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PNSWSH PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT AMENDED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 246 PM EDT TUE JUL 20 2010TO: SUBSCRIBERS:
-FAMILY OF SERVICES
-NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
-EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
-NOAAPORT
OTHER NWS PARTNERS AND NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: RICHARD THOMAS ACTING CHIEF... TEST AND EVLUATION BRANCH OFFICE OF OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS SUBJECT: SCHEDULED RADIOSONDE REPLACEMENT SYSTEM /RRS/ WORKSTATION SUBSYSTEM /RWS/ BUILD 2 FOLLOW ON SYSTEM TEST SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST2010 USING TEST HEADERS
AS PART OF RWS BUILD 2 SOFTWARE UPGRADE FOLLOW ON SYSTEM TEST... NWS WILL CONDUCT A DATA COMMUNICATIONS TEST IN AUGUST 2010 USING TEST HEADERS. THIS TEST WILL ORIGINATE FROM THE NWS STERLING FIELD SUPPORT CENTER /SFSC/. THE TEST WILL CONSIST OF DAILY UPPER AIR CODED MESSAGES TRANSMITTED DURING THE ASYNOPTIC AND NORMAL SYNOPTIC TIMES FOR SOUNDINGS FROM 14Z TO 20Z... AND AS NECESSARY ... AND AS NECESSARY WHEN WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TEST REQUIREMENTS WARRANT. THESE TEST MESSAGES WILL BE IN THE SAME FORMAT AS OPERATIONAL MESSAGES BUT WILL HAVE DIFFERENT DATA REFLECTING UPPER AIR CONDITIONS AND CODING PRACTICES AS EXPLAINED BELOW.
TWO TEST HEADERS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR THE TEST: KSTA /STATION ID 69990/ AND KSTB /STATION ID 69991/ FOR THE STERLING FIELD SUPPORT CENTER /SFSC/. THE KSTA AND KSTB TEST CODED MESSAGE FORMAT WILL BE IN THE RRS FORMAT NOW IN SERVICE AT OVER 60 UPPER AIR SITES. RRS FORMATTED PRODUCTS ARE A RESULT OF CHANGES MADE TO THE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION /WMO/ LEVEL SELECTION CRITERIA AND UPDATED CODING PRACTICES. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THESE MESSAGES... PLEASE REFERENCE THE MANUAL ON CODES WMO NO. 306 SECTION A.
WHEN THE INDIVIDUAL KSTA AND KSTB RRS PRODUCTS ARE RECEIVED BY THE NWS TELECOMMUNICATIONS GATEWAY... THEY ARE PACKAGED WITH OPERATIONAL UPPER AIR PRODUCTS INTO COLLECTIVE PRODUCTS CONVERTED INTO BUFR FORM. THESE PRODUCTS ARE THEN BROADCAST OVER NOAAPORT. THE INDIVIDUAL... COLLECTIVE AND BUFR MESSAGES ARE ALSO TRANSMITTED FROM THE NWSTG TO NWS USERS OVER A VARIETY OF COMMUNICATION SERVICES.
THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS WILL BE ISSUED DURING THE TEST:PIL INDIVIDUAL COLLECTIVE WMO HEADER WMO HEADER
STAMANSTA USUS97 KSTA USUS01 KWBC USUS50 KWBC USUS90 KWBCUPUS50 KWBC UPUS90 KWBC STASGLSTA UMUS97 KSTA UKUS01 KWBC UKUS50 KWBC UKUS90 KWBC ULUS01 KWBC ULUS50 KWBC ULUS90 KWBC
UGUS01 KWBC UGUS50 KWBC UGUS90 KWBC
UHUS50 KWBC UHUS90 KWBC
STAABVSTA UFUS97 KSTA UEUS01 KWBC UEUS50 KWBC UEUS90 KWBC
UQUS50 KWBC UQUS90 KWBC
STAFZLSTA UXUS97 KSTA
BUFR COLLECTIVES: IUST41 KWBC IUST42 KWBC IUST43 KWBC
IUST44 KWBC IUST46 KWBC IUST48 KWBC
STBMANSTB USUS97 KSTB USUS01 KWBC USUS50 KWBC USUS90 KWBC
UPUS50 KWBC UPUS90 KWBC
STBSGLSTB UMUS97 KSTB UKUS01 KWBC UKUS50 KWBC UKUS90 KWBC
ULUS01 KWBC ULUS50 KWBC ULUS90 KWBC
UGUS01 KWBC UGUS50 KWBC UGUS90 KWBC
UHUS50 KWBC UHUS90 KWBC
STBABVSTB UFUS97 KSTB UEUS01 KWBC UEUS50 KWBC UEUS90 KWBC
UQUS50 KWBC UQUS90 KWBC
STBFZLSTB UXUS97 KSTB
BUFR COLLECTIVES: IUST41 KWBC IUST42 KWBC IUST43 KWBC
IUST44 KWBC IUST46 KWBC IUST48 KWBC
THE FORMAT OF THE TEST MESSAGES WILL BE THE SAME WMO FORMAT
FOR CODED UPPER AIR MESSAGES AS USED BY RRS SYSTEMS SINCE
2005. THE NUMBER OF LEVELS IN THE KSTA AND KSTB CODED MESSAGES
WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE CODED MESSAGES ROUTINELY TRANSMITTED FROM
THE OPERATIONAL RRS SITES.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE CHANGES... CONTACT:
AARON POYER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE/OPS24
1325 EAST WEST HIGHWAY
SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20910
301-713-0326 EXT. 112 AARON.POYER@xxxxxxxx
OR
JAE LEE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE/OPS24
1325 EAST WEST HIGHWAY
SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20910
301-713-0326 EXT. 158
JAE.LEE@xxxxxxxx
NWS NATIONAL PNS/S ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWERCASE/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM
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