DM11-11.02 NDBC RELEASES ADDITIONAL OPERATIONAL TROPICAL ATMOSPHERE OCEANO REFRESH BUOY DATA UNDER SXPA01 KWNB
Effective: 2011/10/13-21 UTC

NOXX10 KWBC  011809
DATA MGT MESSAGE 11-11.02 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 

TO:      GTS USERS...FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
         WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS    
         WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS        
         NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
         /NWS/ PARTNERS AND OTHER USERS...NWS EMPLOYEES

 FROM:     RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT 

SUBJECT:  NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER /NDBC/ RELEASES ADDITIONAL OPERATIONAL
          TROPICAL ATMOSPHERE OCEAN /TAO/ REFRESH BUOY DATA UNDER SXPA01 KWNB
          EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 13-21, 2011 

THIS MESSAGE PROVIDES NOTICE THAT THE NWS NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER /NDBC/
HAS REPLACED ADDITIONAL TAO LEGACY BUOYS WITH REFRESH BUOYS.  THE REFRESH
BUOYS ARE BEING DISSEMINATED UNDER THE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
/WMO/ HEADINGS COLLECTIVE OF SXPA01 KWNB. THE ADDITIONAL BUOYS ARE DETAILED
BELOW: 

8S 155W   51302 EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 13, 2011
2S 170W   51306 EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 18, 2011
2N 170W   51305 EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 21, 2011 

THE SXPA01 KWNB COLLECTIVE CONTAINS OPERATIONAL TAO REFRESH BUOY DATA. THE
MESSAGE FORMAT IS FM18 BUOY. DATA FROM THE TOP OF EACH HOUR WILL BE TRANSMITTED.
DATA TRANSMITTED AT NOON GMT NO LONGER CONTAINS DAILY AVERAGES.  NOTIFICATIONS
OF ADDITIONAL OPERATIONAL STATIONS REPORTING UNDER SXPA01 KWNB WILL BE PROVIDED
AS THEY ARE DEPLOYED. 

TAO BUOYS CURRENTLY TRANSMITTING UNDER SXPA01 KWNB INCLUDE: 

5S 125W   WMO ID 51018 EFFECTIVE AUGUST 15, 2011
5S 140W   WMO ID 51014 EFFECTIVE AUGUST 29, 2011 (VANDALIZED NOT REPORTING) 
5N 140W   WMO ID 51007 EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 7, 2011 

THE REMAINING LEGACY TAO BUOYS CONTINUE TO TRANSMITT UNDER THE SSVX08 KARS HEADER.    

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS CHANGE...PLEASE CONTACT: 

 BILL BURNETT
 NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER W/OPS51
 BUILDING 3205
 STENNIS SPACE CENTER MISSISSIPPI  39529
 PHONE: 228-688-4766
 E-MAIL: BILL.BURNETT@NOAA.GOV 

THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE

LOWER CASE LETTERS/: 

    HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM 

FOR FOS/NOAAPORT AND NON-AWIPS CUSTOMERS - IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING
ROUTING OR WOULD LIKE TO ADD THESE PRODUCTS TO YOUR DATASTREAM PLEASE CONTACT. 

Data Management

The URL address for our CRM System is listed below. 

http://help.nws.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/doit.cgi?201~-533,,,,1:521:1:CIO 

THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT

CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW. 

http://www.weather.gov/datamgmt/notices.shtml

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