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NOXX10 KWBC 131349
DATA MGT MESSAGE 01-09.03
TO AWIPS/NOAAPORT USERS.. FAMILY OF SERVICES/FOS/SUBSCRIBERS...
EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS... WAFS USERS...
GTS USERS... NWS FAX CHART USERS
FROM RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT
NOUS41/KWBC/171735
PNSWSH
TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 08-51
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
135 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2008
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICES
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION USERS
FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
OTHER USERS OF NWS AVIATION FORECASTS
FROM: KEVIN L JOHNSTON
AVIATION SERVICES BRANCH CHIEF
SUBJECT: DISCONTINUATION OF HIGH LEVEL AND MEDIUM LEVEL T4
FORMATTED CHARTS: EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 3 2008
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SUBSCRIBERS
EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 3 2008...AT 1200 COORDINATED
UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...THE NWS AVIATION WEATHER CENTER /AWC/ IN
KANSAS CITY MISSOURI WILL DISCONTINUE BOTH THE HIGH LEVEL
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER /SWH/ AND THE MEDIUM LEVEL SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER /SWM/ T4 FORMATTED PRODUCTS. THE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE T4
FORMAT IS OBSOLETE AND HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH THE BUFR AND .PNG
FORMATS.
THE FOLLOWING SWH CHART WMO HEADINGS WILL NO LONGER BE
AVAILABLE:
SWH T4 DATA WMO HEADINGS
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ICAO AREA A PGEE07 KKCI
ICAO AREA B1 PGIE07 KKCI
ICAO AREA F PGGE07 KKCI
ICAO AREA H PGAE07 KKCI
ICAO AREA I PGBE07 KKCI
ICAO AREA J PGJE07 KKCI
ICAO AREA M PGDE30 KKCI
THE FOLLOWING SWM CHART WMO HEADINGS WILL NO LONGER BE
AVAILABLE:
SWM T4 DATA WMO HEADINGS
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NAT PGNE15 KKCI
THE AWC WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE AVAILABLE THE SWH AND SWM CHARTS
IN BINARY UNIVERSAL FORMAT /BUFR/ AND PORTABLE NETWORK GRAPHICS
/PNG/ FORMAT.
THE WMO HEADINGS FOR THE SWH BUFR FORMATTED CHARTS ARE:
SWH BUFR DATA WMO HEADINGS
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SWH CUMULONIMBUS CLOUD JUBE99 KKCI
SWH CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE JUCE00 KKCI
SWH TROPOPAUSE HEIGHT JUTE97 KKCI
SWH TROP CYC AND VOL ERUPTION JUVE00 KKCI
SWH JETSTREAM JUWE96 KKCI
THE WMO HEADINGS FOR THE SWM BUFR FORMATTED CHARTS ARE:
SWM BUFR DATA WMO HEADINGS
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SWM CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE JUME00 KKCI
SWM IN-CLOUD ICING/TURBULENCE JUNE00 KKCI
SWM TROPOPAUSE HEIGHT JUOE00 KKCI
SWM JETSTREAM JUTE00 KKCI
THE WMO HEADINGS FOR THE SWH PNG FORMATTED CHARTS ARE:
SWH PNG CHARTS WMO HEADINGS
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ICAO AREA A PGEE05 KKCI
ICAO AREA B1 PGIE05 KKCI
ICAO AREA F PGGE05 KKCI
ICAO AREA H PGAE05 KKCI
ICAO AREA I PGBE05 KKCI
ICAO AREA J PGJE05 KKCI
ICAO AREA M PGDE29 KKCI
THE WMO HEADINGS FOR THE SWM PNG FORMATTED CHARTS ARE:
SWM PNG CHART WMO HEADINGS
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NAT PGNE14 KKCI
THE SWH CHARTS MAY BE VIEWED AT /USE LOWER CASE/:
HTTP://AVIATIONWEATHER.GOV/PRODUCTS/SWH
THE SWM CHARTS MAY BE VIEWED AT /USE LOWER CASE/:
HTTP://AVIATIONWEATHER.GOV/PRODUCTS/SWM
THE SWH AND SWM PRODUCTS ARE AVAILABLE IN BUFR AND PNG FORMAT ON
THE SATELLITE BRODACAST NETWORK /SBN/ NOAAPORT CHANNEL.
THE SWH PRODUCT DESCRIPTION DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE AT /USE
LOWER CASE EXCEPT PDD/WAFS_SWH.PDF/:
HTTP://PRODUCTS.WEATHER.GOV/PDD/WAFS_SWH.PDF
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT...CONTACT:
LARRY BURCH
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
AVIATION WEATHER CENTER
7220 NW 101ST TERRACE ROOM 101
KANSAS CITY MO 64153
PHONE: 816-584-7203
E-MAIL: LARRY.BURCH@xxxxxxxx
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON NWS AVIATION PRODUCT DISSEMINATION IS
AVAILABLE AT /USE LOWER CASES/:
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/OM/DISEMSYS.SHTML
TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
FOR FOS/NOAAPORT AND NON-AWIPS CUSTOMERS - IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS REGARDING ROUTING OR WOULD LIKE TO ADD THESE
PRODUCTS TO YOUR DATASTREAM PLEASE CONTACT.
DATA MANAGEMENT
THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT
CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW.
HTTP /COLON/ //WEATHER.GOV/DATAMGMT/INDEX.HTML
DATA MANAGEMENT
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
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