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NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION MESSAGE (NTIM) 96-19
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
635 PM EDT WED JUL 3 1996
TO: NWS CUSTOMERS USING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
EUROPEAN TEMPERATURE/PRECIPITATION TABLE
FROM: THERESE Z. PIERCE
CHIEF-INTEGRATED HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES CORE
OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY
SUBJECT: FIVE NEW CITIES TO BE ADDED TO EUROPEAN TEMPERATURE/
PRECIPITATION TABLE EFFECTIVE JULY 10 1996 AT
1200 UTC
(THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY CLIFF DEY...NATIONAL
CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION...CENTRAL OPERATIONS AND
CHRISTINE ALEX...OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY):
EFFECTIVE JULY 10 1996 AT 1200 UTC...FIVE NEW CITIES WILL BE
ADDED TO THE EUROPEAN TEMPERATURE/PRECIPITATION TABLE (AFOS/NWWS
HEADER NMCTPTEUR; WMO HEADER ABXX6 KWBC). THE 5 NEW
CITIES ARE:
CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICA
ISTANBUL TURKEY
LILLE FRANCE
NAGANO JAPAN (HOST CITY FOR THE 1998 WINTER OLYMPICS)
SEVILLA SPAIN
NWS IS STILL WORKING WITH THE JAPANESE METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY
TO ACCESS THE SURFACE OBSERVATION FOR NAGANO...JAPAN. UNTIL
THIS IS WORKED OUT...THE DATA FOR NAGANO WILL BE MISSING IN THE
EUROPEAN TEMPERATURE/PRECIPITATION TABLE.
THE FIVE NEW CITIES WILL BE INSERTED INTO THE EXISTING LIST OF
CITIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS CHANGE...PLEASE CALL
CHRIS ALEX AT (301)-713-1726 X 142 OR CONTACT HER VIA E-MAIL AT
THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS:
CALEX@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.