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The NOAA National Weather Service MicroART upper air system in
Mcgrath, Alaska will be decommissioned on or shortly after August
20, 2013, 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 on August 27, 2013, or shortly thereafter, upper air
observations will be issued using the RRS and GPS LMS-6 radiosondes.
Please update your databases.
Questions on this change should be directed to: Kevin Schrab, NWS
HQ, at Kevin.Schrab@xxxxxxxx <mailto:Kevin.Schrab@xxxxxxxx>