC 291338
     NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 8         JANUARY 29... 1999
     
     TO   NOAAPORT USERS
     
     ATTENTION USERS OF BUFR ENCODED UPPER AIR DATA FROM THE
     NOAAPORT DATASTREAM.
     
     EFFECTIVE MARCH 1 1999 AT 1500 UTC THE NWS
     TELECOMMUNICATION GATEWAY WILL IMPLEMENT NEW BUFR
     DESCRIPTOR TABLES FOR ENCODING THE EXISTING BUFR UPPER
     AIR PRODUCTS LISTED BELOW.
     
     THE KEY CHANGE IN THIS IMPLEMENTATION WILL BE AN
     INCREASE IN PRECISION FOR GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT. THIS
     CHANGE IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CURRENT STANDARD CODE
     FORMAT FOR BUFR.
     
     A SET OF TEST PRODUCTS IS REGULARLY DISTRIBUTED WITH THE
     SAME ROUTING AS THE OPERATIONAL PRODUCTS.  THE WMO
     HEADINGS OF THESE TEST PRODUCTS ARE ALSO LISTED BELOW.
     
     WITH THIS IMPLEMENTATION THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE TO THE
     WMO HEADINGS OF THE EXISTING BUFR UPPER AIR PRODUCTS.
     THIS MESSAGE IS TO INFORM USERS OF THE NEED TO HAVE THE
     LATEST BUFR DESCRIPTOR TABLES IMPLEMENTED BY MARCH 1.
     
     THE TEST PRODUCTS CAN BE USED TO VERIFY YOUR ABILITY TO
     DECODE THE DATA AS IT WILL BE PROVIDED FROM MARCH 1 ON.
     
     THE TEST PRODUCTS WILL STOP WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION.
     
     THESE ARE THE WMO HEADINGS FOR THE EXISTING PRODUCTS.
     
     IUST41 KWBC   IUST51 KWBC   IUST61 KWBC   IUST71 KWBC
     IUST42 KWBC   IUST52 KWBC   IUST62 KWBC   IUST72 KWBC
     IUST43 KWBC   IUST53 KWBC   IUST63 KWBC   IUST73 KWBC
 IUST44 KWBC   IUST54 KWBC   IUST64 KWBC   IUST74 KWBC
     IUST46 KWBC   IUST56 KWBC   IUST66 KWBC   IUST76 KWBC
     IUST48 KWBC   IUST58 KWBC   IUST68 KWBC   IUST78 KWBC
     
     THESE ARE THE WMO HEADINGS FOR THE TEST PRODUCTS.
     
     ITST41 KWBC   ITST51 KWBC   ITST61 KWBC   ITST71 KWBC
     ITST42 KWBC   ITST52 KWBC   ITST62 KWBC   ITST72 KWBC
     ITST43 KWBC   ITST53 KWBC   ITST63 KWBC   ITST73 KWBC
     ITST44 KWBC   ITST54 KWBC   ITST64 KWBC   ITST74 KWBC
     ITST46 KWBC   ITST56 KWBC   ITST66 KWBC   ITST76 KWBC
     ITST48 KWBC   ITST58 KWBC   ITST68 KWBC   ITST78 KWBC
     
     
     THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS SYSTEMS
     OPERATIONS CENTER CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS
     LISTED BELOW.
     
     NOTE THE URL SHOULD BE TYPED IN ALL LOWER CASE.
     
     HTTP TO  WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OSO/NOTICES/NOTICES.SHTML
     
     IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF THE
     DATA MANAGERS LISTED BELOW.
     
     FRED BRANSKI
     SENIOR DATA MANAGER
     
       PHONE  301-713-0864 EXTENSION 146
       EMAIL  FRED.BRANSKI/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
              EMAIL ADDRESS SHOULD BE ALL LOWER CASE
     
     TONI ELLIS
 DATA MANAGER
     
       PHONE  301-713-0864 EXTENSION 143
       EMAIL  TONI.ELLIS/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
              EMAIL ADDRESS SHOULD BE ALL LOWER CASE
     
     LLOYD E. IRVIN
     ACTING CHIEF
     NETWORK MONITORING AND ANALYSIS BRANCH
     RTH WASHINGTON SENDS
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