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Technical Implementation Notice 13-31
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
720 AM EDT Mon Sep 23 2013
To:Subscribers:
-Family of Services
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-NOAAPORT
Other NWS Partners, Users and Employees
FROM:Neal DiPasquale
Director, Field Systems Operations Center
Office of Operational Systems
SUBJECT:Eight Additional NWS Upper Air Stations to Use GPS
Lockheed Martin LMS-6 Radiosonde with the Radiosonde
Replacement Systems (RRS) starting about October 3
Eight NWS upper Air sites are scheduled to transition from the
GPS Lockheed Martin Mark IIA radiosonde to the GPS Lockheed
Martin LMs-6 radiosonde on or about the dates listed below.
STATION NAMEWMO #STN IDImplementation Date
Aberdeen, SD72659KABROctober 3
Pittsburgh, PA72520KPBZOctober 7
Topeka, KS72456KTOPOctober 9
Oakland, CA72493KOAKOctober 10
Wilmington, OH72426KILNOctober 17
Peachtree City, GA72215KFFCOctober 22
Valley, NE72558KOAXOctober 23
Norman, OK72357KOUNOctober 24
No missed observations are expected to occur during the equipment
transition.The WMO Radiosonde Identification Code for the
LMS-6 Radiosonde is 82.
If you have any questions regarding the change, contact:
Sterling Field Support Center
Office of Operational Systems
NOAA National Weather Service Headquarters
Email: nws.sfsc@xxxxxxxx <mailto:nws.sfsc@xxxxxxxx>
Phone: 703-661-1293
NWS National Technical Implementation Notices are online at:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/notif.htm