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The NOAA National Weather Service MicroART upper air system at
Brownsville, Texas (WMO# 72250), will be decommissioned on or about
February 20, 2009, and installation of the new Radiosonde Replacement
System (RRS) will begin. No upper air observations will be provided
from this office while RRS is being installed.
Beginning March 2, 2009, or shortly thereafter, upper air observations
will be issued using the RRS and GPS Mark IIA Sippican radiosondes.
Please update your databases.
Questions on this change should be directed to: Kevin Schrab, NWS HQ, at
Kevin.Schrab@xxxxxxxx <mailto:Jim.osullivan@xxxxxxxx>