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Technical Implementation Notice 09-41: Amended

National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC

224 PM Tue Oct 25 2011

 

To:         Subscribers

            -Family of Services

            -NOAA Weather Wire Service

            -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network

            -NOAAPORT

            Other NWS Partners and Employees

 

From:       Richard J. Vogt

            Director, WSR-88D Radar Operations Center

 

Subject:    Amended: Modified Turn Off Date for WSR-88D Low-

            Resolution Products

 

Reference:  Public Information Statement, dated June 30, 2010,

            Soliciting Comments and Technical Implementation

            Notice 09-41, Modified Turn Off Date for

            WSR-88D Low-Resolution Products

 

This notice is amended to change the date on which NWS will discontinue the distribution of products in Table 1 below from February 2012 to December 4, 2012. On that date, NWS will cease disseminating the radar products listed in Table 1 via the Radar Product Central Collection Dissemination Service and SBN/NOAAPORT.  This delayed date will provide users of these products additional time to transition their software to the higher-resolution products now available.

 

TABLE 1:  WMO Headings for WSR-88D Products that will be discontinued December 4, 2012.

 

#  TTUSII NNN  PRODUCT DESCRIPTION                    DIRECTORY

1  SDUS5I N0R  BASE REFLECTIVITY 19/R 16LVL 0.5DEG    DS.P19R0

5  SDUS7I N0Z  BASE REFLECTIVITY 20/R 16LVL 0.5DEG    DS.P20-R

7  SDUS5I N0V  BASE VELOCITY 27/V 16LVL 0.5DEG        DS.P27V0

 

If you have questions or comments, please contact:

 

  Tim Crum

  Tim.D.Crum@noaa.Gov

or

  Mike Istok

  Michael.Istok@noaa.Gov

 

National Public Information Statements are online at:

 

  http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm

 

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