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NOXX10 KWBC 191636
DATA MANAGEMENT NOTICE 05-08.03
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1236 PM EST MON MAY 19 2008
TO: GTS USERS...FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS
WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...
NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
/NWS/ PARTNERS AND OTHER USERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT
SUBJECT: PARTIAL OUTAGE OF TROPICAL ATMOSPHERE OCEAN /TAO/
STATIONS ON GTS, NOAAPORT, FOS, AND AWIPS DISTRIBUTIONS
EFFECTIVE DATE: MAY 16 TO MAY 26, 2008
SERVICE ARGOS HAS NOTIFIED THE NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER /NDBC/ THAT
FROM MAY 16 TO 26 CHANGES
TO PLATFORM TRANSMITTER IDENTIFIERS CANNOT BE IMPLEMENTED IN THEIR
DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR THE
GTS. THIS WILL ONLY AFFECT STATIONS THAT REQUIRE PLATFORM ID CHANGES.
SOME TAO STATIONS
ARE PRESENTLY UNDERGOING SERVICE AND WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS OUTAGE.
NDBC WILL CONTINUE TO
RECEIVE THE DATA VIA THE ARGOS AUTOMATIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM /ADS/ AND
POST IT TO THE NDBC WEB
SITE, HTTP://TAO.NOAA.GOV.
TAO DATA ARE DISTRIBUTED ON THE GTS UNDER THEIR WORLD METEOROLOGICAL
ORGANIZATION (WMO) INDEX
NUMBERS UNDER THE SSVX08 KARS BULLETIN HEADER. THE GTS IS HOW THESE
STATION DATA GET TO NOAAPORT
FOS, AND AWIPS. THIS OUTAGE WILL AFFECT TAO STATIONS UNDERGOING SERVICE
ALONG THE 140 WEST AND 125
WEST LONGITUDE LINES.
THE FOLLOWING STATIONS WILL BE AFFECTED:
TAO POSITION WMO STATION INDEX NUMBER
5S140W 51014
8S125W 51308
5S125W 51018
2S125W 51017
2N125W 51016
8N125W 51307
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE CHANGES...PLEASE CONTACT:
BILL BURNETT
NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER
W/OPS51
BUILDING 1007
STENNIS SPACE CENTER MISSISSIPPI 39529
PHONE: 228-688-4766
E-MAIL: BILL.BURNETT@xxxxxxxx
THIS AND OTHER NWS DATA MANAGEMENT NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE
ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
DATA MANAGEMENT
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
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