20050908: delay in tropical cyclone data

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• Subject: 20050908: delay in tropical cyclone data
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 06:59:27 -0600

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
745 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2005

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

FROM:    THERESE Z. PIERCE
         CHIEF...MARINE AND COASTAL WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH
                
SUBJECT: DELAY IN AVAILABILITY OF TROPICAL CYCLONE DATA PRODUCTS
         FROM DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WC 130-J RECONNAISSANCE
         AIRCRAFT ON NWWS...EMWIN...AND NOAAPORT

ON JULY 7 2005 A NOTICE WAS ISSUED ON THE FAMILY OF SERVICES
/FOS/...NOXX10 MESSAGE 06-05.10...INDICATING THAT TRANSMISSION OF
HIGH DENSITY/HIGH ACCURACY DATA... COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS
HIGH DENSITY OBSERVATIONS /HDOB/... WOULD BE SENT VIA THE FOS
PUBLIC PRODUCTS SERVICE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.

THIS DATA WILL CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE TO FOS SUBSCRIBERS IN THE
SXXX50 MESSAGE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE 2005 TROPICAL CYCLONE
SEASON. THE FIRST PRODUCT LINE WILL BEGIN...SXXX50 KNHC. THE
SECOND HEADER LINE WILL BEGIN WITH THE MISSION IDENTIFIER
AFNNN...WHERE NNN IS A NUMBER. USERS ARE CAUTIONED THE HDOB DATA
ARE NOT QUALITY-CONTROLLED AND COULD BE REINTERPRETED OR
DISMISSED IN OFFICIAL NWS PRODUCTS.

ON AUGUST 15 2005 A DATA MANAGEMENT MESSAGE WAS ISSUED ON THE
FOS...NWWS...EMWIN...AND NOAAPORT...NOXX10 MESSAGE 08-
05.07...STATING THE TRANSMISSION OF HDOB USING TWO NEW WORLD
METEOROLOGICAL HEADERS...WOULD COMMENCE IMMEDIATELY ON EACH OF
THESE COMMUNICATIONS PATHWAYS. BECAUSE OF A DELAY IN SOFTWARE
UPGRADES... THESE PRODUCTS WILL NOT BE TRANSMITTED WITH THEIR
BASIN SPECIFIC HEADERS ON THE FOS...EMWIN...NOAAPORT...AND
NWWS...UNTIL THE 2006 TROPICAL CYCLONE SEASON.

A PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT WILL BE SENT IN 2006 BEFORE THE
PRODUCTS ARE TRANSMITTED VIA THE BASIN SPECIFIC HEADERS. THE
STATEMENT WILL INFORM USERS OF WHEN THE NEW PRODUCTS WILL BE
AVAILABLE AND WILL LIST THE BASIN SPECIFIC AWIPS AND WMO
IDENTIFIERS.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE PRODUCTS PLEASE CONTACT:

CHRIS SISKO, METEOROLOGIST
EMAIL: CHRIS.A.SISKO@xxxxxxxx
TELEPHONE: 305-229-4431

THIS AND OTHER NWS NATIONAL PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS ARE
AVAILABLE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

        HTTP://NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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