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NOUS41 KWBC 161750
PNSWSH
Public Information Notice
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
150 PM EDT Fri Mar 16 2012
To: Subscribers:
-Family of services
- NOAA Weather Wire Service
- Emergency managers weather information network
- NOAAPORT
Other NWS partners and NWS employees
From: Neal Dipasquale
Acting Chief, Test and Evaluation Branch
Office of Operational Systems
Subject: Scheduled Radiosonde Replacement System (RRS)
Radiosonde Hardware and Workstation Subsystem (RWS)
Build 2.2 System Test Scheduled for March to May
2012 Using Test Headers
NWS will conduct hardware functionality and data communications
testing from March through May 2012 using test headers. As part
of the ongoing upgrades to RRS, NWS is testing new radiosonde
and signal processing hardware. This testing will require new
software to track this new hardware.
This test will originate from the NWS Sterling, VA, Field Support
Center (SFSC). The test will consist of daily upper air coded
messages transmitted during the asynoptic and normal synoptic
times for soundings in a window from approximately 10Z to 22Z
and, as necessary, includes but is not limited to, 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 set for the test:
- KSTA test station id 69990
- KSTB test station id 69991 for the SFSC.
The KSTA and KSTB test coded message format will be in the RRS
format now in service at 84 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 (NWSTG), 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 KWBC
UPUS50 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
PIL Individual Collective
WMO Header WMO Header
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 the RRS system 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 w/OPS24
Silver Spring Maryland 20910
301-713-0326 ext. 112
aaron.poyer@xxxxxxxx
or
Edward Roberts
National Weather Service w/OPS23
Silver Spring Maryland 20910
301-713-0191 ext. 161
edward.roberts@xxxxxxxx
National Public Information Notices are online at:
http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm
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