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Publication No. 9 - Weather Reporting:
Volume A - Observing stations
Feedback
Form for Volume A
Explanatory Note for
Feedback Form
METNOs issued for 2006
Amendments to Volume
A
Notification from
KNMI, The
Netherlands
Details
of a new automatic station has recently
become operational:
Houtribdijk
(06258), is a wind pole which delivers wind speed and
wind direction only. It is situated right on top
of the dike (7.25 m above mean sea level) between
Lelystad and Enkhuizen, in the central part of the
lake IJsselmeer. The anemometer is situated at a
height of 17.25 m.
Notification from Météo-France
The
following stations in French Polynesia: Rikitea, Tubai , Atuona
and Rapa have resumed their upper-air observing programme as follows:
91954
Tubai: resumed on 23/01/2006
91948
Rikitea: resumed on 19/01/2006
91925
Atuona and 91958
Rapa: resumed on 24/01/2006
91943:
Takarao: Suspended 00 UTC soundings on 22 December. Has not
resumed observations.
The
Global Observing System
Publication
No. 9 - Weather Reporting:
Volume C1 - Catalogue of Meteorological Bulletins
Advanced Notifications
received from RTHs are included in the weekly METNOs each Tuesday.
They can also be retrieved from the WMO Server.
Notification from RTH Toulouse [see
METNO 0706]
Notification from RTH Offenbach [see
METNO 0606]
Interactive access to Volume C1
service
Notification from the WMO Secretariat
For your information please be
aware that as of Friday 10 February the location
of the "interactive access to Volume C1
service" was moved to another server, so as to
provide for a speedier service. We apologize for any
inconvenience during this transition period.
OLD location: http://alto-stratus.wmo.ch/WWWOIS/
NEW location:
http://192.91.247.60/wwwois/index.html
For those of you who have book
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Codes
Aeronautical code changes for METAR/SPECI
Notification from the KNMI, The Netherlands
The modification to METAR/SPECI
related to ICAO Amendment 73 , due on 2 November 2005,
have now been successfully implemented on 23 February
2006.
Implementation of amendments
to TAF is planned around June 2006.
Marine Meteorological Services
Changes to forecast
services for Bass Strait Waters via Inmarsat-C SafetyNET
broadcasts
Notification from Australia
Purpose
To advise of
changes to marine forecast services for Bass Strait
which includes parts of the Victorian and Tasmanian
coastal waters effective from 1 November 2005.
A
redefinition of marine forecast zones to geographically
align them with current wind warning services and well
known coastal locations has been implemented by the
Australian Bureau of Meteorology.
Summary of Changes
Area
name changes
The area names
used prior to 1 November 2005 have been changed as
follows:
Western
Bass Strait renamed to West Coast viz.
SA/VIC Border to Cape Otway
Northern
Bass Strait renamed to Central Coast viz.
Cape Otway to Wilsons Promontory
Eastern
Bass Strait renamed to East Coast viz.
Wilsons Promontory to 60nm east of Gabo Island
Southern
Bass Strait is no longer a coastal forecast zone and
is replaced by threetwo Tasmanian coastal waters
forecast zones (Far Northwest, and Central
North Coast and Banks Straits)
NB: Abbreviations
used:
SA = South Australia; VIC = Victoria
Bass Strait and
Approaches Forecast Service
A
new "Bass Strait and Approaches" forecast is
broadcastForecast on Inmarsat-C SafetyNET (see
schedule below).
Areas included
with the Bass Strait and Approaches Forecast:
Victoria: Central
Coast, as above
Victoria: East
Coast, as above
Tasmania: Far
Northwest Coast viz. Sandy Cape to Stanley and
King Island
Tasmania: Central
North Coast viz. Stanley to the northern tip of
Flinders Island
Tasmania: Banks
Strait and Franklin Sound
Australian SafetyNET
Weather Bulletins Schedule
The revised SafetyNET
broadcast schedule is shown below.
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Satellite |
Forecast type |
Areas |
Times |
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Pacific Ocean |
High seas |
North Eastern,
South Eastern,
Western, Northern |
1100,
2300 UTC |
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Pacific Ocean |
Coastal waters |
Bass Strait
Northern Territory
(except for the area Wyndham to Daly River Mouth
which will be broadcast on the Indian Ocean
satellite) |
0530
LST; 1930 UTC*
1730 LST; 0730 UTC*
0545
LST; 2015 UTC
1745 LST; 0815 UTC |
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Indian Ocean |
High seas |
Western |
1030,
2330 UTC |
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Indian Ocean |
Coastal waters |
Western
Australia |
0430
LST; 2030 UTC
1630 LST; 0830 UTC |
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* 1 hour earlier during
Australian Eastern Daylight Saving Time
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