[noaaport] Data alignment update, and US METAR changes.

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• Subject: [noaaport] Data alignment update, and US METAR changes.
• From: Stonie Cooper <cooper@xxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2025 13:13:54 -0600

First, the data alignment update:

Targeting June 3 2025. Create a designated channel for all radar data,
including MRMS, which will have 2nd highest priority on SBN below NMC
 (p-surge will move up to NMC channel from NMC2). Realign bandwidth of
several channels to accommodate this change.  SCN is completed, waiting for
approval from those that modify dataflow and SBN.  SCN not released yet.

Secondly, changes to US METAR/SPECI:

Reference changes noticed in January to the METAR; the purpose is to
provide a higher level of near-real-time.  As was discussed earlier, make
adjustments if you desire or require collectives that receive file naming
conventions (specific to date) from the WMO header of the S[AP]US99.

https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/pdf_2023_24/scn24-99_add_saus99_to_sbn_aaa.pdf
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Stonie Cooper, PhD
Software Engineer III
NSF Unidata
cooper@xxxxxxxx