742
NOXX01 KWBC 141333
DATA MGT MESSAGE 06-99.1
REMINDER OF CHANGES TO TROPICAL CYCLONE BULLETINS
1. THE FORMAT OF THE TROPICAL CYCLONE POSITION AND INTENSITY
BULLETIN ATXX01 KWBC HAS CHANGED TO MAKE IT Y2K COMPLIANT.
THE CURRENT YEAR INFORMATION WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED WITH
THE LAST 2 DIGITS OF THE YEAR WILL NOW BE REPORTED WITH ALL 4
DIGITS OF THE YEAR. THE COMPLETE DATE GROUP HAS CHANGED FROM
YYMMDD TO YYYYMMDD . FOR AN EXAMPLE OF JULY 10 1999 THE DATE
GROUP WOULD BE REPORTED AS 19990710 .
2. BULLETINS WITH THE UZ--14 CCCC SERIES OF WMO HEADINGS HAVE
BEEN DELETED. THESE PREVIOUSLY CONTAINED DROPWINDSONDE REPORTS
FROM THE NOAA G/IV AIRCRAFT. SINCE IDENTIFICATION OF THE
AIRCRAFT IS NOW CONTAINED WITHIN THE REPORT A SEPARATE BULLETIN
IS NO LONGER REQUIRED. BULLETINS WITH THE UZ--13 CCCC SERIES OF
WMO HEADINGS WILL CONTAIN DROPWINDSONDE REPORTS FROM ALL AIRCRAFT
USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. A SUMMARY OF THE DELETED BULLETINS AND
THOSE AVAILABLE FOR USE FOLLOWS.
WMO HEADING AFOS PIL STATUS LAST RECEIPT AS OF 990613
YYMMDD
UZNT13 KBIX MIAREPNT3 AVAILABLE FOR USE 990512
UZNT13 KNHC MIAREPNT3 AVAILABLE FOR USE 990612
UZNT13 KWBC MIAREPNT3 AVAILABLE FOR USE 990526
UZPA13 PGUA MIAREPPA3 AVAILABLE FOR USE
UZPA13 KBIX MIAREPPA3 AVAILABLE FOR USE
UZPA13 KNHC MIAREPPA3 AVAILABLE FOR USE
UZPA13 KWBC MIAREPPA3 AVAILABLE FOR USE
UZPN13 KBIX MIAREPPN3 AVAILABLE FOR USE
UZPN13 KNHC MIAREPPN3 AVAILABLE FOR USE 990129
UZPN13 KWBC MIAREPPN3 AVAILABLE FOR USE 980325
UZNT14 KNHC MIAREPNT4 DELETED
UZNT14 KWBC MIAREPNT4 DELETED
UZPA14 KWBC MIAREPNT4 DELETED
UZPN14 KWBC MIAREPNT4 DELETED
THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS SYSTEMS
OPERATIONS CENTER CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS
LISTED BELOW.
NOTE THE URL SHOULD BE TYPED IN ALL LOWER CASE.
HTTP TO WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OSO/NOTICES/NOTICES.SHTML
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF THE
DATA MANAGERS LISTED BELOW.
FRED BRANSKI
SENIOR DATA MANAGER
PHONE 301-713-0864 EXTENSION 146
EMAIL FRED.BRANSKI/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
EMAIL ADDRESS SHOULD BE ALL LOWER CASE
WALTER SMITH
DATA MANAGER
PHONE 301-713-0864 EXTENSION 139
EMAIL WALTER.SMITH/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
EMAIL ADDRESS SHOULD BE ALL LOWER CASE
LLOYD E. IRVIN
CHIEF NETWORK MONITORING AND ANALYSIS BRANCH
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS
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