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NOUS41 KWBC 281848
PNSWSH
Technical Implementation Notice 09-41 Amended
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
248 PM Tue Sep 28 2010
To: Subscribers
-Family of Services
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-NOAAPORT
Other NWS Partners and Employees
From: Richard J. Vogt
Director, WSR-88D Radar Operations Center
Subject: Amended: Delayed Turn Off Dates for WSR-88D Low
Resolution Products
Reference: Public Information Statement dated June 30, 2010
Soliciting Comments
Amended to delay date for product termination based on user
comments.
Effective Wednesday January 12, 2011, at approximately 1500
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), NWS will cease disseminating
the radar products listed in Table 1 via the Radar Product
Central Collection Dissemination Service (RPCCDS) and
SBN/NOAAPORT.
Reference the Public Information Statement (PNS) above, comments
the NWS received are available at:
http://www.roc.noaa.gov/WSR88D/Level_III/Level3Info.aspx
Products listed in Table 1 will be discontinued from the RPCCDS
and SBN/NOAAPORT at approximately 1500 UTC on January 12, 2011.
TABLE 1: WMO Headings for WSR-88D Products to be discontinued
January 12, 2011
# TTUSII NNN PRODUCT DESCRIPTION DIRECTORY
2 SDUS2I N1R BASE REFLECTIVITY 19/R 16LVL 1.5DEG DS.P19R1
3 SDUS2I N2R BASE REFLECTIVITY 19/R 16LVL 2.4DEG DS.P19R2
4 SDUS3I N3R BASE REFLECTIVITY 19/R 16LVL 3.4DEG DS.P19R3
6 SDUS6I N0W BASE VELOCITY 25/V 16LVL 0.5DEG DS.P25-V
8 SDUS7I N1V BASE VELOCITY 27/V 16LVL 1.5DEG DS.P27V1
9 SDUS6I N2V BASE VELOCITY 27/V 16LVL 2.4DEG DS.P27V2
10 SDUS6I N3V BASE VELOCITY 27/V 16LVL 3.4DEG DS.P27V3
The comments received resulted in the need to retain the three
products listed in Table 2 through the end of 2011.
TABLE 2: WMO Headings for WSR-88D Products not discontinued
until February 2012
# TTUSII NNN PRODUCT DESCRIPTION DIRECTORY
1 SDUS5I N0R BASE REFLECTIVITY 19/R 16LVL 0.5DEG DS.P19R0
5 SDUS7I N0Z BASE REFLECTIVITY 20/R 16LVL 0.5DEG DS.P20-R
7 SDUS5I N0V BASE VELOCITY 27/V 16LVL 0.5DEG DS.P27V0
If you have questions or comments, please contact:
Tim Crum
WSR-88D Radar Operations Center
1200 Westheimer Drive
Norman OK 73069
Tim.D.Crum@xxxxxxxx
Of
Mike Istok
NWS Office Of Science And Technology
Silver Spring, Maryland
Michael.Istok@xxxxxxxx
The centrally collected WSR-88D products will be archived at the
National Climatic Data Center and online at:
http://hurricane.ncdc.noaa.gov/pls/plhas/has.dsselect
National Public Information Statements are online at:
http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm
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