NOUS41 KWBC 131735 PNSWSH SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 07-09 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 135 PM EDT TUE MAR 7 2007 TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS ...NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES FROM: THERESE Z. PIERCE CHIEF...MARINE AND COASTAL SERVICES BRANCH SUBJECT: NEW PRODUCTS AND NEW FORMAT FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE HIGH DENSITY OBSERVATION DATA FROM NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION /NOAA/ P-3 AIRCRAFT: EFFECTIVE ON JUNE 1 2007 AN ENHANCED CAPABILITY OFFERED BY ALL P-3 SURVEILLANCE AIRCRAFT FOR THE 2007 HURRICANE SEASON WILL BE THE COLLECTION AND TRANSMISSION OF HIGH DENSITY/HIGH ACCURACY DATA COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS HIGH DENSITY OBSERVATIONS /HDOB/. IN 2006 SURVEILLANCE DATA AVAILABLE FROM NOAA P-3 AIRCRAFT WAS PROVIDED UNDER WMO HEADERS URNT40 KWBC AND URPN40 KWBC FOR THE ATLANTIC BASIN AND THE PACIFIC HURRICANE BASINS RESPECTIVELY. TRANSMISSION OF DATA USING THESE WMO HEADERS WILL BE DISCONTINUED EFFECTIVE JUNE 1 2007. EFFECTIVE JUNE 1 2007...NOAA WILL BEGIN ISSUANCE OF THREE NEW PRODUCTS FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF HDOB. USERS WHO WISH TO CONTINUE RECEIVING THIS DATA WILL NEED TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES IN THEIR WMO COMMUNICATIONS DATABASES: BASIN WMO HEADING/ACTION ATLANTIC URNT15 KWBC/ADD EASTERN AND CENTRAL PACIFIC URPN15 KWBC/ADD WESTERN PACIFIC URPA15 KWBC/ADD THESE NEW PRODUCTS WILL BE PROVIDED ON THE FOS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/...NOAAPORT...AND NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/. IN ADDITION TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF NEW PRODUCT HEADERS...THERE WILL BE A CHANGE IN THE HDOB MESSAGE FORMAT. HDOB MESSAGE FORMATS ARE PROVIDED IN NATIONAL HURRICANE OPERATIONS PLAN /NHOP/ APPENDIX G. THE 2006 NHOP...ALONG WITH THE 2006 HDOB MESSAGE FORMAT...IS CURRENTLY PROVIDED ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: HTTP://WWW.OFCM.GOV/NHOP THE 2007 NHOP WILL BE POSTED ONLINE BY JUNE 1 2007...ALONG WITH THE 2007 NEW HDOB MESSAGE FORMAT. USERS WISHING TO READ ABOUT THE NEW HDOB MESSAGE FORMAT MAY GO TO /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/ABOUTHDOBS_2007.SHTML USERS WISHING TO VIEW A SAMPLE HDOB IN THE NEW DATA FORMAT MAY GO TO /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS:/ WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/HDOBS_SAMPLE_2007.SHTML IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT: TIMOTHY SCHOTT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARINE AND COASTAL SERVICES BRANCH 1325 EAST WEST HWY ROOM 13124 SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20910 PHONE: 301-713-1677 EXTENSION 122 EMAIL: TIMOTHY.SCHOTT@NOAA.GOV THIS NOTICE AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF/HTM $$ NNNN
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