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Technical Implementation Notice 13-2
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
925 AM EST Thu Jan 3 2013
TO: Subscribers:
-Family of Services
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-NOAAPORT
Other NWS Partners and Employees
FROM: Neal DiPasquale
Director, Field Systems Operations Center
Office of Operational Systems
SUBJECT: 2013 Dates for five National Weather Service (NWS)
Upper air Stations to begin use of the RS92-NGP
Radiosonde with the Radiosonde Replacement
Systems (RRS) on or about March 1, 2013.
Five Upper Air (UA) sites are scheduled to transition from the
GPS Lockheed Martin Mark IIA radiosonde to the GPS Vaisala
RS-92 radiosonde on or about March 1, 2013.
STATION NAME WMO # STN ID
Morehead City 72305 KMHX
Santa Teresa 72364 KEPZ
San Juan 78526 TJSJ
Gaylord 72634 KAPX
Medford 72597 KMFR
No missed observations are expected to occur during the
equipment transition. The WMO Radiosonde Identification
Code for the Vaisala RS92-NGP is 52.
If you have any questions regarding the change, contact:
Sterling Field Support Center
NWS Office of Operational Systems
nws.sfsc@xxxxxxxx
703-661-1268
National Technical Implementation Notices are online at:
http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm
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