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Technical Implementation Notice 13-40
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
1140 AM EST Wed Nov 13 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: Two NWS Upper Air Stations to Begin Use of the GPS
Lockheed Martin LMS-6 Radiosonde with the Radiosonde
Replacement Systems (RRS) in November 2013
Two 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 NAME WMO # STN IDImplementation Date
Greensboro, NC 72317 KGSO November 20, 2013
Blacksburg, VA 72318 KRNK November 25, 2013
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
National Weather Service Headquarters
Email: nws.sfsc@xxxxxxxx
Phone: 703-661-1293
NWS National Technical Implementation Notices are online at:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/notif.htm
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